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What about us 'rockers' ?

Do you mean the 'Morrocon Woodbines ' catfan?

I remember the knitwear factory but not the name! I wouldn't have thought that a knitwear factory would have a tower though! So might not be the same place.

Was O'sheas around the corner on woodborough rd?

Only one thing worse than finding a earwig in your strawberry, and that's finding half a earwig!!

Hi nonnaB, you're not Phyllis Green by any chance are you?

What's the world coming to, if folks can't be bothered to wash and dress after getting out of bed. Makes me wonder how they can be bothered to go shopping, mind you they probably got to stock up on fags and booze ready for Jeremy Kyle and loose women!!!

Ay up Ian, you're not on about the church hall on woodborough rd are you? Cos I cant see it!. If you mean the tall building at the top left, that's some factory on Alfred st central if my memory serves correctly. Can't remember the name of it though.

If you look at the photo somewhere on here of commercial square, st Ann's, you will see a phone box. Behind it, you can't see, was a telephone junction box that was handy for tying the washing line that I had borrowed to. While just standing innocently by the box,folks would go and make a call, while they were busy talking, i would go round and round the phone box, securing the door. Then scarper to a safe distance and watch them try to get out. Got recognized once and ended up with a sore backside from my dad.

My 'Dommi ' would have, twin Dunstall meggas, the noise, when I could start it was deafening.

Were you a zookeeper Den?

Went out with a ginger haired girl once, she were the same!!.

Nowadays all new bikes have to comply with Euro 4 regs. It plays havoc with the performance and buggers up the exhaust note, catalytic converters and such are to blame. Well actually,, eurocrats are to blame!!

I can't remember the teachers names, didn't like school much, but went to hunto jnr. Can you remember the sweet shop on the corner of Huntingdon st and woodborough rd?

I'm pretty much the same ww, always been better with my hands than sitting down with paperwork. Even as a lad, i was into finding out how things work, and have stayed that way up to this day.

Perhaps Josef Fritzl could add to the post!!

Don't think things turned out too bad, but as for the 'bitter' thing, that's another story!!

Although my parents separated when I were 4 i wasn't fostered out, my sister was. But prior to mum sodding off, i got a clout with a 'poker', and it hadn't been out of the fire very long, still got the scar on my back.

My sister, 4years younger, was very rarely allowed sweets, i used to pinch them off her!!

Bleddy hell, that sounds a bit drastic !!

What is it with females and sweets?!

Thank goodness you replied.. I thought after i posted, that maybe it was only me, phew!!

Have often wondered, what are your oldest memories?. Mine go back to remembering,being pushed to the end of st Ann's Well rd in a push chair by a lady, named Peggy (she looked after me when my mom and dad were busy working. I also remember being taken to the nursery inbetween bath st park and the park where Bendigo lion is, can't remember the name!!) Going to Shelton st infants, ask me what I was doing a week ago, and I struggle to remember!!. Lots of things in detail about my childhood from infant to about 8. Anyone else?

Thanks bamber, that's cleared that up. Maybe you can answer my next one, what were the contacts made of at the end of trolley poles?. At first I thought carbon/graphite but surely that would wear away quickly if they're rubbing along wire!. Then I thought brass, but again, even though brass is self lubricating, they would wear just the same! Or were they changed on a regular basis?.

Thanks for the offer Brew, but my ZZR 1400 is my prefered bike nowadays.