This week’s Sepia Saturday photo offers a variety of possibilities: pipes, pets, tortoises and hats (especially military). As luck would have it, I’d just come across this photo which I acquired as part of my aunt’s estate. I have no idea why she would have it, because the reverse shows it’s a photo from 1913, … More Sepia Saturday 164: Red Bicycles Touring Club, Brisbane 1913
Now I’ll bet you were thinking this was going to be about Mr Cassmob. But you’d be wrong, because he wasn’t my first love….sorry, dear. In fact my first love wasn’t even a person, but a place. It was on a holiday-activity, bus trip around Brisbane that Mum & I first visited The University of … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 17 A place in my heart
Perhaps it’s all those children’s stories of Cinderella et al being transformed and sent off to the ball that makes formal outfits so appealing to teenage girls (well at least this one, as was). I did feel very like Cinderella at the ball in my Debut gown. I had professional photos taken but the real … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 16 Cinderella and the ball
As my theme for this collage festival was my first 28 years, I had to include a very important influence: my all girls secondary school. I’ve talked about it previously here, here and here in quite a bit of detail so what more is there to say? Heading laterally today’s topic is about an event … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 13 – The Youth March
The featured collage image is really a story about Brisbane’s Exhibition or Royal National Association (RNA) Show, a 10 day event beloved by all Brisbaneites. However to Brisbane people it really only has one name, the Ekka, or occasionally the Show. The Ekka is still a cause for great excitement but in my childhood even … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 11: the Ekka
When I chose this image for the college, I’d forgotten how extensively I’d written about my primary school in the 52 week series. So I’m going to let you read about the context in that post. Just lately I was re-reading Hugh Lunn’s book Over the Top with Jim, on growing up in Brisbane. He … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 9: Primary School Days
Like many young girls of my generation I became a Girl Guide when I was about 10. However unlike many others I hadn’t followed the normal path through Brownies. Joining the Guides was a big deal because in those days it had the reputation of either not being friendly to Catholics, or vice versa. Certainly … More Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival: Day 8 Girl Guides
There are several outings that would be common to many children who grew up in Brisbane or South East Queensland: these are trips to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the Dolphin pool at Coolangatta and Currumbin Sanctuary. Today I’d like to share with you some of the snaps from our family outings to these places. Currumbin … More Fab Feb Photo Festival: Day 6 Day Tripping
When you were a child did you go to community Fancy Dress parties or concerts or had they gone out of vogue? My “Local” The local community hall was not too far from our house and had been built in 1929 when the estate was newly developed. By then my grandparents had been living there … More Fancy Dress for the Fab Feb Photo Festival – Day 3
It’s funny how even a cryptic image like this Sepia Saturday prompt can stir one’s memories. After a brief “hmmm” moment my sub-conscious brought forth the connection. For me this image was a straight path back some fifty odd years. My image today has been chosen from Australia’s wonderful Trove site. While it dates to 1929, a … More Sepia Saturday 160: The Gabba
Family history across the seas 