SA
947 posts
what about the Saturday arvo flicks...........
serials...............Our Gang , Bud Abbott and Lou Costella, The Three Stooges.
Hopalong Cassidy, Cisco Kid, etc, really had the old picture theater thumping,
folding deckchair seats, Jaffas down the isles. chewing gum under the seats,
Fantails, Dixies, Golden north icecreams, Lolly gobble bliss bombs, liquorish, mates,
brown babys,
Radio ........ the old crystal set, the tranny, the walkman, Biggles, Jason and the
Argonauts , Blue Hills, Bob and Dolly Dyer, Pick-a-box, Randy Stone [I cover the
night beat for the daily], The Goons, The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, Johny Ray, Slim
Whitman, Johnny O'Keeffe. Little Patty, The Deltones
NSW
147 posts
I remember also snow ball fights with kids up the back lane, when it snowed back then which was more regular than now.
We always won the fights, because we would pack snow around bits of coal for more weight.
In those days could go out with $2 in my pocket, middies 18c schooners 24c
petrol40c Gal ciggies 40c pkt