Category Archives: memorabilia

Nostalgia on D-Day — 2001

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Neil

Starting last Sunday I have been looking back, though I’ve not yet turned into a pillar of salt. As I mentioned on Monday I have found a back-up of quite a few of my old posts from Diary-X and elsewhere. … Continue reading →

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Memorabilia 20: M and William Yang

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Neil

M’s memorabilia, not mine. This was taken by internationally famous Australian photographer William Yang at the party M held for M’s being granted Australian citizenship in 1997. I was at the party. See also Instead of the planned post. The … Continue reading →

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Memorabilia 19: wartime wedding

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Neil

My uncle Keith and aunt Ruth. My father in RAAF uniform is best man. The bridesmaid I am not sure about – Ruth’s sister, or a friend?

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Memorabilia 18 – to mark retirement – with a local addition

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Neil
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Memorabilia 17 – Sydney University: Fisher Library c.1960

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Neil

I suspect this is a few years before 1960, when I arrived at Uni, but the Library is as it was then. To the right were the book stacks, remarkable for their glass floors. That door at the end opened … Continue reading →

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Memorabilia 16 – 50 years on

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Neil

Me, 1955 See also Memorabilia 15: 1959 — or thereabouts, Fifty years on – guess what, nothing is for ever!, Now, what did I learn half a century ago?, Sydney Boys High School 1955, I wasn’t a prefect…, Time and … Continue reading →

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Memorabilia 15: 1959 — or thereabouts

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Neil

Watching the episode on Compass tonight on the Billy Graham Crusade of 1959 — yes I was there and may post something on Floating Life soon — really took me back fifty years! But the jewels here are not mine. … Continue reading →

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memorabilia 14: the graduation 1965

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Neil

My mother and I See also End of decade – or not.

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memorabilia 13: 1993-4

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Neil

Clearly this is Christmas, and it is here in Elizabeth Street, but I am guessing which year. Oh my, have I ever aged! But fifteen years or so is a long time… George, me, M

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memorabilia 12: my grandfather in the 1880s

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Neil

That’s Roy Christison, my maternal grandfather. The letter under his photo is in his mother’s handwriting.

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