Adelaide - Blog

Friday Night was Bath Night

Graham Maskell

This week's topic is Childhood Routines and Graham, like many others, chose to focus on bathtime which was usually a weekly occurence.

2142 Views

0 Comments

2142 Views

0 Comments

Household routines are part of growing up and they change with each passing decade. From times when washing was done by hand in the copper and squeezed through a mangle to the autmated washing machine sof today. Ruth talks about the routines of her childhood.

1774 Views

0 Comments

1774 Views

0 Comments

Childhood Pets

Ruth Henderson

This week Ruth talks about her childhood and, in particular, her pets from that time.

1835 Views

0 Comments

1835 Views

0 Comments

Friends

Bill Corey

Bill has always had friends and in this story he talks about the important people in his life, his friends. A schoolteacher - George Williams - and the two friends he went sailing with every Saturday in summer for 25 years.

2177 Views

0 Comments

2177 Views

0 Comments

Friends and Schoolmates

Graham Maskell

Growing up in the 1940's meant that your friends came from your street and you played outdoors with them. In this story Graham recalls his friebds and the games they played as children.

1990 Views

0 Comments

1990 Views

0 Comments

My Early Childhood

Graham Maskell

Graham was born in October 1939 and here he recalls his early childhood and schooling in Adelaide, South Australia.

1867 Views

0 Comments

1867 Views

0 Comments

My Extended Family

Bill Corey

In this story Bill talks about his brothers and sisters, their education and their closeness as a family and community.

2015 Views

0 Comments

2015 Views

0 Comments

My Extended Family

Graham Maskell

Graham tells the Life Story Circle about his extended family - on both sides...

2025 Views

0 Comments

2025 Views

0 Comments

My Preschool Years

Ruth Henderson

Ruth recalls growing up in Adelaide in the 1950's, in particular her preschool years.

1876 Views

0 Comments

1876 Views

0 Comments

My Extended Family

Joyce Pounsett

Joyce talks about visiting family in Adelaide while they were living in Peterborough when she wasyoung - before the fmily moved to Adelaide in 1948.

2220 Views

0 Comments

2220 Views

0 Comments

My Mother

Ruth Henderson

Continuing her story of her parents, Ruth recalls her mother.

1694 Views

0 Comments

1694 Views

0 Comments

My Siblings

Graham Maskell

Graham recalls elder sister Joy who baked great rock buns and looked after her younger brother.

2013 Views

0 Comments

2013 Views

0 Comments

My Parents

Graham Maskell

Growing up in Adelaide in the 1940's and 50's was an interesting time for Graham. Here he talks about his parents.

1883 Views

0 Comments

1883 Views

0 Comments

My Grandparents

Annette Lorenz

Annette talks about her grandparents - who she never knew. This excerpt is taken from a history of all South Australians who fought in the First World War.

1920 Views

0 Comments

1920 Views

0 Comments

My Father - John Payne

Ruth Henderson

Ruth shares her memories of her father - John Payne.

1824 Views

0 Comments

1824 Views

0 Comments

My Grandparents

Graham Maskell

Graham talks about his grandparents in Adelaide, South Australia.

1749 Views

0 Comments

1749 Views

0 Comments

A Famous Ancestor

Annette Lorenz

Annette tells the story of one of her ancestors linked to the famous Coutts banking family and who was, at her time, the richest woman in Britain - Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts.