Christmas holidays, early 1960's. My cousin David spent his holidays with us for a few years as his parents ran a milk bar- takeaway at Dee Why beach, and were fullon at this time of the year.We used to do a lot of things that kids did then - build billycarts, flying foxes, and the like.
Photo - me, cousin David with Ginger the cat, my sister.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Nostalgic Saturday
Posted by Robert at 7:21 AM
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Do kids these days do that sort of stuff anymore? Christmas holidays used to be such a special time for the 'big projects' - those that took more than a weekend to make, hone and appreciate.
Our town was kinda flat so couldn't do the billy carts and flying foxes but I used to build houses out of corrugated iron (over a wooden frame). Once the shack was up then came the decorating and the playing. Took about a week to construct but lasted well into winter each year until the weather finally won the battle.
Our first home was in Deewhy till I was 4, maybe my parents knew his.. love the cat. do you still see your cousin?
I am afraid I don't know what billycarts and flying foxes are. Must be something like our soapbox cars.
never had billycarts in my childhood but we had flying foxes alright. Loved them! Except many parents banned us from using them. Great pic!
I'm with Indigo... assume the billycart is like a soapbox car, but what's a flying fox?
And agree with MG, now adays it seems kids are all about playing video games and the latest hi-tech gadgets. They don't use their imaginations and resources at hand to have fun like when we were kids.
Had to laugh at myself and say OOps!... for a moment I forgot whose blog I was reading, and started to comment that you looked to be a very tall girl when you were young, then remembered who I was reading about.
For Pita and Indigo - a billycart was basically a wooden crate witha pole out the front and a set of wheels under the box and a second set pivoted on the pole and steered either with the feet or a rope - I imagine that a soapbox car is similar.
A "Flying Fox" was a pulley block running on a cable- they were used for a large number of different applications in early Australian times, from getting the mail over flooded creeks, to sliding logs down one from the top of a mountain to a spot that was accessable by transport.
Abbey, the milkbar was straight over the road from the surf club, and was called "the Colourbar" - From memory all the surfies used to call my aunt "Mrs G", my uncle was a travelling rep so was only there on weekends mostly.If your parents were into the beach/ surfing scene, then there is a fair chance that the would have crossed paths with my rellies
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