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Night Time Fitzroy

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Here’s the snaps I took of night time Fitzroy a few weeks ago. I was coming home from the airport after running chair chi workshops interstate and Sue and I decided to grab a bite to eat in Fitzroy. The photos were taken on my mobile phone in Kerr and Brunswick Streets. Photos Clockwise: 1 […]

Filed Under: My Photos Tagged With: Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Kerr Street, My Photos

Photos: Good Old Fitzroy

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A few snaps taken from my mobile phone of ‘old Fitzroy’. Although they are current photos of Fitzroy I took only shots that reminded me of ‘old Fitzroy’ during the 1960s, my old stomping ground. A difficult job as every where you look now, modern Fitzroy has covered old Fitzroy with new shops and buildings, […]

Filed Under: I remember when ... Tagged With: buildings, Fitzroy, photos

Fitzroy Layabout

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We were in Fitzroy recently showing an international friend of ours around my old stomping ground. We popped into a cafe in Fitzroy Street to have a cuppa. Of course Sue had her super duper exotic coffee and I had my ususal ‘something different’ cappuccino. After a bit of a walk I rested my weary […]

Filed Under: Bits of Nonsense, Humour Tagged With: cappuccino, Fitzroy

Nostalgia Ain’t What it Used to Be

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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, […]

Filed Under: Random Thoughts Tagged With: Basketball, Childhood, Fitzroy, memory lane, Nostalgia

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Books I’ve Read

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Beau Geste
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Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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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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