1950s

The decade from 1950 to 1959.

June 2026

Sue and I both remember our grandparents’ Templestowe house. Sue even remembers walking from the house with our grandfather: down to the…

September 2024

Books have always played a large part in our lives and I cannot remember a time when we have not had a…

May 2024

SUE Although I have grown up with sewing and sewers in my life, it has never captured my interest, until recently. I…

April 2018

Five hours of Alice and Marge’s family stories finishes with an overview. Strikingly, Alice did most of this by herself, without notes.…

December 2017

Christmas has always been special time in our lives. It is not surprising, I suppose, as the whole of society gears up…

September 2017

Like many families, we were fairly poor as we were growing up. There were four children, only our father worked and "stuff"…

December 2016

MARGARETLike everyone else I started school in “Bubs”, aged five. The baby boom was in full swing and there must have been…

October 2016

All the kids in the neighbourhood walked to school. It’s what kids have done for ever. We went to Bennettswood State School…

September 2016

Our grandparents and parents had camped as young adults, so living in third world conditions in order to be able to enjoy…

July 2016

Alice describes the acquisition of the land in Box Hill South in 1946: Dad built the house over the following six years,…