When I was a lot younger

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Middy was 10 cents
Schooner was 15 cents.
Good wage was 180.00 per week.
fuel 20 cents a litre,
.
even further,
10 cents of chips wrapped in news paper that was worth 2 bottles
handed in, You could not eat them all.
Potato Scallops, 2 cents each. Real Potato.
Cobbers, 4 for 5 cents. and they were huge.
Wagon wheels, 5 cents as well. And they were huge like a wagon wheel.
.
Cracker night.
Basket Bombs, 5 cents each, expensive but wow.
Packet of 12 bungers, 50 cents. And they were 6 inch's long
and about an inch thick.
Tupany Bungers, 10 cents for 100 of them.
Large Sky Rockets, 5 cents each.
.
We would save up and spend about $10.00 for cracker night.
You had trouble carrying the bag home and the crackers and such would easily
last a week.
.
Times sure have changed... :cloudy:
Hang on, Does any one know what an inch is without googling it. O:)
 
Milk was full cream and delivered in bottles and you could safely leave your money for the milko to collect.
Bread, fish and vegetables all sold and delivered by home delivery.
You could leave home anytime of the day and the only instruction was be home in time for tea. (Followed by, do you have a clean hanky and have you done your hair)
Paper boys delivered the paper and came calling to collect your payment.
Cars came without seat belts.
Drive in movies were all the go.
 
We used to play with mini crackers, who could crack as many in their fingers would be champion. :awful:
Had anybody done that with a giant bunger?
I do remember someone had a go but bailed out just before the big bang :lol:
 
Mum would give me 20 cents.
Go across to Bega Milk factory and dip the gallon pail. 5 cents.
Big splat (Pat) of butter 5 cents.
Then to the shop. 2 loaves of bread, Sugar and a bit of what ever.
Spend the rest on Lollies.
I would get crook on eating them for 2 days.
.

Manpa said:
Milk was full cream and delivered in bottles and you could safely leave your money for the milko to collect.
Bread, fish and vegetables all sold and delivered by home delivery.
You could leave home anytime of the day and the only instruction was be home in time for tea. (Followed by, do you have a clean hanky and have you done your hair)
Paper boys delivered the paper and came calling to collect your payment.
Cars came without seat belts.
Drive in movies were all the go.
 
Tathradj said:
Middy was 10 cents
Schooner was 15 cents.
Good wage was 180.00 per week.
fuel 20 cents a litre,
.
even further,
10 cents of chips wrapped in news paper that was worth 2 bottles
handed in, You could not eat them all.
Potato Scallops, 2 cents each. Real Potato.
Cobbers, 4 for 5 cents. and they were huge.
Wagon wheels, 5 cents as well. And they were huge like a wagon wheel.
.
Cracker night.
Basket Bombs, 5 cents each, expensive but wow.
Packet of 12 bungers, 50 cents. And they were 6 inch's long
and about an inch thick.
Tupany Bungers, 10 cents for 100 of them.
Large Sky Rockets, 5 cents each.
.
We would save up and spend about $10.00 for cracker night.
You had trouble carrying the bag home and the crackers and such would easily
last a week.
.
Times sure have changed... :cloudy:
Hang on, Does any one know what an inch is without googling it. O:)

i was below average wage :(

but yes those were the days my friend :perfect: :perfect:
 
A lunch order at Primary School...

A real meat pie, a doughnut, a Sunny Boy (Did I get a free? Yes!!), 5 cents worth of lollies - big bag - loved the mates (4 for a cent), fizzoes (5 for a cent), licorice blocks (6 for a cent) and sherbert bombs - expensive - 2 for a cent!

Total for order - 25 cents.

All orders written on a brown paper lunch bag with money in them, were put in a washing basket and taken to the canteen, that was returned to the classroom full of the lunches in the bags. Ahh, the expectation when they were delivered - all focus went out the window! :)
 
The horse and cart at night time, coming up the road, stopping out side peoples house, it's the loo man,

If he catch you sitting on the loo, be very quiet shhhh :poop:

Mum cleaning the clothes in the copper out side

They was the days.....
 
Melbourne Cup Day... Mr Davey from down the street would go door to door in the morning, arranging the street's Cup Sweep. We all had our 5 cents ready to get our number for the race. That's back when everyone in the street knew (and trusted) each other... :)
 

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