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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My Great Grandmother Callie Perdue Lynch

My Great Grandmother Callie Perdue Lynch
Callie Lynch was my maternal great grandmother who lived her entire life in the same community in central Virginia where she died in 1949.  She was a mother and homemaker and had a husband who adored her. They had four sons and three daughters.  My memory of her is how thin...
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My Childhood Home

Jill talks about her childhood home in Clare, South Australia.  
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Early School Days

Early School Days
The first school Margaret attended was St Giles Infants School in Lincoln, Great Britain in the 1930s. Margaret recalls her first school and shows how times were different then.
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Nuremberg Trials

The war was over by the time I got there.  Since I could speak the Polish language fluently and could read and write it, I did get to work as an interpreter for a while.  During the Nuremberg trials, for instance, when they had somebody testify at the trials who was...
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Coincidence

My name is Bernie Jackson.  I was born May 20th of 1928.  I'm talking about my five brothers.  They were the big heroes. I was talking with my brother-in-law, who is 91 years old now.  We were talking at the kitchen table at my brother's house. He was on his way...
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My Countryman, Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Who was the first person to be nominated to be president of the United States?  George Washington didn't really want it. This person spent quite a bit of time at Thomas Jefferson's house before that, when they were setting up the Government. (From an observer:  "Was this person Polish?") He saved...
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Early School Days

Joyce talks about her early school days in Peterborough, South Australia towards the end of WWII.
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My Childhood Home

Annette talks about her childhood home.
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Living at Watson 1967

Annette Lorenz shares her experiences living at in the outback at Watson, South Australia as a 16 year old bide in 1967. Click on blue link and then look at the sattelite view to see how bleak this is!!  
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Early School Days

Alice talks about her early schooldays in Laura, South Australia.  
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My Favourite Room.

My favourite room as told by Alice Domagalski to the Campbelltown Library Story Circle.  
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