I was ten years old when the Second World War was declared by Britain and France against Germany on 3rd September 1939, but for my family and me the war really began somewhat earlier.
Our thanks to Gerald Garrett for compiling the following for the interest and humour of our readers. Please enjoy Banjo Paterson’s The Story of Mongrel Grey (1896), an untitled snippet by Edna St Vincent Millay…
Confident that I wouldn’t lose Snoopy, after a week or two of the trial described in the last chapter, I took him to the beach, and let him off the lead as soon as we…
Mary and I had the opportunity with our granddaughters Minah (25) and Tahlia (23), while celebrating Minah’s 25 birthday, to visit the Pioneer Village Museum which I was involved in many years ago.