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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...

Lessons by correspondence Who did part or all of their schooling by correspondence? My hubby and his siblings did a lot of their infants and primary schooling by correspondence, only attending the country primary school for a couple of years before they reached high school. Hubby and one sister...

Desks with inkwells The first school I attended was a small country school. It had lower desks for the infants classes with no inkwells, then higher desks for primary classes with inkwells. We weren’t allowed to write with pen and ink until third class. Inkwells were filled up as needed by the...

Travel clock I have one that I used when I was nursing for my alarm to wake me up for early shifts. I also have one that belonged to my father in law, it also had a thermometer in the case with the clock, so was a little bigger than a normal travel clock.

Avon ladies When I started working there was an Avon lady who would drop some Avon books at my work. I loved their musk perfume. I still have a few things I bought way back then, like my old make up bag. I also have a collection of the car and doll shaped bottles that perfume and after shave...

Delicious spiders I remember when I started work once a week I bought myself something for lunch, some hot days it would be a spider from the local milk bar. It was usually lime or red creaming soda and ice cream. No takeaways back then so it was in a nice tall fluted glass. Very cold and...

Fish and chips served in newspaper. Those were the days, life was much simpler and slower. Fish and chips have never tasted as good as they did when wrapped in newspaper, salted up and lemon wedge supplied. When I worked in aged care one man brought his mum fish and chips wrapped in newspaper...

Honey rolls Hubby loves honey rolls. They are hard to find now, but every so often I come across one in a bakery or a supermarket which has items supplied by a proper bakery, so I always buy him one. I sometimes make one, it is not the same but it satisfies his craving for honey roll.

Seersucker tablecloths long gone are the days when tablecloths were used for every meal as well as morning and afternoon teas. Tables were set by the kids when I was growing up. Between meals the table was bare as everything was put away after every meal. I still use a tablecloth at Christmas...

Dads clean and ironed hankies Worst thing ever to wash, dirty hankies. Hubby still likes his hankies but will use tissues if he has a bad cold or the flu. He sometimes wonders where his hankies have all gone, but if they are too gross I throw them in the bin. I never iron them anymore, any I...

Bath cubes These were a favourite present back in the days before showers became the popular way of washing ourselves. I remember the days when only posh people had shower facilities in their homes. Now very few people use a bath tub. You can still buy bath cubes today, they are usually only...

Cream buns Yum, yum, yum. I used to love to buy a cream bun at high school whenever I had any money. I used to earn a little bit from babysitting. Cream buns have always been my favourite go to treat, but they are hard to find these days. One of our local bakeries used to make them sometimes...

Snap buttons Always knew these as press studs, still have some in my sewing box, use them on any dolls clothing I make for the grand daughter. Been using them for years, since my daughter was little, for dolls clothing. Used a lot on the Star Wars outfits I made for my daughter. They are very...

Collecting silkworms I remember as a kid every family seemed to have a silkworm collection. Mulberry trees were everywhere in country areas so there was never any trouble finding some. It was a great activity all the family got involved with. We used to have silkworms in our classroom at every...

School book labels Oh the fights these used to cause between us kids. We all seemed to want the same one. All the magazines, Women’s Weekly, New Idea, Woman’s Day had 1/2 pages of these labels in their magazines in time for the start of each school year. We always carefully covered our books in...

Electric skillet More commonly called an electric frypan. It was one of mums first buys after we moved to a house in 1965 that had electricity, after living in an old house with no electricity from 1956/1965. It was used to cook everyday, from breakfast to tea. Lasted for years. I have an...

The babysitters club novels My daughter loved these books, she still has the entire collection that was available when she was a teenager. When I was young my favourite books were The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. I read them over and over and imagined I was a part of the adventures. A few...

Choc tops I can remember when they were made fresh as you ordered them, now I think they come in a plastic bag ready to go. popcorn always seems to taste so good from the popcorn machine. I remember when we used to buy a box of jaffas and roll most of them down the aisles or down under the...