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Junket tablets I used to like junket as a kid. Hubby still enjoys it. I make it fairly regularly for him.

Waterbed I remember when I was nursing in the seventies we had one or two waterbeds on most wards. This was in a public hospital and we had a lot of older patients waiting for nursing home care, as well as surgical patients confined to bed after their surgeries. Putting them on waterbeds was...

Home crystals one of my most treasured possessions is a rectangle crystal tray, with small legs on it, that was a wedding present to my grandparents in 1926. My grandpop gave it to me after my grandma passes away. I also have a set of 6 bohemian crystal stemmed wine glasses hubby and I were...

Patty cakes We in Australia also called them butterfly cakes. They were always on the table at any party, school function, fetes, etc etc. always tasted so yummy, never lasted long as were very popular. Mum used to sometimes make them as a treat for us kids. I remember helping mum beat the...

Ma & Pa Kettle This show was always a favourite with us as kids when we finally got a TV, in 1970. Hubby and I still enjoy watching our videos and dvds of this show. Our grandkids all enjoy it too.

Toast and gooey eggs This was a favourite breakfast for most kids growing up. I still get asked by my nine year old granddaughter to make it for her when she stays with us. We always called it soldiers growing up and my granddaughter still calls it soldiers.

Carpet sweeper When we first moved into a flat after we were married it had carpet in the lounge and bedroom so we bought a carpet sweeper to use rather than a vacuum cleaner. This took up less space in our tiny one bedroom flat. As kids growing up none of the houses we lived in had carpet, it...

Old public phone I well remember using these. when we were first married we didn’t have a house phone, mobiles didn’t exist, so whenever hubby was sick I used to have to go to the nearest public phone, about three blocks away, to ring his work and let them know. He did the same when I was sick...

Tin full of buttons. I sure do have a tin full of buttons, I always cut buttons off any worn out clothing and add to my tin. Some of the buttons are from my late mother’s and mother in laws tins. A few years ago I downsized my tin, I sorted a lot and took about three quarters down to the local...

Toasting fork Growing up this is what we used to make toast. Ours was made out of fence wire. In winter we made toast in the open fire in our kitchen, one end of the kitchen was just made of tin and had an open fire and wood stove in it. In summer we made toast by opening the wood box where our...

Nesquik Loved nesquik, so quick and easy and tasty to make a nice cold drink in summer, or a warm drink in winter. Always had a tin in the cupboard when my kids were growing up. My favourite flavour was chocolate, closely followed by strawberry. Still have 3 Quik musical mugs that the kids...

Tablecloths in the 70s Yes I remember using these, when I was growing up our table was always set with a tablecloth for meals. After the meal it was taken outside and shaken to get rid of crumbs, then folded and put away til next meal, unless it was dirty, then it was put in the wash. when...

Hand wringer My mother in law had one of these attached to the middle of her double cement tubs in her laundry. She was still using this until well into the 1980s before she bought her first twin tub washing machine. She hand washed everything in one tub, put it through the wringer into the...

Walking to school Living in the sticks when I started school aged five I had to walk over three miles to school and home in the afternoons. It was a long way for all us kids to walk. I wasn’t very happy about it. For the first few weeks I would walk a little way and stop, mum would follow me...

Twin tubs While I no longer have a twin tub I used one for just under 40 years, only ever bought two in that time. Loved them, quick and easy to use. When my last one failed I could not find another one to buy so went with an automatic. it does a good job, my biggest problem is reaching the...

Old canvas water bag We always had one of these on the front of our car when we went anywhere back in the 50s and 60s. My uncles who had cars had them as well. The water was always cool to drink, but had a canvas bag taste. It was refreshing on a hot day. Sometimes if the car overheated the...

Cottees soft drinks We used to drink cottees soft drinks when we were young kids. We only ever had cordial on birthdays and Christmas, so it was always a big treat for us. There used to be a cordial factory at Rutherford in the Hunter valley that only closed in the 1970s or 1980s I think. It...

Plasticne Memories flood back of the feel, smell and fun us kids had with plasticine. It was once a part of everyday school life for infants kids. Boy did we look forward to that part of the day, I’m sure it would now be called creative play or some fancy name. We just called it playtime, which...

Old computers We still have one of these computers, rarely use it, but good talking point with grandkids. Our daughter has a lot of photos stored on it from her first two trips to America for Star Wars line ups and movie releases and conventions.

Friendship rings I met hubby on 2nd June, 1973. On 22nd August 1973 we went shopping for a friendship ring. We couldn’t find one we liked but there was a jewellery rep in the store and he went to his car and brought in several cases of rings for us to look at. We both picked the same ring, I...