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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 14421" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>There are some great memories, but it's also important to remember - it wasn't necessarily the good old days. Kids did die from drinking bottles of cleaner, or someone's medicine. The death toll was higher pre-seat belt days (they're compulsory in Australia). We are the ones who survived - we all could remember at least one classmate who died, or lost a family member from something that just doesn't happen these days.</p><p></p><p>But wasn't it fun? Mostly. Away from school and away from other kids, yep.</p><p></p><p>We used to have "Saturday arvo flicks" up at the local cinema. ALL the kids would go. Grown-ups time was in the evening, we held court in the afternoons. The ushers were standing by with torches at the ready to throw out anyone behaving badly or necking in the back row. We'd get the weekly instalment of "Flash Gordon" or similar, before the main feature. There was also a newsreel, very corny, with fake British accent that was allegedly "educated Australian".</p><p></p><p>A special treat was going to the drive-in. They're all gone now. It was something I remember doing twice in my childhood, and a lot more times as a teenager, then even more times with husband. Then we had kids and drive-ins disappeared. easy child went to high school where a drive-in used to be. Sydney sprawled out, took over large areas of land for housing and facilities. Huge multi-theatre cinema complexes sprang up and then almost got wiped out by the DVD market.</p><p></p><p>I remember a coded telephone ring ("three rings") to let my parents I was waiting to be collected at the railway station after the last bus had gone.</p><p></p><p>The Oak dairy had the best milkshakes in the world. We can still buy Oak flavoured milk in the supermarket - it's still the best - but it's not the same, since the freeway bypassed the dairy. Although I'm told you can still get a fabulous milkshake at Hexham, north of Newcastle. I'm convinced their entire herd of cows must be Jerseys. </p><p>The best burgers are at Stanwell Park, south of Sydney (four hours' drive from Hexham) and at both places, it still tastes like the Fifties and Sixties.</p><p></p><p>What a world!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 14421, member: 1991"] There are some great memories, but it's also important to remember - it wasn't necessarily the good old days. Kids did die from drinking bottles of cleaner, or someone's medicine. The death toll was higher pre-seat belt days (they're compulsory in Australia). We are the ones who survived - we all could remember at least one classmate who died, or lost a family member from something that just doesn't happen these days. But wasn't it fun? Mostly. Away from school and away from other kids, yep. We used to have "Saturday arvo flicks" up at the local cinema. ALL the kids would go. Grown-ups time was in the evening, we held court in the afternoons. The ushers were standing by with torches at the ready to throw out anyone behaving badly or necking in the back row. We'd get the weekly instalment of "Flash Gordon" or similar, before the main feature. There was also a newsreel, very corny, with fake British accent that was allegedly "educated Australian". A special treat was going to the drive-in. They're all gone now. It was something I remember doing twice in my childhood, and a lot more times as a teenager, then even more times with husband. Then we had kids and drive-ins disappeared. easy child went to high school where a drive-in used to be. Sydney sprawled out, took over large areas of land for housing and facilities. Huge multi-theatre cinema complexes sprang up and then almost got wiped out by the DVD market. I remember a coded telephone ring ("three rings") to let my parents I was waiting to be collected at the railway station after the last bus had gone. The Oak dairy had the best milkshakes in the world. We can still buy Oak flavoured milk in the supermarket - it's still the best - but it's not the same, since the freeway bypassed the dairy. Although I'm told you can still get a fabulous milkshake at Hexham, north of Newcastle. I'm convinced their entire herd of cows must be Jerseys. The best burgers are at Stanwell Park, south of Sydney (four hours' drive from Hexham) and at both places, it still tastes like the Fifties and Sixties. What a world! Marg [/QUOTE]
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