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OVERSIXTY.COM.AU | ISSUE 5 | JULY 2023 9 OPINION OPINION Animal Escapades – $250 voucher from House of Pets Share antics of unique pets or wildlife in up to 300 words. Reminisce – $400 Got an inspiring or life-changing tale? Submissions must be true, original, unpublished and 800-1000 words. Letters to the Editor Email newspaper@oversixty.com.au Mail Over 60, PO Box 6458, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086 Please include your name, address, phone number and email. Letters should be no longer than 250 words. We may edit letters and use them in all print and electronic media . Submissions: All submissions become our property on payment and subsequent publication. We may edit and fact-check submissions. We cannot return or acknowledge material not accepted for publication. OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT Direct Publishing Pty Ltd collects your information to provide our products and services and may also use your information for the marketing purposes of Over60 and/or selected corporate partners. If the information is not provided you will be unable to access our products or services. Our Privacy Policy at over60.com.au/privacy-policy contains full details on how your information is used (including how ZH PD\ VKDUH \RXU LQIRUPDWLRQ ZLWK RXU DɝOLDWH companies in the US or other overseas entities), how you may access or correct information held and our privacy complaints process. © 2023 Direct Publishing Pty Ltd (ABN 81000565471). All rights reserved worldwide. Reproduction prohibited. CONTRIBUTE WHAT CHILDHOOD MEMENTO DO YOU STILL HAVE TODAY? “My baby bracelet l got for my christening 67 years ago, and a second-hand Heidi book I got when l was six.” – JUDY TRACEY Ȋ0\ %LEOH IURP DQ DZDUG FHUWLȴFDWH from 1959 for an essay, all my husband’s letters from Vietnam, and my Aunt’s cookbook from the 1930s.” – HELEN BAIN “A signet ring gifted to me by my parents \HDUV DJR Ζ KDYH QHYHU WDNHQ LW R΍ couldn’t now if I wanted to.” – DONNA CLARKE “My teddy, that my nanna gave me on my ȴUVW ELUWKGD\ Ζ WXUQ QH[W PRQWK OLNH PH he looks a bit worse for wear!” – JOHN SKINNER “My doll. Santa gave her to me when I was 5. I’m now 79 and still have her.” DOREEN DOUGLAS “A beautiful koala gifted to me as a baby. It is in excellent condition, handmade with rabbit fur and looks like a real koala... it is now 77 years old.” – JOANNE STARKEY Your say WHAT DO YOU KNOWABOUT YOUR MOTHER’S LIFE BEFORE SHE HAD YOU? “Mum was in the Army during WW2. That’s how she met Dad. Before that she had wonderful parents and siblings, left school at 14 and lost her only brother in 1945 in 1HZ *XLQHD 7KDW HYHQW GHȴQHG 0XP DQG her family.” – GEORGINA JOHNSON “Not enough. Her mother died in 1918 GXULQJ WKH ȵX HSLGHPLF 0\ PRWKHU ZDV just three years old.” – STANLEY FREEMAN “My mother was the second eldest of 16 children. She went to school until she was 12 and then went to work and paid all her wages to her father until she was 21. She married my darling father at 25 and her life from then was wonderful as she never wanted for anything and the marriage was truly blessed.” – ELAINE STEWART “My mother had a hard life. Raised in a convent, not until late in her life did she discover who she was. Her life story was amazing.” – ESMA ADGER “My mother wrote a journal about her younger life. Parts of it were read at her funeral. She passed away last February at the grand age of 99.” – Jill Howell “My dear Mum had me at an early age and kept me without a lot of help from family. Unfortunately taken too early at 60 years with cancer. I hope I am as strong a woman as Mum was.” – BRENDA VERA BENNETT “I’m lucky enough to still listen to Mum tell us stories of her and six siblings growing up. At 96, she has great memories of a very happy childhood.” – KAY MONTEBELLO “My Mum had to sit in her house with bombs dropping everywhere. She was petrified!” – JACKIE FERGUSON WHAT’S THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT? “Carol King’s Tapestry and Rod Stewart’s Every Picture Tells a Story .” – DIANE BROWN “ The Sound of Music 33rpm when I was in primary school.” – KERRIE ROSS “The Beatles, Hard Day’s Night .” – JULIE ENNOR “Soundtrack to My Fair Lady , probably 70 years ago.” – WILMA BILL TOWELLS “ABBA! It was a birthday gift along with my ȴUVW WXUQWDEOH ȋ Ȃ SUZANNE JONES “ Joe Cocker , the album. Loved him ever since 1972, and I saw him live many times.” – CAROL ANDERSON JOIN THE CHAT! Visit and like us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ oversixtys to take part in our regular chats We asked, you responded. Our Facebook community share their views