I just missed out on Cloudland before they ripped it down. My brothers went there, and it was the coolest place in town and a place to aspire to go to when you got older.
Allan, my biggest memory of guys fashion had to be those body shirts and blue suits (and grey suits). And the guys jeans were sooooo tight
Nettie, I used to go ice skating at Toombul also (every Wed afternoon at one point for sport for school). Could never get the hang of it though. I wouldn't let go of the wall . So I just stood there or sat there and froze the whole afternoon .
and nowdays he wouldn't get away with the way he physically pushed kids, or dragged them by the arm saying things like "are you listening, boy?"
I remember seeing him knock on a kids forehead one day, whilst saying "hello, hello" when the kid didn't have an answer to his question
And what about this show?! The theme song was just as famous as the show itself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdJq7krWLxk
It was afternoon tea time after school watching this before getting into homework (in those days we had time to watch some tv, whereas nowadays school work takes over childrens lives .
Even if this did mislead the entire world into thinking kangaroos could communicate by chattering and squeaking
T'was a tough gig to live up to Lassie. I liked more the fact the boy could wistle with leaves. Alas no eucalyptus where I was. Bloody hard to get any sound out of a cherry tree leaf.
70s as kid I loved The Banana Splits show, and blue plastic tarps with a sprikler and some washing up liquid, made awesome waterslides.
My brother Steven actually owns one of the Banana Splits (Fleagle, if I remember right) actual Amphicat 6-wheel ATV's that they ran around in. He had it brought back here several years ago and restored it.
"One banana, two banana, three banana, four.... tra la laaaa, tra la laaaa..."
60's - Nuns in primary school and bombing the jelly-blubbers at the baths in Brighton-le-Sands. Coca-cola yo-yos. Balmain winning in 1969.
70's - Getting the cane from the Brothers and starting Uni. Growing my hair long.
80's - Moving around Australia with work.
90's - Getting married
00's - Becoming a father - twice! Wests Tigers winning in 2005.
10's - Clear nights with the scope (this is a dream as it hasn't really happened so far!!)
Some years earlier - Dragster! Only the kids with rich parents could afford one. I wanted one, but no chance
I had one of those . A hand me down from my brother. Except mine was royal blue and I had a pretty little basket with flowers on it. I used to cycle down everyday to meet my dad at the train station after work, and the bread and milk would go in there. He'd have to push me all the way up the hill everytime though. Going down was a scream! Ah, the memories of seeing a pic of that bike again!
My parents weren't rich though. How much were they back then?
A MASSIVE amount more that what I could earn at $3 total for 3hr work on a Sat morning in the Menswear/Boyswear Dept of the store. I sort of recall them being >$100! ?
With Jimmy and his talking flute I think it was. By the way all these programs look totally stupid with the exception of Julius Sumner Miller and the Curiosity show if you go back and watch them now. What were the names of the two in Curiosity show I can almost remember
My brothers went there, and it was the coolest place in town and a place to aspire to go to when you got older.
And the guys jeans were sooooo tight 
I wouldn't let go of the wall 
back in the year 2000 
. Has Googling taken over 
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