Nostalgia

This blogger remembers the fun a good imagination can bring. Source: Getty

Nostalgia

The henhouse: From a palace to a corner shop

When I was a young girl growing up in a working-class suburb in New Zealand, we were blessed with an enormous backyard that Dad filled with loads of vegetables and fruit trees.

Written byKaren Jones

Nostalgia

The morning I accidentally became the angel of death to our baby chickens

The morning I accidentally became the angel of death to our baby chickens

The first house I remember was on Wildberry Street. I loved the name, although there was not a wild berry in sight. However, my parents and my three sisters lived there quite happily.

Written byKaren Jones

This seasoned blogger remembers her efforts to help animals. Source: Getty

Experts

Our love affair with Easter chocolate

Our love affair with Easter chocolate

Our community blogger and author shares her nostalgic childhood experiences with easter time and sheds some light on the history of the easter chocolate phenomenon.

Written byPam Van Der Kooy

Red Tulip chocolates were started in 1939 by the Nassau family, Jewish immigrants who made the chocolates in their home in Caulfield. Source: Getty

Nostalgia

Just ‘Reminiscing’: Links between sound and memory

Just ‘Reminiscing’: Links between sound and memory

So, how many of you read my last article and finished off the Addam’s Family theme song, including the double...

Written byPam Van Der Kooy

The Little River Band sing 'Reminiscing'. Source: Getty

Nostalgia

Remembering the most popular toys of the 1960s

Remembering the most popular toys of the 1960s

From the Chatty Cathy doll to the Easy Bake Oven and G.I. Joe action figures, the 1960s produced a lot of entertaining toys for boys and girls alike.

Barbie dolls were a popular toy in the 1960s along with G.I. Joe action figures. Source: Getty/ Flickr

Celebrity

‘Neighbours’ have ‘good friends’ as hit theme song soars up charts

‘Neighbours’ have ‘good friends’ as hit theme song soars up charts

Die-hard 'Neighbours' fans have helped nudge the show's iconic theme song to the top of the UK charts, as a campaign to save the show gains momentum.

Written byMatthew Hart

Fans of the Neighbours took to social media in an attempt to get the theme song to number one. Source: Facebook/ @Neighbours

Nostalgia

Fun facts about our favourite 1960s TV show ‘The Addams Family’

Fun facts about our favourite 1960s TV show ‘The Addams Family’

Pam Van Der Kooy recalls some fun facts about the charmingly quirky characters from 'The Addams Family' (click, click).

Written byPam Van Der Kooy

Left to right: Ken Weatherwax, Lisa Loring, John Astin, Carolyn Jones, and Ted Cassidy. Source: Getty

Nostalgia

Memories of Saturday nights at the drive-in

Memories of Saturday nights at the drive-in

Saturday night at the drive-in theatre was such an important activity for teenagers in the 50s and 60s.

Yesteryear buffBob Byrne

Night view of cars during a screening at the Skyline drive-in at Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria. Source: Jeff Carter / National Library Australia

Nostalgia

A short-but-sweet history of good vibrations

A short-but-sweet history of good vibrations

Did you know that the vibrator was the fifth household appliance to be electrified after the toaster, sewing machine, kettle and fan? Pam Van Der Kooy takes us back to its origins.

Written byPam Van Der Kooy

Vibrators have certainly come a long way. Source: Getty

Nostalgia

Quirky things our parents used to say

Quirky things our parents used to say

We revisit some of the oddball saying that parents back in the day used to wheel out when we were kids. And what we think they meant!

Written byAimee Courtney

Quirky things our parents used to say

From our community

Where are your manners?

by Karen Jones

Building sites- the playgrounds of yesteryear

by Peter Evans

Bath Cubes and Talcum Powder: The smells of yesteryear

by Karen Jones

Bitten by a bat in Bali

by Gay MacDonald