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I still say it !

OOOh yes I can still remember the smell and taste of toast done on the toasting fork in front of our open fire. Wendy

Yes we did and I liked it , dad said it was good for our skin so i drank it haha

Oh i will definitely try that too, wendy

Yuummm, and what a lucky dog you have too haha

Mmmm that is a very old , dodgy looking pole

Hi Derek, I used to do my christmas shopping at that Sheldon Woolworths too when my sister and I were kids in the 1950"s/60"s, we went there to spend the pocket money we had saved and walked the shop for hours to find christmas gifts for each other and mum and dad and gran, I still remember...

I like the story of you being named Wendy after Peter Pan! I am called Wendy too, much to my mums disgust! I was born in september 1950 and my mum was really sick when she had me so we were in the hospital for 6 weeks. One visiting time dad came to visit mum late, mum asked why he was late, he...

G'day Bob, Yes things like that which are properly processed and tinned are ok I did declare them and also some malt loaves i brought back haha

Oh wonder what they did to them or forgot to do

Oooooh love roe, fresh or tinned , cant get it here in Oz but have brought a couple of tins home when we have been back to Brum , Wendy

Ewhhh have you tried them yet? Wendy

Well ove Here in australia , lamb shanks were really not used when we first emigrated, they were pretty much thrown way if you bought a side of lamb. Today however, braised lamb shanks are on the menu at restaurants and you pay through the nose for them! They are pricey to buy at the...

Mmmm I had to google what chitlins are , I have eaten offal, liver and kidneys even cooked a stuffed heart after a friend who was a butcher told me how to do it and said it was good...mmm i only tried it once haha. I have even eaten brains when I was young, mum fried them in butter and salt and...

I wonder how many other residents have found the old shelters buried /hidden under the earth in their gardens over the years since the war.

Wow what a community effort and yes I too wonder if they had to get planning permission.

Oh gosh i remember almost all of those chocolate bars and loved them....well thats because there is not much chocolate that I dont like haha. But really they brought back a lot of memories of my childhood. Wendy

Wow, that is amazing I have never seen one like it before, thank you for sharing it. Ours was a reinforced concert square building, the roof i remember had pebbles in the concrete. I think I have posted in another post that I can see it on google maps still standing in the garden where we lived...

Oh I just come back on to the BHF and it popped straight up , thank you, going to have a good look at your map, cheers

Hi Spargone, I was eager to get into your post when I saw it pop up but for some reason I can't see what I think you have posted is a map its just blank! Any suggestions is it just me? Thanks