Bill recalls his parents. His father was a butcher by trade and Bill was born in Riverton South Australia before moving the short distance to Tarlee where he lived in the house that is now the Grasshopper Roadhouse.
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Growing up in Adelaide in the 1940's and 50's was an interesting time for Graham. Here he talks about his parents.
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Alice recalls her grandparents. As she was reading her speech one of the other members of the Story Circle suddenly realised that she and Alice were second cousins - something neither of them knew!
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Annette talks about her grandparents - who she never knew. This excerpt is taken from a history of all South Australians who fought in the First World War.
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Annette tells the story of one of her ancestors linked to the famous Coutts banking family and who was, at her time, the richest woman in Britain - Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts.
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Joyce shares her Christmas memories. Many presents were hand made and paper came from the butcher....
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We all have funny incidents in our lives and Story Circle members were asked to recall a amusing story for their life. Alice came with one of the best...
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Bill returned from WWII and found it strange associating with "ordinary people" after living with mates in the Army for the previous 5 years.
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Annette relays four amusing family stories from her younger days - the squeaky duck story, the Sunday nuts story, the Norwood grand final story and Nancy put your pants on story.
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Getting engaged and preparing for the wedding are some of the biggest things in anyone's life. Alice recalls her engagement and wedding.
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