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Sydney Morning Herald
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Memories amplified
'How good to see The Argonauts Club (C8) mentioned,' gushes Robyn Lewis of Raglan. 'I joined at age seven but didn't know the origin of Lysander 42 until I was 16 and studying ancient history for the leaving certificate in 1965. My brother was Aeschylus 30.' Megwenya Matthews (aka Timotheus 31) of North Turramurra writes: 'Being an Argonaut was a highlight of my childhood – the joy of hearing my contributions on the wireless, the serialised stories, games of charades, the songs and the erudition of the experts on nature (Tom the Naturalist aka Alan Colefax), art (Jeffrey Smart), literature (A. D. Hope) and music (Mr Melody Man aka Lindley Evans). Best of all was when my mother took me to a live session in Darlinghurst where Mac (Atholl Fleming), Chris (Leonard Teale) and the others presented the program. None were as I'd imagined but all lived up to expectations! Afterwards I sometimes sneaked an episode of Blue Hills, but my mother didn't really approve!' Fair enough. It was pretty racy stuff. Fans of the radio comedy Yes, What? (C8) have suggested it's time for Michael Fletcher to re-format. Both Judy Burge of Kelso and Marilyn Irons of North Narrabeen got theirs in CD form from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. The current political climate has been impacting the viewing of Geoff Gilligan of Coogee, with recent titles being The Russians Are Coming and I t's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. According to Geoff, 'It's all a bit scary.' Watch 'em with your loved ones, Geoff. No man is an island. Meri Will of Baulkham Hills keeps her cool: 'When our family bought a refrigerator in the '50s, the ice chest (C8) was relegated to the garage. Dad used it as a tool cupboard until he died in 2005. Now my sister-in-law uses it to store items of pottery before firing. Its latch and hinges remain in good order, ensuring a snug seal.'
The Age
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Handy horses use their loaf
'Gosh, Column 8 is bringing out the memories,' says Michael Fletcher of Ulsan, South Korea. 'The ice man delivering blocks of ice to the ice chest (C8) in my grandparents' home in Sans Souci, and the baker's horse-drawn cart, with horse unattended, slowly clopping along while the baker ran from side to side delivering bread. The horse would stop at the crossroad and wait for him to catch up.' 'We, too, had an ice chest,' writes David Morrison of Springwood. 'So if we wanted ice-cream for dessert, we would buy a block of it, packaged in cardboard, at the local milk bar and eat it as soon as possible after getting it home, meaning a few hundred metres on foot. I think I remember generous portions because it all had to go.' Viv Mackenzie of Port Hacking notes: 'An article claiming to prove dogs understand words popped up on my phone. That's old news to any dog owner who knows they can spell at least one word: W-A-L-K.' 'I watched the final of the Stawell Gift, and while many may have been disappointed that neither Gout Gout nor Lachlan Kennedy could overcome the handicaps in their respective semi-finals, who wasn't cheering for the aptly named Dash Muir?' asks George Zivkovic of Northmead. Granny can report that Dash finished a credible 5th, which the more callous members of this readership would call 'second-last'. 'Not everyone remembers Blue Hills (C8) fondly,' asserts Jillian Russell of Northbridge. 'When a possum got stuck in the cavity space in our weatherboard home in Melbourne in 1972, we called Pete the possum man for help. However, before he came, Blue Hills started on the radio and the sound of the theme song drove our possum right up the wall (and out to the roof)! Problem solved.' It wasn't all blue for Peter Buckley of Minnesota, USA, either: 'While many downed tools to listen to Blue Hills, my favourite radio program was Margaret Throsby's show on 2BL, in the early/mid-'70s. I'm not ashamed to admit she had the most beguiling voice I'd ever heard on radio. While work and travel often took me out of radio range, it was something never to be missed when back in Sydney.' 'Does all this anti-DEI talk from Trump explain why we've heard so little from Don jnr, Eric and Ivanka lately?' wonders Richard Murnane of Hornsby.
Sydney Morning Herald
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Handy horses use their loaf
'Gosh, Column 8 is bringing out the memories,' says Michael Fletcher of Ulsan, South Korea. 'The ice man delivering blocks of ice to the ice chest (C8) in my grandparents' home in Sans Souci, and the baker's horse-drawn cart, with horse unattended, slowly clopping along while the baker ran from side to side delivering bread. The horse would stop at the crossroad and wait for him to catch up.' 'We, too, had an ice chest,' writes David Morrison of Springwood. 'So if we wanted ice-cream for dessert, we would buy a block of it, packaged in cardboard, at the local milk bar and eat it as soon as possible after getting it home, meaning a few hundred metres on foot. I think I remember generous portions because it all had to go.' Viv Mackenzie of Port Hacking notes: 'An article claiming to prove dogs understand words popped up on my phone. That's old news to any dog owner who knows they can spell at least one word: W-A-L-K.' 'I watched the final of the Stawell Gift, and while many may have been disappointed that neither Gout Gout nor Lachlan Kennedy could overcome the handicaps in their respective semi-finals, who wasn't cheering for the aptly named Dash Muir?' asks George Zivkovic of Northmead. Granny can report that Dash finished a credible 5th, which the more callous members of this readership would call 'second-last'. 'Not everyone remembers Blue Hills (C8) fondly,' asserts Jillian Russell of Northbridge. 'When a possum got stuck in the cavity space in our weatherboard home in Melbourne in 1972, we called Pete the possum man for help. However, before he came, Blue Hills started on the radio and the sound of the theme song drove our possum right up the wall (and out to the roof)! Problem solved.' It wasn't all blue for Peter Buckley of Minnesota, USA, either: 'While many downed tools to listen to Blue Hills, my favourite radio program was Margaret Throsby's show on 2BL, in the early/mid-'70s. I'm not ashamed to admit she had the most beguiling voice I'd ever heard on radio. While work and travel often took me out of radio range, it was something never to be missed when back in Sydney.' 'Does all this anti-DEI talk from Trump explain why we've heard so little from Don jnr, Eric and Ivanka lately?' wonders Richard Murnane of Hornsby.
