tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post4101240900666065709..comments2023-11-24T17:22:49.598+11:00Comments on Sweet Wayfaring: Thousands upon thousandsJoan Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-60325976284109500782011-07-12T06:07:45.793+10:002011-07-12T06:07:45.793+10:00What a beautiful perspective, but, as always in ev...What a beautiful perspective, but, as always in every memorial, too many names!...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-72768629960450435352011-07-10T14:30:48.337+10:002011-07-10T14:30:48.337+10:00Julie, TV was a huge thing wasn't it. We neve...Julie, TV was a huge thing wasn't it. We never had it all the time I lived at home but Mum and Dad hired it for one or two school holidays. We must have had it for the Summer of 65-66 because I still remember the advertising jingle<br /><br />"In come the dollars and in come the cents<br />to replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence.<br />Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix<br />on the 14th of February 1966."<br /><br />Letty, the feelings and the vibe are an important part of the memory. This story came out of a life writing course I did with Patti Miller. Her guidance was great to seeing the importance of all those aspects of the memories.<br /><br />Susan, there are two more posts before this series is done and ends with the very point you make.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-31445151079440362182011-07-10T10:20:07.784+10:002011-07-10T10:20:07.784+10:00Its seeing all those names that really impact.
It...Its seeing all those names that really impact. <br />It's sad how they just keep on being added to.<br /><br />The Anzac Day tradition is an important one to a lot of people whether they actively join in or just quietly remember.<br /><br />It was generous of you to share your family's tradition of how Anzac Day was spent Joan, thank you.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849036690807834080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-56986521205107537992011-07-10T08:37:06.769+10:002011-07-10T08:37:06.769+10:00I've really enjoyed reading these posts.
I dun...I've really enjoyed reading these posts.<br />I dunno why, but I have a real problem recalling the past - I don't have any traumatic memories and I had a happy childhood and of course, I remember stuff in general, but I don't seem to recall things in detail like my mum and sister can. And you and Julie seem to be able to do that as well.<br />When I think of my memories, they tend to be more the feeling or the vibe of the situation.<br />Anyway.....<br />as I said, I've enjoyed reading these posts, they have brought back memories for me. Even though we were twice removed from the war, and my grandfather died before I was born, the war and ANZAC day had a significant presence in our house.freefallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-5840506237761437892011-07-10T08:16:56.508+10:002011-07-10T08:16:56.508+10:00I have never walked this corridor, but have seen i...I have never walked this corridor, but have seen images many times.<br /><br />The passage of time is a wierd thing to try to comprehend. My head sometimes takes me back to my own classic comparison. As a family living in Denman, we used to play tennis on a Sunday evening. I guess I am talking 60-65 here. And that, of course, cut across the Sunday night movie, which was new to me having only just got television. I would moan about missing this film or that film. Over the years I have come to realise that the films that I missed were the classics of th 1930s - making them 30 years old. If I take 30 years away from today, I only get back to 1981. I can go back to the mid-50s and images in my head are still vibrant.<br /><br />Time is strange ...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.com