tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post5368426601720529847..comments2024-03-25T20:17:47.615+10:00Comments on Earlier Years: Early childhood and Eastercrgalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-58839674072913149532017-04-08T14:11:11.392+10:002017-04-08T14:11:11.392+10:00Just remembered another of those school crafts, co...Just remembered another of those school crafts, covering wooden coathangers with thin plastic piping which was wound around many times with contrast colours woven in the mix to form a pattern back and front. <br />Found some here <a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Plastic covered patterned coathangers</a> definitely not 70s as I was married by then.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-26893079447543594812017-04-08T06:22:25.128+10:002017-04-08T06:22:25.128+10:00Well I just want to say what everyone else said re...Well I just want to say what everyone else said really...your Dad was so clever to make a hurdy-gurdy out of a wagon wheel. I've never seen that before and I reckon hurdy-gurdys were my favourite thing only to this date I didn't know what they were called. I always wanted a swing growing up. It was on the top of my Xmas list every year - and an Etch-a-Sketch was another long held ambition. I LOVED Kindergarten of the Air and used to skip around our unit in Bondi when I was little and then the house in Campbell when we moved to Canberra. Your cushion cover sounds really interesting. We did weaving and I still remember the frames I assume our fathers had to make for us.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-44020111678467855652017-04-07T22:19:10.004+10:002017-04-07T22:19:10.004+10:00Nice to meet you too Rowena. I'm enjoying your...Nice to meet you too Rowena. I'm enjoying your digital trip through Tassie.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-69607698725603392322017-04-07T22:17:21.809+10:002017-04-07T22:17:21.809+10:00Wow, I can't imagine trying to teach 5 year ol...Wow, I can't imagine trying to teach 5 year olds cross stitch. You must have had a very patient teacher.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-22116402381005862622017-04-07T21:21:43.485+10:002017-04-07T21:21:43.485+10:00Thanks so much for popping by my blog so I could f...Thanks so much for popping by my blog so I could find yours. It's great to come across a fellow Aussie and have some concept of the places mentioned. My grandfather was a Haebich from Hahndorf. I've also been through some of the remoter parts of South Australia driving or catching the Indian Pacific (Train running between Sydney and Perth). <br />I really loved the hurdy-gurdy made out of the wagon wheel and the ingenuity that went into it. Country people are so resourceful- my husband is amazing like that after going up on a farm and having to make do. <br />xx RowenaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-78380073645031382912017-04-07T10:15:05.393+10:002017-04-07T10:15:05.393+10:00Swings = hours of fun for children. Thanks for dro...Swings = hours of fun for children. Thanks for dropping by.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-47249327766898119282017-04-07T10:13:54.750+10:002017-04-07T10:13:54.750+10:00I'd forgotten about the craft that followed, t...I'd forgotten about the craft that followed, thanks for the reminder and the inclusion in your list.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-18374514522503008742017-04-07T02:41:19.164+10:002017-04-07T02:41:19.164+10:00What a great photo. I've wondered what a hurdy...What a great photo. I've wondered what a hurdy-gurdy might look like. My dad was very good at putting up swings in our yard. We had three different ones. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.tamaranarayan.com/2017/04/e-is-for-experiment-turning-uss.html" rel="nofollow">E is for Experiment: Turning the USS Eldridge Invisible</a>Tamara Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725262301091012950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-19014717745652152662017-04-07T00:14:57.184+10:002017-04-07T00:14:57.184+10:00I have included your blog in INTERESTING BLOGS at ...I have included your blog in INTERESTING BLOGS at FRIDAY FOSSICKING at <br /><br />http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/friday-fossicking-7th-april-2017.html<br /><br />Thank you, Chris<br /><br /> So many great memories revived, especially Kindergarten of the Air... how I loved that.. I went to the School of Arts along with other children of the small town to listen to that. I especially loved the craft sessions that followed. You have inspired me to write about those times also...Crissoulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148084999701286044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-12105564136983027142017-04-06T22:44:30.090+10:002017-04-06T22:44:30.090+10:00We learnt cross stitch when I was in the infant cl...We learnt cross stitch when I was in the infant class at primary school - my father still has the bookmarks I and my twin sister made for him :).<br />Thanks for bringing your early childhood to life :)<br />Sophie<br /><a href="http://sophiesthoughtsandfunmbles.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles - Dragon Diaries</a>Sophie Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768033409563305140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-84075820511526067762017-04-06T22:04:35.807+10:002017-04-06T22:04:35.807+10:00Ah, we were so sensitive to our teacher's opin...Ah, we were so sensitive to our teacher's opinion. Sugar bag, sugar sack a simple misinterpretation.