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. . . lived on sego lily bulbs and thistle roots. They were grateful to find mushrooms growing from under the shavings of the logs with which they had built the house .
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Jill shares her memories of school at St Joseph's, her love of reading and her horror of mental arithmetic.
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Judith describes her after school activities at Loftus NSW which included buying bags of biscuits, climbing a cliff and walking along the rockface. When she went home the long way past the plaster factory, she would collect plaster pieces to use a chalk to draw hopscotch. Judith and her siblings also...
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Since my father was a professional musician, music is an integral part of my life. However, one song that triggers a memory is "Volare". I don't hear it that often anymore but just two weeks ago, my husband and I went to see the new Woody Allen, "From Rome with Love". ...
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When I was 11, my parents took me to Europe. We traveled by train within Italy and on one train - it might have been from Naples to Rome - we sat in a compartment with a lovely, older British couple. The man was reading a book and the cover intrigued...
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Stories of Enlow Genealogy By Leonard Enlow This is a Civil War story about two brothers, George and Jesse Sprowls, who were my 3 rd cousins twice removed. They joined Company K Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers during the month of August 1862 in Washington County which is in the...
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Judith recounts how she worked with her mother to fundraise to build a school at Loftus where she lived. Then at 8 years of age Judith attended Griffith Primary School, where her lifelong love of reading began.
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Judith talks about her favourite home and memories
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Our house was a big old brick house. And this lilac bush was on the southeast corner of the house. When they were in full bloom, Mom would go out there and cut off a big bouquet. And then she had this green glass vase that was tapered out a little...
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