Madge Bumstead
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Anyone else remember the days?
Telling on ourselves (age-wise) without telling our age!
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Milly Robertson
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Yes lol.
This is similar to my Dad's Bedford truck.
This is similar to my Dad's Bedford truck.
Kate Ellery
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I still do that , my so called frost free upright freezer , that would be close to 38 years old ….still freezes up ( top shelf)
Not as bad as that photo tho ….just the shelf
So I have to defrost it once or twice a year ….other than that it’s still going well @Madge Bumstead
Not as bad as that photo tho ….just the shelf
So I have to defrost it once or twice a year ….other than that it’s still going well @Madge Bumstead
Madge Bumstead
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Old-fashioned wall telephones, where if you weren't familiar with using, before long you were talking into the ear phone and trying to listen in on the microphone!
Madge Bumstead
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Baby/child harnesses (leaches)!
I remember my mom using one for one of my baby sisters and my baby brother!
I remember my mom using one for one of my baby sisters and my baby brother!
Madge Bumstead
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We had a matching pair of these in our house!
Madge Bumstead
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We played for hours at a time... never so much as a close call.
Madge Bumstead
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Anyone else remember the sound and the sting when hit with one of these?
Madge Bumstead
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Milly Robertson
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Sunday lunch, a roast leg of lamb.
Madge Bumstead
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Hmmm... this one has me stumped, Milly.
Not sure if you were telling on the age of the bird in the roasting pan or how long it's been there.
Looks delish though! Yummy!
Milly Robertson
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I mean the roast. Roast lamb back in the day was an Australian tradition for Sunday lunch. It was when Australia rode on the sheep's back -
The phrase "Australia rode on the sheep's back" means the country's national wealth and high standard of living during the 19th and early 20th centuries were built primarily on the back of the wool industry. For over a century, wool exports were the backbone of the Australian economy. [1, 2]
The expression highlights the massive global demand for Australian Merino wool, which dominated exports, funded national infrastructure, and symbolised the Australian identity. This era of prosperity lasted from colonial times through a major post-WWII wool boom in the 1950s, before the economy diversified into mining.
These days lamb is very expensive. It is now a treat to have roast lamb.
Chocolate crackles made from rice bubble cereal:
The phrase "Australia rode on the sheep's back" means the country's national wealth and high standard of living during the 19th and early 20th centuries were built primarily on the back of the wool industry. For over a century, wool exports were the backbone of the Australian economy. [1, 2]
The expression highlights the massive global demand for Australian Merino wool, which dominated exports, funded national infrastructure, and symbolised the Australian identity. This era of prosperity lasted from colonial times through a major post-WWII wool boom in the 1950s, before the economy diversified into mining.
These days lamb is very expensive. It is now a treat to have roast lamb.
Chocolate crackles made from rice bubble cereal:
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Kate Ellery
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What about old skirt guards on push bikes ..I remember them ….
Milly Robertson
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Me too Kate.
A green grocers:
A green grocers:
Madge Bumstead
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Never seen such a thing before.
Madge Bumstead
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Kate Ellery
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Most females had them on pushbikes to stop skirts getting tangled in the wheel @Madge Bumstead I still see a form on them on pushbikes in Adelaide city where the major university’s are , ( Partially medical research )…..many Asians travel from home countries to major cities in Australia to study.
Actually Adelaide is topping the world in cancer research
st the cheese grater building in Adelaide ( it looks like a giant cheese grater ) 
Milly Robertson
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An electric ceramic jug.
