I never liked walking up stairs. I preferred to sprint so I could get to the top as quickly as possible. But on 21 July 1969, forty years ago, I was forced to walk very slowly indeed up Collingwood Tech’s wide wooden steps, being crowded and bustled by fellow students, as we were herded into […]
Losing Your Marbles?
My favourite game at primary school was marbles. Every day we would play under the big oak tree, which had the only dirt patch in our concreted schoolyard. We would draw a triangle in the dirt and place our marbles in it. About 4 metres away we would draw a starting line. Each player in […]
They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky …
I first watched the Addams Family in the 1960’s (yes, I am that old) and it was one of my favourite television shows. The show had great characters; Lurch, Gomez, Morticia, Thing, Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and cousin It. Lurch, the butler, was my favourite. Who else could say ‘you rang?’ in such a […]
Memories of a ‘Roy Boy
I am sitting outside a café sipping a cup of tea, watching people of different ages and nationalities walk past my table. Cars, bicycles, vans and trams are noisily zipping up and down Brunswick Street. The houses, shops, cafés, and the pub across the road are a mixture of old Fitzroy and new Fitzroy. Wherever […]
