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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Who Manages The Managers?   The chronicles and personal stories of the Footloose Forester , up to this point, purposely avoided episodes that were critical of others, accusatory, or those that cast aspersions. Although everyone...

This week Judith combines two topics - her early childhood and her childhood friends in Loftus, NSW.

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.

By way of variety the Life Story Circle has a "Memory Jar" and, if Circle members are short of inspiration or they have nothing to say about the topic of the week, then they can opt to choose one of the 100+ subject from the Memory Jar. Joyce decided she would...

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.  

Pat recalls living at Nazareth House Orphanage in Plymouth during the war years and afterwards.  

Continuing her stories of the branches of her family, this week Jill talks about her maternal side, the Gebhardts.  

Margaret recalls her friends and the games they played. Her brothers loved hammering nails into planks amongst other things!

Helen tells us about the great variety of family pets that her family had when she was a child - ranging from chooks, cats and rabbits.  She talks about how she learned to care for her rabbits, Peter and Cottontail and their ultimate demise.   

  PERSPECTIVE      We have reached an apex of history which will never be understood by future generations.  The disintegration of the Communist block of nations may continue until they are forgotten, a concept this generation finds unimaginable, but which is true, non-the-less.      Communism may become forgotten.  Incredible.      The...

Martha Barnes Dyett                      Martha Barnes was born 29 Dec. 1841 at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the daughter of Mark Barnes and Ann Armstrong.  Her father was English and her Mother Irish.  She had four brothers and sister, Joseph, Mark, and two baby sisters named Mary Ann who died in infancy.  She...

  On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Regrets   “To thine own self be true” is a dictum that has survived as a lesson in character building since biblical times. In being honest with oneself, most of us would admit to having...

Early schooling was different in the 1920's compared with today. Bill tells how different it was - one room, mone teacher who had one arm (a war injury).  

In Australia Legacy means something very special. Legacy is a charity providing services to Australian families suffering financially and socially after the incapacitation or death of a spouse or parent, during or after their defence force service. Legacy currently (2013) cares for 100,000 widows and 1,900 children and disabled dependants throughout...

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

Helen shares her memories of her pre school years in Whyalla before the days of kindegarten..  

Margaret recalls her early childhood and the fun gained from life's simple pleasures.

Pat continues her story about her childhood in the Nazareth House orphanage in Plymouth, Devon.  

Alice's looks back upon certain aspects of her life - her unhappy preschool days, the bullying at school, teachers who lacked grace and how all of this influenced her later life.  

Jill tells the stories of her Aunts and Uncles on the Tilbrook side of her family