Childhood stories

SWIM I DONT THINK SO!!!

In the 50's school days were pretty hard. We were not asked to do something, we were told to do it or suffer the outcome of our disobedience....

Alec Webb
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From Teddy Boy to Man

The Making of a Man

It was around 1955, the era of the “Teddy Boy”, Oh what a time that was. Life was exciting and after the war, it was a time when life began to have some colour again....

Alec Webb
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Michael Jackson lives at my house

Told all my friends at school Michael Jackson lived at the bottom of my garden with bubbles in my shed....

Ashy Boy
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Stupid Magazines

I don't know why I chucked a rock through the newsagency window but I guess I can think of a few possibilities....

Sean Bedlam
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Wounded Pride

As a child in grade 1 I attended a 1 teacher school in country QLD. To get to school I was piggybacked on a horse behind my elder brother....

Sue Murray
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Chin Music: A Cricketing Lesson

I love cricket. I truly do. One of my favourite memories is being 9 years old and waiting in anticipation for Dad to come home from work so we could play cricket....

Andy Thompson
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