The Age
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
When getting cross comes to nought
'Are the bakers at Coles bored or just feeling game?' asks Paul Marynissen of Watanobbi. 'My mother, Diane, bought half a dozen hot cross buns from the Yamba store, only to find five hot cross buns and one hot nought bun. Was the boredom kicking in for the poor bakers or did she get part of a game of culinary Tic-tac-toe?' Jeff Stanton of Strathfield has a different retail observation: 'I saw advertising outside a supermarket the other day proclaiming 'From the farm to your refrigerator since 1895'. Really? A refrigerator? More likely an ice chest or a damp cloth draped over a billy can. We had an ice chest in the 1950s when I was young. The ice man came twice a week, I think, carrying a heavy block of ice. 'Reading all the references to Blue Hills (C8) in Granny's column recently, brought back fond memories for me,' writes Janet Learoyd of Wahroonga. 'My mother was Queenie Ashton who played Granny in the long-running serial. She was also a real life loving grandmother (and great-grandmother). She spoke the last words of the final episode. We played the Blue Hills music at her funeral. So many loving memories of my dear mum.' This Granny remembers watching Queenie strut her stuff on the ABC drama Certain Women, which, one remembers, was referred to as 'Cretin Women ' by certain brazen kids. Digging deeper, we see that in the '80s, she even got a gig on The Love Boat. Marginally younger readers will recall that, while Blue Hills was for the adults, for the kids it was The Argonauts Club. Both Ian Graham of Lake Conjola and Rob Baxter of Naremburn were among its listenership, with Rob noting that 'My crew name (Cnidus 13) meant nothing to me but thanks to Wikipedia I now know more about Cnidus (in modern Türkiye) than I ever dreamt as an 8-year-old.' Gregory Abbott lists his location as Macleay Island, but his curious post is giving Noble's Isle vibes: 'Once upon a cold time a Lady GAGA and a Lord MAGA married, the offspring AGAMA could talk flat out, like a red-headed, rock lizard drinking.'
Sydney Morning Herald
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
When getting cross comes to nought
'Are the bakers at Coles bored or just feeling game?' asks Paul Marynissen of Watanobbi. 'My mother, Diane, bought half a dozen hot cross buns from the Yamba store, only to find five hot cross buns and one hot nought bun. Was the boredom kicking in for the poor bakers or did she get part of a game of culinary Tic-tac-toe?' Jeff Stanton of Strathfield has a different retail observation: 'I saw advertising outside a supermarket the other day proclaiming 'From the farm to your refrigerator since 1895'. Really? A refrigerator? More likely an ice chest or a damp cloth draped over a billy can. We had an ice chest in the 1950s when I was young. The ice man came twice a week, I think, carrying a heavy block of ice. 'Reading all the references to Blue Hills (C8) in Granny's column recently, brought back fond memories for me,' writes Janet Learoyd of Wahroonga. 'My mother was Queenie Ashton who played Granny in the long-running serial. She was also a real life loving grandmother (and great-grandmother). She spoke the last words of the final episode. We played the Blue Hills music at her funeral. So many loving memories of my dear mum.' This Granny remembers watching Queenie strut her stuff on the ABC drama Certain Women, which, one remembers, was referred to as 'Cretin Women ' by certain brazen kids. Digging deeper, we see that in the '80s, she even got a gig on The Love Boat. Marginally younger readers will recall that, while Blue Hills was for the adults, for the kids it was The Argonauts Club. Both Ian Graham of Lake Conjola and Rob Baxter of Naremburn were among its listenership, with Rob noting that 'My crew name (Cnidus 13) meant nothing to me but thanks to Wikipedia I now know more about Cnidus (in modern Türkiye) than I ever dreamt as an 8-year-old.' Gregory Abbott lists his location as Macleay Island, but his curious post is giving Noble's Isle vibes: 'Once upon a cold time a Lady GAGA and a Lord MAGA married, the offspring AGAMA could talk flat out, like a red-headed, rock lizard drinking.'
