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Being an orphan Pat has few memories of her parents, let alone her grandparents. Here Pat recalls what she has managed to learn about her grandfather - the Laughing Policeman.
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Margaret talks about her grandparents. One of her grandfathers dies when his fishing trawler was lost at sea leaving his wife to bring up five children in Grimsby. A story of courage and perseverence.
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Jill Sayner recalls her grandfather, R H Tilbrook, who was the proprietor of the "Northern Argus" in Clare, South Australia. The paper was founded by his father ( H H Tilbrook) who was also noted for his early photographic work.
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Helen did not know her maternal grandparents, John Edward Gibbs and Millicent Read. However she tells an interesting story of their lives as well as the feats of some on their more notable ancestors.
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My grandfather, Petillo Emmett Leatherwood, loved history because he lived it. Growing up quite literally at his knee, I lived history vicariously and learned to love it, too. He was born in 1873 on a tenant farm in Bastrop County, TX. Orphaned by the death of his father at the age...
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In 2011, Chad Peterson developed his Eagle Project as an oral history collection of "Salem Remembered". He and others interviewed several long-time residents of Salem, Utah and asked a series of questions. They responded with their answers. These are the questions he asked: (1) What is your name? (2) What at...
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The Salem Pict-Oral History Project is designed to preserve the living legacy of the community of Salem, Utah. It is a prototype and the first community project of its kind utilizing the official archive of the Living Legacy Project, LegacyStories.org. The Salem City Library has long had a desire to have...
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In his 96th year Bill has many Christmases to remember but here he shares his memoroes of childhood Christmases in Tarlee, South Australia during the 1920's. Christmas in the Army was different - he had 2 Christmases in Palestine, one in New Guinea and one in Borneo.
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Christmas is a special time of year and every family has its special memoroes. Here Jill Sayner shares her favourite Christmas memories.
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Joyce shares her Christmas memories. Many presents were hand made and paper came from the butcher....
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Pat recalls her first home after she was married.
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After marrying, Jill and Brian rented their first home in Port MacDonnell in the south eastern corner of South Australia. Jill describes her various homes and the arrival of their children over the next 8 years until they bought their first home in Adelaide in 1971, where their children were raised...
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Joyce and Ted lived with Ted's parents for the first 3 months of their marriage in 1960, and when Joyce became pregnant they then moved to Joyce's parents home which was extended to accommodate them until they had saved enough money to buld their own home. In February 1964 with two...
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Judith and Steve moved into a Housing Trust Flat in Darwin when they were first married and were plagued by cockroaches. Judith also talks about her mother's behind the scenes work for the Australian Labour Party as well as her brother's commitment.
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