that one was hilarious, dad had electric hot water but a gas stove, we had gas hot water but an electric stove. We worked it out.
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melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Can you tell her about the Breakfast Club that only 70’s/80’s kids from Queensland would know?
Hang on, is this to do with the free school breakfasts program?
I have one old memory of free breakfast being held at my Melbourne primary school but I don’t think it lasted long for us.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh ok it was a kids tv show reddit.com/…/brisbane_tv_from_the_olden_times/
Not from Brisbane so I would never have got that.
Nath@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh wow! That this came from a non-Queensland kid is extra surprising. Yes, this was the breakfast club. It gave us, Agro by the way. Queensland kids knew Agro years before the rest of Australia.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I didn’t actually watch it, I thought it was a government initiative/tuckshop thing like the free milk and then when I saw that was still going (so not useful for age purposes) I just googled Queensland breakfast club.
So technically I cheated.
However I do remember when you would buy jam in tins. Sliced pickled cucumbers too. And I remember being served pink junket.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Junket! I remember the smell of junket tablets 🤤
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Oh yeah…oh I had suppressed that memory. I remember now.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I heard about it but lived in NSW at the time. Got wierdedout at the idea of gas fridges, had never heard of such a thing.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yea the Longford esso explosion!
That’s actually what I was gonna write about lol. I was yr 8 at the time. Had electric hot water so was very popular.
notgold@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
we had electric water heater then too. Amazing how many of my mates bussed to my place after school just for a hot shower.