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Nostalgia Ain’t What it Used to Be

By Chris 1 Comment

Over the past 12 months I have been re-visiting the past and it has been a fascinating journey. One of the trips down memory lane occured while I was editing and compiling a 25 Year History ebook on a basketball association, in which I was a foundation member. 403 pages, dozens of photographs, newspaper articles, […]

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Monster Mash

By Chris 2 Comments

So horrible – so bad – so good. Check it out. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI[/youtube]

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Memories of a ‘Roy Boy

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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 […]

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The Day The Table Collapsed

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The most exciting part of a workshop I attended recently was when the table collapsed, sending books and pens flying into the air. I am not sure why the table collapsed. But the heat, a stress fracture or just boredom could have caused it. I certainly could relate to all three. The presenter was friendly […]

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Roy Boy

My memoir about growing up in the working class slum of Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Sabres Basketball eBook

Sandringham Sabres – The First 25 Years – 1974-99

Fast break your way through 25 years of history of the Sandringham Sabres (now known as Southern Basketballl Association)

In this e-book, snippetts, stories, photos, raw prawns, stats, results, awards, articles, reveal a community of dedicated basketball enthusiasts who shared their dreams, achievements, frustrations and disappointments to help create a large basketball association where 1000’s of children and adults now play in a eight-court stadium.
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Free eBook

Chris Chats .. about the good, the bad, the sad & the funny - selected short posts - vol. 1 Chris Chats Volume One

Books I’ve Read

Chris's bookshelf: read

Beau Geste
5 of 5 stars
Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
4 of 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4 of 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
5 of 5 stars
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw

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Current Writing Project

A second memoir. Roy Boy was my first published in 2023.

Other Projects Planned

1. Screenplay
2. Books on street photography
3. Podcast
4. And many more – stay tuned :)

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