NEWS CLIPS FROM THE PAST.

[utegirl70]

Still, I didn't think they'd invented roller skating, or wheels that far back! 
Lol, yes... I'm being cheeky.   

[dianne48]

Nooooo your not being cheeky,

It's great to have some one else to comment on these clips,  I get these visions of that era and have a laugh to myself, what it all looked like, what clothing they had on, how did they do it and so on.  I've been lucky to have Mr. Information and his vast knowledge. 
Keep your comments coming, I have more to come. Please........... I get lonely talking to myself.

[Ray]

To see some differences in clothing, I only have to think back to my own primary school years, I can remember kids coming to school in winter wearing leather helmets similar to those seen on aviators in WWI, also lace up boots and in one or two cases, jodhpurs. Black rubber raincoats and sou' wester hats were also common on rainy days.

I wonder what kids would think of it today?

[dianne48]

  
NEWS CLIPS FROM THE PAST.  1890.

May 9th.          Large social to Messrs. Lake, Rounsevell and Holder, M's.P., premier and Mayor of Adelaide also present at Jamestown
June.....           Mr. Joseph Thyer awarded Challenge Cup of Royal A.& H. Society for Wheat.
June.....           Northern District Councils Association formed.
June.....           Rust in wheat troublesome.
July 4th.          Public meeting favours Bundaleer Forest land be used for farm holdings.
July 15th.        Sudden Death of Mr. Donald Douglas, National Bank Manager. 
Aug......          Mr. Robert Cotton new Manager National Bank Jamestown.
Oct......          Rabbits numerous in district.
Oct......          Tarcowie Ploughing match.
Oct......          Larrikinism at Jamestown.
Dec......          Sarnia Silver and Flux Mining Syndicate formed at Jamestown.
Dec......          Show at Bundaleer Hills.

      

[dianne48]

Well Ray,     looks like those Larrikins were out and about again.
I would love to see the news paper of the day to see who these little rat bags were. 

Looks like the Rabbits were out as well, hehehe.

The Social must have been a big occasion to have all the Celebrities in Town for it.

Hope you have recovered from your bad cold and survived the wet.
We had some really heavy rain and thunder, but we are okay up on the side of the Lake, not that lucky down the hill few houses and Businesses flooded out.
We have not seem much Summer have not got the summer cloths out yet, sick of the Winter Woolies.

[Ray]

Well, I know that I am safe Di, it was just a bit early for me, but I dunno about some of your ancestors. I reckon that there would have been some colourful characters amongst them.

[dianne48]

Cheeky Boy,
Well doing the Family History I was really surprised, my side was rather tame. BUT the other families, well thats another story and I was very surprised who we were related to. You were not amonst them were you. 

[dianne48]

Well Ray,
 
I think I have found the culprit to all this Larrakism in Jamestown in the Early days, I checked on my Great Great grandfather in those days and he was a Police Constable at Spalding, so he was probably busy trying to catch them.
BUT....... I recon it was some distant rellies of you know who, he has admitted to being a bit of a larrikan to me and things do run in the Family.     So they say.

[Ray]

I just had a quick squint back along your family tree Di. I had no difficulty finding some characters that I would say were capable of a bit of larrikinism.

I personally know of a couple in the present generation in and around Jamestown that would have been in anything at all, only a few years ago......??

[dianne48]

HaHaHa, But are these from my direct descendants, because I don't answer for some of the other rabbits.