My Dad, my best family friend

My Dad, my best family friend
Jill remembers her Dad, her best family friend.
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Clamming in Chincoteague Bay

Clamming in Chincoteague Bay
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Discovering Chincoteague Bay- An Update February 2012 ...The future excites us and stirs our thoughts about what the next adventures will bring. While many of the older Chronicles of a Footloose Forester were about memories captured...
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"'Adams' Family Rap"

Now I’d like to introduce this fine lot

From Papa to Doyle – the very last tot.

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My Favourite Room

Joyce talks about her favourite room when she was a child growing up in Peterborough, South Australia.
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My Dad, my best family friend

My Dad, my best family friend
Joyce grew up in Peterborough, South Australia during the Second World War when Peterborough was a busy railway junction. Joyce talks about her Dad, her best friend.
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My Favourite Room

My Favourite Room
Annette talks about the kitchen in her home at Watson, out on the Nullarbor Plain, in 1967. Annette moved there as a 16 year old bride. Watson is where the red line starts denoting the Trans uUstralia Railway starts to level out. Annette's house was the sixth one along, second from...
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What We Did After School

Annette talks about what she did when she returned from school in Adelaide, South AUstralia during the 1950's.
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School Days - Laura South Australia

School Days - Laura South Australia
Alice talks about life at Laura Primary School, South Australia in the 1930's.  
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In the Beginning...

When I was very young, I thought everyone was like me. I soon came to discover that this was not the case. As I reflect, I realize that my life has been anything but ordinary and consequently, I want to share as much as I can remember before I am unable...
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My Stepfather, my closest friend

Alice talks about her relationship with her stepfather
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Two of my childhood homes

Juidith talks about her childhood homes at Palmwoods and Mapleton, Queensland
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My favourite room

Jill talks about her favourite room in her home in Clare South Australia
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The Tree That Will Live Forever

When I was about 20 years old I remember my mother being so grieved about a walnut tree that was being cut down at her old homeplace.  She asked the owner of her old homeplace for some of the wood.  Finally, she decided to have picture frames made from the walnut...
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My Father's table

                MY FATHER’S TABLE       No matter how meticulously the table was set, my father always moved the knife and fork either towards or away from the plate by about one thirty second of an inch. He worked in a factory making...
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Come And Sit, Friends And Neighbors

Come And Sit, Friends And Neighbors
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   An Apple Tree Speaks   Note dangling from our apple tree:   FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS   SIT AND REST AWHILE IN THE SHADE OF MY BRANCHES. ENJOY ONE OF MY APPLES WHILE RESTING. LOOK UP, LOOK...
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DONATION OF NEWCOMB LITTLE DAISY LOOM TO CALDWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

WE RECIEVED THE LITTLE DAISY LOOM FROM THE FAMILY OF MRS BLANCHE LOWERY (BRAYMER, MO) MRS LOWERY WAS STILL MAKING RUGS ON THE LOOM AS OF 2000. MRS LOWERY TOLD HER FAMILY THAT SHE WANTED THE LOOM TO STAY IN CALDWELL COUNTY. AFTER WE RECIEVED THE LOOM FROM THE LOWERY FAMILY,...
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Aunt Mary and the Hinman Place

Did you ever have a place you thought was magical during your childhood?

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My Childhood Home

Bob talks about his childhood home in Lockleys, a suburb of Adelaide
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More Early School Memories

More Early School Memories
Margaret tells the tale of her first day at school and everything seemed better after that... Copied from St Giles Secondary School Occasional Papers
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My closest family member

My closest family member
Annette talks about her sister - her closest family friend. Annette is the youngest in the photo.
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