source : the age
“As Arnotts market every variation of their Ginger Nut Biscuits as ‘the original one’ I had trouble obtaining the jaw breaking variety I was raised on in Sydney as a child,” informs Andrew McCarthy of Toormina. “The secret is in the bar code. If the last four numbers in the bar code are 3021, you have hit the jackpot.”
“When Gregory Nell was talking about Ginger Nuts from Queensland, I thought he was referring to a certain political leader,” admits Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “But then I remembered ginger is meant to be anti-inflammatory.”
“Thank you, Anne Shearman for reminding me of the David Jones catalogue (C8),” says Elizabeth Savage of Hughes (ACT). “As a child in Yeoval in the 1950s, it was a promise of a world beyond our local area, and a source of clothing. Unfortunately one year, two of us turned up at our Sunday School Anniversary in the same dress, both from the DJ’s catalogue!”
“We didn’t have a David Jones in Gosford and Mum would take me to F J Palmer and Sons to buy my Stamina clothes,” writes Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook. “And I remember the packs of Stamina cards in the packet in the top pocket. The cards featured Men of Stamina with 18 in each pack which featured an image of Pegasus.”
Tony Everett of Wareemba says that “recent discussion on the closing of DJ’s has recalled other long gone Sydney institutions. One was the Hotel Australia in Castlereagh Street. The Sapphire Room and the Emerald Room hosted various functions. I’m sure there was a third jewel-themed room. Any C8 help?”
“I noticed while watching a Womens BBL T20 game at Drummoyne Oval recently that one of the grandstands is named after Greg Davis, a New Zealand-born Wallaby of the 1960s who played his club rugby with Drummoyne, then a first division club,” reports Lawrie Yeomans of Oatley. “Perhaps it’s now appropriate to rename the stand the Healy-Perry Stand after the two greats of Australia Womens cricket who played their club cricket at Drummoyne Oval with the Sydney Cricket club. Something for the local Council to consider.”
How good is this? One, Josh Lamb, is an Australian wool exporter! Compliments of ABC Landline – and Maree D’Arcy of Darling Point. Not far behind is Patricia Farrar of Concord who recently heard of a ballistics expert called Lucas Thunderbolt on ABC News.
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