Fellow blogger Derrick J. Knight's recent post on his 1950s childhood memories of "The Heyday of the Local Cinema" has once again inspired me to write a blog post. This one on a much simpler theme than the Baltic State Evacuees 🙂 Growing up, there was just my brother and me (and Mum). My brother … Continue reading My Big Bruvver
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
In the Cockatoo’s Playground…
... it's all fun and games until someone loses ... a windscreen! Plus Equals Explanatory note: The rooftop of our apartment block is lined with small stones. A large flock of local cockatoos has been having great fun dropping them from the roof, seven floors up, onto the driveway entrance to our underground carpark. These … Continue reading In the Cockatoo’s Playground…
Riga Exodus #7
For my final post in this series, I will turn my attention back to the lady who inspired them - Miss Evelyn Knight - born in England in 1882 and fellow blogger Derrick J. Knight's great-aunt. She was one of the contingent of British-citizen Baltic States evacuees who arrived in Queensland in December 1940, as … Continue reading Riga Exodus #7
GWEN WILSON The Reluctant Retiree 