OneGuyFromBarlick

Is it a key used to 'turn the tap' to flush the water mains?

I was most interested to find the will of Wm. P. Atkinson. William Parkinson Atkinson was the brother of my gt. grandmother Mary Atkinson whose parents were Thomas Atkinson and Ann Broughton. I would be interested to hear more about the family. Hi Kathleen, I did a quick look up of the family. I on...

... making bread and butter pickles. Soaked the cucumbers and onions overnight; ready to go with the pickling this morning.

David Whipp wrote:Dunce lapel badge for folk that are useless at guessing mystery objects...

Put me down for one then!

Chicken feed?

....making fig jam. I need to beat the birds to the ripe ones, they've already had their share.

Looks like the heat wave is over in Melbourne thank goodness. Back to low 20's again. This was the hottest March on record. It's tricked the garden; the camelia's are in full flower as is the ornamental pear (both 6 months early) and the pumkins have flowered again and are trying to set another flus...

I love the photo's. I remember it like that when I lived there. Short intro; I lived at The Limes, on Skipton Rd 1962 to 1967. I went to Gisburn Rd Primary and Skipton Girls High. Came to Melbourne in June 1967 and have been here ever since. I must say I don't miss the weather there. We're back to 3...

Better day today in Melbourne; low 20's but it's raining YEAH! Been a long hot summer with only a couple of rainy days since November. Back to 30's here next week I believe. I feel your pain Marilyn. Hottest extended summer in a long time.

Liz

These are fanatastic Ian. There are some faces I recognise but the names escape me for the moment. Who is the boy in Nigel's photo, second back row, 3rd from the right? If you can post more names I would be grateful. I will come back to the site when I have a bit more time today with more questions....