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What I did on my days off work

Margaret Crowe

Margaret tells us that she didn't have many days off while working for her father in 1943, however she and her sister were silver medallist dancers and attended the school dances (even though they had left school). They also went for walks and did a lot of reading. When she joined...

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My first jobs as a Nanny and Governess

Judith Black

My first jobs as a Nanny and Governess

Judith relates two very different experiences in her first two jobs as a Nanny and Governess in her gap year in 1964.

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On Being A Name Dropper

Dick Pellek

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Name Dropping The Footloose Forester has been a practicing iconoclast for most of his adult life. No, make that most of his entire life. As a teenager, he spent plenty of time musing about...

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How I Got My First Job

Joyce Pounsett

Joyce talks about her first job and how she secured it...

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'The Man In The Dusty Worn Sandals"

Golden V. Adams Jr.

'The Man In The Dusty Worn Sandals"

In 1994 my wife, Diane, was called as the Relief Society President in our LDS ward. In preparation for her first Relief Society Visiting Conference (for female members of the church who have been called to visit the homes of the sisters in the ward each month), she was at a...

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Holiday Activities: Labor Day weekend 2012

Golden V. Adams Jr.

Holiday Activities: Labor Day weekend 2012

This week's prompt - "Topic: Holiday Activities. So much can happen in only a few short days but there is always one thing that should stand out. By reflecting upon the weekend" . . , I will share a memory while it is fresh on my mind. On Labor Day, Monday...

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My five years in the Infantry during World War II

Bill Corey

My five years in the Infantry during World War II

Bills talks about his long service in the Infantry during the Second World War, serving in Tobruk, Libya, Alemain, New Guinea and Borneo. He also tells us how the War dominates his thoughts as he gets older.

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My First Job

Alice Domagalski

Alice Domagalski recalls her first job.

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My first weekly pay and my best suit

Margaret Crowe

Margaret talks about being paid 5 shillings per week when she worked for her father in the early 1940's. When she joined the WRENS in 1943 she was paid 16 shillings per week and her 1st uniform was provided. Her parents gave her a 'best' suit for Xmas and she describes...

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Career advice and my first years of working

Judith Black

Career advice and my first years of working

Judith had her heart set on being a Lawyer only to discover in her last year of schooling that she had studied the wrong subjects. She did a range of jobs in the gap between school and university including live-in nannying roles and waitressing. She then trained as a Kindergarten Teacher in...

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School years and further study

Joyce Pounsett

Joyce talks about attending 5 Primary Schools in South Australia, her Secondary School Years at Norwood Girls Technical School and her choices of study as an adult

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My year at secondary school

Alice Domagalski

My year at secondary school

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My best subject at school

Alice Domagalski

My best subject at school

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School and the depression years

Alice Domagalski

School and the depression years

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My life long love of music

Judith Black

From an early age Judith remembers listening to and enjoying music. Her parents had a record player and they played a wide range of classical music. At Nambour High School she went to classical music concerts. And to this day she finds classical music uplifting.

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L. Dean and Neva Joy Allan Lee

Salem Utah Heritage

L. Dean and Neva Joy Allan Lee

This month we are spotlighting a man who was not born or raised in Salem. However, he promised his wife he would bring her back to where she was born and grew up, which he did two different times. L. Dean Lee was born in Idaho and raised in Nevada. He...

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My high school years at Nambour High

Judith Black

My high school years at Nambour High

Judith recounts her school life as her father changed jobs and they moved from Loftus to Griffith, then the family moved to Queensland. They lived in Nambour and she enjoyed her time at the Nambour High School.

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My favourite room

Avis Harrison

Avis talks about her bedroom which was her favourite room in her childood home in Port Pirie South Australia

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My school years in Port Pirie

Avis Harrison

Avis talks about her school days at Port Pirie South Australia from 1935, her Shirley Temple curls, her achievements at High School and her first job.

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Peace of Mind

Helen Cudjo-Woods

Learning how to allow peace in my mind had to be wanted. No more drama is exactly that, No more Drama Escape from reality, what is reality these days? is in the eye of the beholder? All I want to do is have Peace of Mind. Seek and you shall find, knock and...

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