Thread: I can remember when..........

Originally Posted by RobHay

...You could make decent pocket money collecting bottles.
...Blue Hills was on the radio at midday.
...There was a large tree stump in the butchers shop.
...There was sawdust on the butchers shop floor.
...The butcher would buy all your old newspapers.
...Light came from a large kero lamp.
...Light came from a series of carbite lamps.
...You banged your head on the meat safe on the verandah.

Sorry Rob, just had to re-read your post - thought it said "banged your meat on the head safe on the verandah...."

Originally Posted by cooper

Do they still have those ice creams called 'Gay Time'.Thought that was weird when I came here,''Can I have a gay time please?''

Whats more it was a "Golden Gaytime"......................ok this is getting a bit weird.!

I remember when the DC3 and DC4 were the "big" planes and then the Super Constellation come along for the international flyghts

1969.........$6.00 shopping and the trolley was full, wages......$ 45.00 a week for a fitter

When a Chevrolet was a cool car.

When I grew up, a tranny was a radio .
Cheers Dean.

When to drive a 4WD in Australia meant you drove a

LAND ROVER

cos the other stuff hadn't arrived yet.

I can remember...
Listening to the King's Christmas message on the radio.
Going to Mt Gambier with the rest of my school to see the new Queen drive by.
Sending food parcels to relatives in the UK who were still on rationing. Fuel at three and ten pence halfpenny per gallon (39 cents for 4.54 litres).
Doing homework by kerosene lantern and carrying a candle for light while getting ready for bed.
Mum doing the ironing using Mrs Potts irons heated on the top of the wood stove.
Heating bath water with a chip heater...
Gawd I must be old!

Originally Posted by cooper

So 'pan shufflers' were tall people running through peoples back yards.Thanks for explaining that GG

They wore a leather shoulder apron, upon which they carried the can (that's where the saying came from)' jogging from truck to dunny and back.