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-78337607060144815712017-04-06T21:58:44.391+10:002017-04-06T21:58:44.391+10:00Siblings are gold!Siblings are gold!crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-75299604253443051622017-04-06T17:43:07.895+10:002017-04-06T17:43:07.895+10:00We brought a wagon wheel back from Uncle Mac's...We brought a wagon wheel back from Uncle Mac's farm and Dad made us one of those in the backyard ( I grew up in suburban Beaumaris, Melbourne).<br />And I remember learning stitching skills on a piece of hessian. In fact, you reminded me that when we were about to start learning, the teacher sent a note home asking if anyone had any sugar sacks they could send along for us to use in craft. My friend Erin's mum sent along an empty paper CSR White sugar bag. Erin was SO embarrassed.<br /><a href="%E2%80%9Cwww.wendyoftherock.co.uk%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Wendy of the Rock is OFF the Rock</a><br /><a href="%E2%80%9Cwendyoftherock.co.uk%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">E = Eyeball entrepreneur </a><br />Wendy of the Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01075191933681796096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-68785964783885992382017-04-06T16:05:17.384+10:002017-04-06T16:05:17.384+10:00Another contrast for this only child - how I envy ...Another contrast for this only child - how I envy you those siblings .... and to be the spoilt baby... <br /><br />Jill - Blogging the #AtoZChallenge at ballau.blogspot.comGeniAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-74927724529776775982017-04-06T15:22:48.331+10:002017-04-06T15:22:48.331+10:00Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-32291378064084470592017-04-06T15:21:54.216+10:002017-04-06T15:21:54.216+10:00I think in so many cases 'necessity was the mo...I think in so many cases 'necessity was the mother of invention' Her antique shop on a farm was probably an excellent idea.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-10208813991843865612017-04-06T15:18:15.600+10:002017-04-06T15:18:15.600+10:00She was just testing your memories!She was just testing your memories!crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-36750400136117406482017-04-06T14:44:11.973+10:002017-04-06T14:44:11.973+10:00My mum would hide our eggs all over the house. Sam...My mum would hide our eggs all over the house. Same spots every year though. We got really good at finding them once we caught on. Great post. Love the photo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619185462394012616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-85430107345605689642017-04-06T13:25:50.707+10:002017-04-06T13:25:50.707+10:00That hurdy gurdy is fabulous! My grandmother used ...That hurdy gurdy is fabulous! My grandmother used to sell those wheels at her antique shop on our farm in the 1950s. If only she had thought to ask my grandfather to build one of these!Molly of Molly's Canopyhttp://mollyscanopy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-7130025638686975732017-04-06T12:32:40.430+10:002017-04-06T12:32:40.430+10:00What a great photo on the hurdy gurdy! Looks like ...What a great photo on the hurdy gurdy! Looks like it would have been a lot of fun. Enjoyed reading your memories of Easter.Harvest Moon by Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18026575111937500816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-46572836789672725642017-04-06T11:55:57.756+10:002017-04-06T11:55:57.756+10:00Yes, best clothes to be changed as soon as one ret...Yes, best clothes to be changed as soon as one returned home. I imagine this photo was probably taken on a Sunday. I guess we all wore hats to church but I have no memories of them.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-1008058240101299422017-04-06T11:53:07.512+10:002017-04-06T11:53:07.512+10:00I think our Easter eggs were laid out on the dinin...I think our Easter eggs were laid out on the dining room table with our names, or in the usual place where each person sat. No hunting for them outside as either farm animals or vermin would have got them first!crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-39599204200603845942017-04-06T11:50:10.316+10:002017-04-06T11:50:10.316+10:00I had forgotten about the basket weaving. Mum made...I had forgotten about the basket weaving. Mum made some through the local CWA.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-65717263223467311562017-04-06T09:57:16.845+10:002017-04-06T09:57:16.845+10:00The craft in small schools was very limited. We s...The craft in small schools was very limited. We seemed to weave interminable baskets for six years. Your cushions sound more creative.lindamaycurryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876359944965312653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-71014044022313270412017-04-06T07:33:03.250+10:002017-04-06T07:33:03.250+10:00A lovely happy photo of you and your siblings. Did...A lovely happy photo of you and your siblings. Did you hunt for your Easter eggs?<br /><br />Visiting from A to Z and Australian Family History Bloggers<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ayfamilyhistory.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/e-is-for-eden-park-home-of-wentworth.html" rel="nofollow"><br />E is for Eden Park, home of Wentworth Cavenagh<br /></a><br />----------<br><br />Anne Young <br><br /><a href="http://ayfamilyhistory.blogspot.com.au" rel="nofollow">Anne's family history </a><br />Anne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970750528434435027noreply@blogger.com