“Robert Hosking writes on putting unwanted items outside the front of his house in Paddington (C8),” notes Jennifer Dewar of Double Bay. “During the 1970s when I lived there, the back lane was where we put anything which wasn’t quite rubbish but was no longer needed. Within the few minutes it took to go back, it was gone, although the lane was deserted and I never saw the lucky recipient. It was always a mystery but any of my trash (happily someone else’s treasure) was always taken.”
Nola Tucker of Kiama is “shocked to think anyone considered buying and not baking ANZAC biscuits last week. Made from the Commonsense Cookery Book recipe, they are essential for all 25th April functions. The Herald recipe is much the same and quite acceptable. I have American friends who preferred to scoff the raw mixture before I got them into the oven. One must allow for national preferences.”
Further to the forged knives (C8), Peter Ryan of Hamilton tells us his own full birth certificate shows his father Con Ryan’s occupation as forger. He thinks “dad preferred the Air Force and railway description of blacksmith.”
The multiple applications of the print edition Herald (C8) are many, with Jim McAlpine of Moss Vale recalling that “when we lived in Orange in the 1980s, we always kept a copy in our car. Frosts were a feature for about nine months of the year so we placed large pages on our windscreen when going out at night. The frost and pages were peeled off, and we could see to drive home.”
“My husband has moved on to read the Herald online, but I insist on subscribing to the paper version,” declares Carrie Law of Thornleigh. “I always wonder what people who don’t buy the newspaper at all use to kill cockroaches and spiders.”
“I know the grandparent thing (C8) is over but no one can best this. When I was born, my mum, my grandmothers, two great-grandmothers and two great-great-grandmothers were all alive and kicking and all Ellens: Ellen MacCauley, Ellen MacCauley, Ellen Cayot, Ellen Cayot and Ellen Wright. They were numbered as soon as I could count to five and were born in the USA, USA, France, Ireland and Scotland and I had them all around until I lost a great when I was 15.” This item is from (wait for it) Ellen Kassel of Collaroy.
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