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P.S. I Love you… Handling family love letters
Lifestyle

P.S. I Love you… Handling family love letters

P.S. I Love you… Handling family love letters

Have you ever discovered, perhaps in a long forgotten casket, shoe box or old biscuit tin, a bundle of letters,...
Music makes my day
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Music makes my day

Music makes my day

“Where words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer.   I have always wanted to play the piano. I love...
Tom Jones and Me
Nostalgia

Tom Jones and Me

Tom Jones and Me

I only met Welsh singing sensation Tom Jones for an hour or so in 1965 but the memory of him...

About Annie Payne

While I work in my own home-based small business as a personal historian, I firmly believe that memories are strongly related to music, as demonstrated by this memory which was stimulated hearing the Lovin' Spoonful today. In my day to day work, I help people to gather, organise and preserve their life stories to leave as a legacy for the future. And, I practice what I teach, having last month presented my son his own book of memories for his 40th birthday. After writing 40 of my own favourite memories of him, I then contacted as many friends stretching back to both primary and secondary school friends to workmates spanning the past 22 years, both interstate and overseas! I urge Starts at 60 members to start sorting through their old photos and writing down or recording their memories for the future!