My dad gave me the money to buy them. As for the Truth, I had to go to a newsagency to pretend I was looking at kids magazines while having a quick peak inside the paper...
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The beginning of Puntroadend to now ...
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Who could forget the old Dyer Ere articles way back then. The old Truth newspaper was an absolute classic, who could ever forget their reporting of the death of Billy Sneddon.
And don't forget the early morning bag of lollies that I used to love consuming on the bike road home.
"Nah, I'm not hungry, Mum," I would say when she plonked the porridge down for late breakfast.
For the lollies, my eyes lit up when my sisters were given 20c for the day, and I (secretly) was given a 50c.
They were great days back then, on the cherry farm with my brothers. A lot of the bush land around the property is gone now, and the old barn we used to hang out in has been converted to a home now. We used to sit down there and listen to the games on radio. The Captain and the Major, Harry on 3AW etc.
During the summer when i was a bit older we used to have stacks of back backers come through to pick fruit. English, French, German............ aaah yes the old barn was a VERY secluded spot. The bags of lollies back then were given to my nephew to get him to nick off.
The cherry farm is still in the family, but it's changed a lot too.
Very uncomplicated life back then compared to now............ like the ladder at 5pm on a Saturday back then - very uncomplicated.
During the summer when i was a bit older we used to have stacks of back backers come through to pick fruit. English, French, German............ aaah yes the old barn was a VERY secluded spot. The bags of lollies back then were given to my nephew to get him to nick off.
The cherry farm is still in the family, but it's changed a lot too.
Very uncomplicated life back then compared to now............ like the ladder at 5pm on a Saturday back then - very uncomplicated.
With the 50c, I acted like a rich kid (
) and always asked the milk bar man to put more bananas, teeth and milk bottles in the lolly bag. Customer service....With the 50c, I acted like a rich kid (
No clinkers, buddies or liquorice squares?
Not even a packet of fags?
Next you’ll be telling us you never had a glug
Those 3 were my favourites. Got sick of too much licorice they kept giving me before.
Packet of FAGS were separate to the lollies but I bought the pack a few times as they were somehow rare in my area. Geez....imagine these lollies now with kids.....no chance!
Glug was OK but I liked Sunnyboy and that 'Red Indian' raspberry one (forgot the name)
Fags are now called Fads (you can still get them) and the raspberry version of the glug was Razz
Use to love fags.
Nothing like standing out the front of the corner store with a fag hanging from your mouth.
i joined in 2004. But i thought it had been going for at least 5 years prior to that. I remember chatting in internet chat rooms in around 1996-97 (I even met a girl in Texas from a chat room in 1997), so mid 90's isn’t that far-fetched. but 1990 does seem rather unrealistic
Must say they weren't my favourites during the warmer days especially when my teeth went crazy. Just like those lemonade ice blocks. Killed my teeth at times.
Anyone love the 3 Musketeers choc bars? (Still around but not the same taste)
Yep, good times. If the AFL ever did a heritage round where games were played at 2pm at punt road, Vic park, Windy Hill, Junction oval, princes park, Moorabbin, it’d be a fantastic day. Would never happen but it’d be fun.
I'm hoping the younger readers of this forum know what we're actually talking about or your post is going to raise a few eyebrows, even in these enlightened times!
I shouldn't complain too much about life today. I made that post at about 2am this morning after shorting Tesla stocks on the NYSE and making a nice little killing. Nothing like a botched product launch to give a stock a bit of a hammering, not that i usually trade news but the opportunity was too good. You couldn't do that on a mini computer while laying in bed 35 years back!
Haha Andy Goodwin seemed to like running around training laying his own players out at Wandin, I'm not kidding!
Years earlier I used to watch Wayne Johnson down at Wandin. Him and my oldest brother would take it in turns winning the B&F down there.
In very recent years Joel Garner was at Wandin. Has a younger brother coming through the system too.
Years earlier I used to watch Wayne Johnson down at Wandin. Him and my oldest brother would take it in turns winning the B&F down there.
In very recent years Joel Garner was at Wandin. Has a younger brother coming through the system too.
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