Hi Alan,

What a great story and told so well against the western swing backing! You really are a fantastic story teller. In another time and another place, I imagine that you would have lived life as a troubadour wandering from town to town, amassing friends and entertaining people.

I empathise with you. I grew in up country Australia and my situation was pretty much the same as yours. I remember kerosene lamps and kerosene fridges. We had tank water and when we needed hot water, we had to make it ourselves. I also remember my mother washing clothes in an large copper boiler like the one below in the picture. This was also used to heat water for our baths. Everyone I knew had outside toilets. Life was so different then.

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I'd forgotten all about these things until your song brought the memories flooding back. Now I'm sitting here smiling as I remember things. That's for activating those wonderful memories that I haven't thought of in over 60 years. I had a great childhood, and it's amazing to think that I've kept so much information locked away inside my head for so long!

Thank you heaps smile
--Noel

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