I Remember When...

[user 14190]

Here are a couple from the old camp ground below the railway line at Kiama. We had a 1964 FJ Holden, blue.




Following year we were late booking and ended up just under the railway line.


My Grand Parents in their home built caravan also at Kiama, same years. They had one of the first Holdens that was released, they purchased in the Yass area as the Essex they had had given up the ghost.

 

[Mackka]

Great photos and great memories. Kiama was my old home town many years ago as a young bloke and my Mum had a house in Shoalhaven Ave. My mothers and step- fathers ashes were scattered in the water in the first photo. Great place then and very, very expensive now. Thanks for the photos, cheers. Mackka

 

[user 14190]

Not only expensive, the last time we called in there about 6 months ago, it took 20 minutes to travel the short distance along Terralong Street from where you enter from Sydney to where you turn right to head further down the coast along Shoalhaven Street. People were just parked in the middle of the road waiting for a car to back out so they could grab the parking space and that was during the week, so we no longer bother to call in. This is all because there is now a dual roadway with no towns from the south side of Sydney to the north side of Nowra.

We now live near Huskisson and that is becoming similar most of the year, at present with all the holiday makers we do not go out unless absolutely necessary.

 

[Mackka]

Mate, I used to go to Vincentia to see a mate and go fishing on Steamers Beach. More great memories.

 

[user 14190]

Mate, I used to go to Vincentia to see a mate and go fishing on Steamers Beach. More great memories.

I do not now if you were able to drive there, but now it is a veeery long walk with all the rules and restrictions that are in place.

 

[Mackka]

yeah mate had to walk in (a long way) and only on the days allowed when the navy wasn't using the area for bombing practice. Great fishing especially for whiting. Cheers

 

[sand surfer]

the old hessian water bag hanging off the front grill ,i had forgotten all about them

 

[geof_junk]

I remember Bell Bottom Jeans. This was taken 50 odd years ago of the wife and now 50+ son on a ride in a 210 ton truck in Bougainville Mine. Note I even selected my favour number 8.

 

[Mackka]

Bell bottoms. I would go to SVdeP and get 24” trousers for $2 and a hawaiian shirt for a dollar and rock the night away. Now the only thing I rock at night is my chair.

 

[Calico]

I remember $9.99 Tooheys throw downs for a carton. Dad used to drink KB beer or Reschs at dinner time. $1 for a pack of smokes and $1 schooies at the rsl. The nite club had $1 spirits Thursday nites and petrol was 48 c a litre. We used to watch the Paul Hogan show it was hilarious but now deemed politically incorrect. Times have changed a bit!

 

[user 14190]

Lived in Hurstville in the mid 1950,s, used to go around all the nearby neighbours and get all the old newspapers that they had and roll them into a reasonable sized bundle, would load them on my billy cart and drag them up to the Fish and Chips shop or the butchers and was paid one penny a pound for the papers, did reasonably well until my mother found out that I was spending it on lollies and ice creams and made me put it in a Commonwealth Bank money box and it was near impossible to get any back out sneakily, so that ended my forays to the lolly shops and a way of quick cash.

 

[lkyphl]

Doing the first year of my fitting and turning apprenticeship at Vickers Ruwolt in Melbourne in 1971, payday for a first year apprentice rewarded me with $17.60 per week, which bought plenty of cold ones at 7c a glass, 10c a pot at the Clifton pub at Kew junction after work on payday arvos. My mate and I ruled the pool table

I resolved to give up smoking when Marlboro hit 40c a packet (they were 39c at the time), but I smoked Flagship rollies or Vi's, Viscounts for you young 'uns .

Fortunately I survived it all .

Phil

 

[sand surfer]

just topped you lkyphl
$18.00 a week for a apprentice chippy ( i maybe a bit younger than you),payed the rent ,gas, phone ,food for the week and still had some to spare for a good friday night plus banked $1 a week
a whole $1

 

[Mackka]

I started working as a “Counter Jockey” for a hardware store in the early ‘70s and my first paypacket was $27.00 something for 5 days and a Saturday morning. $20.00 in board and $3.00 for a weekly train ticket and the rest was mine. Living the Dream

 

[Harbourmaster]

Haven’t been on here for a couple of years. Apprentice motor mechanic ’67
$16 a fortnight,lasted 10 months, much to my fathers disgust. Went to the abattoir @ $32/ wk I had hit the big time.

 

[Nightjar]

Doing the first year of my fitting and turning apprenticeship at Vickers Ruwolt in Melbourne in 1971, payday for a first year apprentice rewarded me with $17.60 per week, which bought plenty of cold ones at 7c a glass, 10c a pot at the Clifton pub at Kew junction after work on payday arvos. My mate and I ruled the pool table

I resolved to give up smoking when Marlboro hit 40c a packet (they were 39c at the time), but I smoked Flagship rollies or Vi's, Viscounts for you young 'uns .

Fortunately I survived it all .

Phil

Started my 5 year Fitting & Turning apprenticeship in 1962, took home a £4. 7/6. 1974 married with two daughters, home mortagage, car payments, grossed $77.00 took home $66.00/week. We survived.

 

[Pro-oz]

Apprentice motor mechanic, around 63-64. Can't remember exactly ha-ha.

 

[sand surfer]

we lived with in or means those day's peter
not like most of the young ones now ,have to have everything today and must be brand new bugger the expense

 

[FindSumStuff]

Apprentice Radio Tradesman in the 70s. Got more on the Dole than 1st yr apprentice.

 

[Manpa]

Started my apprenticeship on Jan 19th 1976, the day of the predicted tidal wave which was supposed to wipe Adelaide from the map.
working came as a bit of a shock, 9 hour days Mon Wed and Fri, 12 hr days, Tues and Thurs and 4hrs Sat, first two years were those hours.