I Remember when I was a Boy

[threedogs]

Rawleys" Man and beast" fixed most things.
There was a guy in Essendon who drove his Rawleys van around untill only just recently.
was an old Vanguard But maybe Drew boy may know more.
Me I'm more an Ungvita type of guy and swear buy it to heal any cut

[taslucas]

Not sure if he's posted it already, but stealing a line from Benny that he told me in Melbourne last week (from an old fella at his work) ...

"Back in 64, men were men ... and women liked it that way"!

Love it!!!


Scotty (Bigrig)

Or a similar saying that an old work mate used to say;
"back when men were made of steel and ships were made of wood"

FanTapstic!

[threedogs]

Deep, Lucas very Deep.
Think there's something in there for all of us mmmm!!
Back in 64 We were seen and not heard, just like on the Sullivans

[TPC]

When I was a boy every chance I got I would grab a bucket, a net, a roll of string or wool and a bit of meat (usually a lamb chop stolen from the freezer) and would walk a couple of miles to my favorite yabbi hole in the creek. I would tie the meat on the string and toss it in, when I felt a yabbi I would slowly pull it in and scoop it up with the net when it was close enough. After a few hours I would go home with a bucket full of yabbies and cook them up. Way better than playing video games.

[mudnut]

Reminds me of the one time we had the dog, a whippet, with us when we went yabbying. We had a couple of big black yabbies in the bucket, and our dog stuck his nose in. He yelped and jerked his head out. He had a yabby hooked onto the bit between the nostrils. The poor dog was screaming and charging around the paddock, and the yabby hung on. The dog was so fast, we couldn't catch him. I remember the dog hated buckets after that.

[Tank]

I remember when I was 5 and the old man walked out on us. I remember 2 meals a day being normal , sasauges and potatoes being a feast for several years before mum could get a job.
I remember my best mate dying from Septicaemia and being taken aside by the neighbour and being told that blokes didn't cry that's what the women did and I should be strong for his mother and family.
Best of all I remember getting my 72 Kingswood with the big 186 and the 3 on the tree and being given the talk about big powerful cars and speed , the disapproving look of one girls parents who wouldn't let me take their daughter out in it and I also remember cruising with my wife in it way back when we only cared about the then and now and finding somewhere to go
I remember life as kid being hard but fun and it built character and made you into someone.
I now work with teenagers every week and feel for what they don't know they are missing out on and the way as a society we are ruining them

[TPC]

I remember when I was about 6 or 7 my dad came home with a brand new HQ Kingswood Station Wagon, I thought we must be rich as it was the best car on the street.
I remember our family (parents and 5 kids) piling into the Kingswood with luggage and driving from Reynella SA where we lived to Murrambeena in Vic to visit my Grandparents, was a trip we made lots.

[Tank]

Yep mine was a silver grey station wagon with ruby red interior, man I loved that car and wish I still had it. We sold it not long before we got married as Fiona couldn't work the clutch, cause we couldn't get the seat close enough for her to get enough push on that pedal

[jack]

Our first car was a Ford Prefect, dad used to go for driving lessons with just me as the passenger around the bush tracks. It was the best car ever and I recall the registration was GMV-464. Getting his licence consisted of driving to the local one man Police station in Creswick with a mate, the copper said yep you're right I know you've been practicing. I recall a trip we did to Daylesford to buy two goats. Home we came with mum, dad, and five children in the back seat - with two goats standing in front of us.
Had a look at a Prefect a few years ago - can't believe we fitted all that in there.

[threedogs]

@ Apollofish What were the goats for ?? milk or meat
Dying to take a leg to camp next to roast
Dads rego on 38 Chev GNK 870
then FC wagon HAR 264
Remember cleaning windows with Bon ami great stuff