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Off-mike...........
by MrJoop
Eric Baume would finish his segment, on radio, with: “THIS I BELIEVE!!!!!” (I listened and believed!)
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We're both Australians now! Willem and I.
by MrJoop
’Coping with puberty was bad enough. Also coping with: primary school to high, Dutch to English, from comfortable home to ex-army barracks, was a bit much.
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On the subject of "Role Models" - footballers? sport...
by MrJoop
“Sports people are OUR children’s role models.” / Really!?! / It was, several times, being stated as though this was as irrefutably a fact like: the sun comes up each morning. / No…
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"Dutchies in the Illawarra" ( Bill Fikkers). Well do...
by MrJoop
…. many, perhaps most, of the stories in “Dutchies in the Illawarra” seem to be about people who had to do even more constructing of living spaces, themselves, …
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Brushing up on the past. Filling in some gaps.
by MrJoop
As a young boy, I sat with a huge number of fellow AJC members, around a campfire there (see below) and slept with other "Swallows"in a tent. / I’ve been to the museum dedicated to D…
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I'm a little Dutch Boy.....
by MrJoop
I picture myself, / a month from now, / somewhere near Egmond aan Zee, / ( I like that name. ) / on a cold winter’s day, / feeling like I’m in a movie scene, again,..
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Making Modern Australia. My part in it......
by MrJoop
Suddenly there was a loud bang and the front doors burst open. Machinery flew through the building and my father and the young man climbed up on the roof.
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R.T.A. - Really Taken Aback! "But I've paid." "No. Y...
by MrJoop
No. I had not paid! The screen told them so! / . / I was surprised at how easily my mood swung from friendly chat to tears somewhere, inside, about shoulder-level. / .
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The Lady in Red
by MrJoop
Lady Jane Beach, is on Sydney Harbour and is a legal nude beach. / Lady Robinson Beach is not.
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The candle factory.
by MrJoop
In this photo, my mother is the only one, with styrine/candle wax down her apron, having had to, once again, rescue sister Juul, and prevent her from being scolded by the hot wax.
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Featured in the family album.
by MrJoop
The principal would regularly stroke my back and feel for progress. / Inserts in my shoes worked on the shape of my legs, which, were noticed to be “X-legs”.
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The BEST Christmas present!
by MrJoop
Or I’ll close it up, with him inside and carry it to and exciting new location. So that when he looks out over the top, he finds himself on top of the bed,
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When the gypsy wanted a fight and the wind blew us a...
by MrJoop
…they were jumping through it while singing: Imme, heb jij je Jopie lief? (Imme. Do you love Jo?) And the answer was No.
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She's funny, when she's drunk. He's so relaxed and n...
by MrJoop
…. relating and thinking back to being in my mid-, to late twenties when I was going for first promotions and … relationships were starting and evaporating. / ..
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Perspectives. Everybody needs good neighbours. Run r...
by MrJoop
I have no reason to think that the rabbit, if caught, will come to any harm. Hopefully, I’ll see an ad., in the local paper: Found: Young white rabbit.
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The good saint. The good feelings. The good news.
by MrJoop
……as well as some lucky ladies getting to sit on the saint’s lap and others getting a big hug from one of the good fun entertainers. ….
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Like it was yesterday!!
by MrJoop
There are four of us left now, who remember spending those Friday evenings, watching Sugarfoot and The Naked City, in black and white, in late 1956.
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St Nicholas is coming..........
by MrJoop
The Dutch established themselves in the U.S.. They brought with them, the tradition of celebrating St Nicholas Day (Sinterklaas Dag) and soon (like many of us) anglicised it to Santa Claus.
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I see links! (The Botany Historical Trust).
by MrJoop
First thing I heard the speaker mention was: the Botany Historical Trust! / Apart from the presence of award recipient, Mr Jan Mees,… these two events had nothing in common. Well!
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Some kind words and I'm overcome.
by MrJoop
I sat down, close to mid-night, and read, that an ex-pupil remembers my brief time at her school fondly. / ….a bit of weight has been lifted and am feeling a little emotional about it all.
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