How I met my future husband

How I met my future husband
Joyce joined the Citizens Military Force, Royal Australian Nursing Corp in 1958 and there she met her future husband, Ted.  But what about the special date when he arrived smelling strongly of beer!!  And he was a teetotaller!  
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My first romance

My first romance
Joyce talks about her early teenage years, her first romance with a boy named Ray and the social normas of the 1950's.   
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Legacy Matters Welcome Program- Lesson 4

LEGACY MATTERS WELCOME PROGRAM CERTIFICATION LESSON-4 Welcome Neighbor Activity The Legacy Matters Program is designed to help assimilate newcomers into the community at large. An activity that  makes them the "stars of the show" is part of the plan.  You will work with the Activity Director to create--and preferably participate in--periodic...
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News and Events of the 1960's

News and Events of the 1960's
Annette remembers the big events and news and how it affected her life in Australia...  
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Missing Ring

On my 16th birthday my beloved grandmother gave me a ring.  It was a simple, and in todays standards, very inexpensive ring but to me it was worth EVERYTHING.  It was round with dainty scallops around the edges and my initials engraved in the center.  I slipped it on my finger...
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My Happiest Job: Nurses Aide at the Kate Cocks Babies Home

My Happiest Job: Nurses Aide at the Kate Cocks Babies Home
Alice talks again about her time at the Kate Cocks Babies Home and her abiding respect for Kate Cocks herself - a pioneer, friend and saviour to many unmarried and single mothers in the 1940's and 1950's in Adelaide. Alice reads from an article she wrote back in 1998. In the...
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Socialising as a teenager

Socialising as a teenager
Joyce tells us how she went to dances and balls as a young teenager in the early 1950's, and socialised with sailors who were on shore leave.  She corresponded with Peter from Surrey for 5 years after meeting him at a dance.  She also went on holidays to Perth where she...
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Legacy Matters Welcome Program- Lesson 2

LEGACY MATTERS WELCOME PROGRAM CERTIFICATION LESSON -2   Overview This series of lessons walks you through the entire  process from facility signup to delivery of the DVD to the family. It is absolutely critical to know these steps. Print out this section and make notes as you read through and keep...
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Eighteen and all that....

Eighteen and all that....
Alice talks about being 18 and all that........  
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My First Pay

My First Pay
Alice remembers her first pay and her first job and her first pay packet.
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How I Got My First Job

How I Got My First Job
Joyce talks about her first job and how she secured it...
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My five years in the Infantry during World War II

My five years in the Infantry during World War II
Bills talks about his long service in the Infantry during the Second World War, serving in Tobruk, Libya, Alemain, New Guinea and Borneo.  He also tells us how the War dominates his thoughts as he gets older.
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School years and further study

Joyce talks about attending 5 Primary Schools in South Australia, her Secondary School Years at Norwood Girls Technical School and her choices of study as an adult
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My year at secondary school

My year at secondary school
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My best subject at school

My best subject at school
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School and the depression years

School and the depression years
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My favourite room

Avis talks about her bedroom which was her favourite room in her childood home in Port Pirie South Australia
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My school years in Port Pirie

Avis talks about her school days at Port Pirie South Australia from 1935, her Shirley Temple curls, her achievements at High School and her first job.
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My favourite subject at School

Judith discusses her shool years at Sutherland, Loftus and Griffith Primary Schools (all in New South Wales Australia) and Nambour High School in Queensland Australia.  Judith tells us that she enjoyed all of her subjects, particularly English, Geography, Australian History and in her later years Mathematics and Latin.
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------------- Legacy Matters Welcome Program -------------

------------- Legacy Matters Welcome Program -------------
If you can't see the flip book download the pdf version by clicking  HERE Legacy Matters Presentation Video Website Download Forms & Documents Welcome Program Regstration Form     Pre-Interview-Instructions    Welcome Program Agreement Handouts and Collateral Sample Jewel Case Insert with Company Logo Living Legacy Project        ...
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