Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
13-05-2009, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 184
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I have been told that a few people meet at the...
I have been told that a few people meet at the Chinese restaurant at Kedron on the first Sunday in November once a year and one had mentioned Mrs Downie. Does anyone remember her, she was a teacher...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
10-05-2009, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 184
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It been ages since I wrote in this forum and...
It been ages since I wrote in this forum and since that time so many people I knew in Moresby have contacted me. It's been wonderful. I had some of Dad's old home Movies put on DVD and it was quite...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
07-02-2008, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 8
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Hi Fred
Fred said:- If you are in touch with Glenda Hayward who replied to you please give her my best. I was good mates with Des.
Hi Fred,
I am so stoked that you have joine dthe forum, so many fond...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
05-02-2008, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 184
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
10-01-2008, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
I think I am going to go to the PNG reunion at...
I think I am going to go to the PNG reunion at the Gold Coast on the 21st June, I am a little worried that I will turn up there and not know anyone and sit like the proverbial stale bottle on my own....
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
10-01-2008, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Robyn,
You are going to think I am awful. I...
Hi Robyn,
You are going to think I am awful. I don't have it yet but you have prompted me and reminded me. So I will get this book ordered finally, I just plain forgot as I am reading a huge pile...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
09-01-2008, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,080
Hi Clem,
My Dad (Des Hayward) was president of...
Hi Clem,
My Dad (Des Hayward) was president of KCC for a couple of years and I know almost all of the people you were talking about however not in touch now. Last I knew of Tommy Rosser was he was...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
08-01-2008, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Geoff Snowdon,
You jogged a memory for...
Hi Geoff Snowdon,
You jogged a memory for me, I can remember playing squash I think on Friday afternoons. If I remember right we had all sorts of sports on a friday afternoon at school, it was...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
22-11-2007, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Paul,
I am so pleased to hear that you...
Hi Paul,
I am so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your trip back to Moresby. And it is wonderful to hear you talk of things like the Papuan now sadly gone. The Manager was a friend of my Fathers,...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
11-10-2007, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
MY brother has been sending through various...
MY brother has been sending through various images, things I have long forgotten, such as stock car racing behind Jacksons. He and his friend built a wonderful little red car.
He thought that they...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
11-10-2007, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Nurney_2000
I had left prior to 1975 and...
Hi Nurney_2000
I had left prior to 1975 and I can only rememeber Woody running the Rouna Hotel.
I really am not sure about Johnny Rosser only Tommy Rosser (who was a rubber man) was still going...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
06-10-2007, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Robyn,
Lexie had the coolest shop in town,...
Hi Robyn,
Lexie had the coolest shop in town, my dad put in a sound system for her. Joan Barbers Mum used to do the sewing for Lexie.
I haven't purchased the book yet, have to budget for it. I...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
06-10-2007, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
06-10-2007, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
I read this and instantly answered, but I...
I read this and instantly answered, but I remember Tommy Rosser, maybe his younger brother was Johnny, can't really remember.
As for Tommy, Tommy came to visit my parents when they were visiting...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
02-10-2007, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Maz,
This is so amazing, I have often...
Hi Maz,
This is so amazing, I have often thought of Jan and her family over the years.
And you know them well, just shows that it is wonderful to have access to a forum such as this. I am...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
01-10-2007, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Maz,
Thank you so much Maz!! I remember...
Hi Maz,
Thank you so much Maz!! I remember Jan's brothers as John and Gary but they were older than Jan and I. I remember they were both very good looking, blond and cool.
I would really love...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
29-09-2007, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Maz,
Thanks so much for that. Jan was a...
Hi Maz,
Thanks so much for that. Jan was a really good friend and I can remember both brothers, now that you mentioned there were two. You haven't by any chance heard what Jan has been up to?
I am...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
28-09-2007, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Robyn,
You are a little older than me, but...
Hi Robyn,
You are a little older than me, but we probably share many similar memories, I think I was in form 1 in 1970.
I am fascinated by the book "Territory Kids", I have just read the forward...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
25-09-2007, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
I can't remember, I think he was a friend of my...
I can't remember, I think he was a friend of my brothers. I think he was about 17 or 18 I think, I just can't remember that much about him.
My brothers name is Ian, he used to drive an MG around and...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
22-09-2007, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi paul,
Mrs Graham was about 50 (I think) but...
Hi paul,
Mrs Graham was about 50 (I think) but quite tall with black hair that was piled up into a bun I would imagine she was quite thin (I was very thin so most people never looked thin to me) and...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
21-09-2007, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
21-09-2007, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Paul,
I actually think that there may have...
Hi Paul,
I actually think that there may have been 2 Mrs Grahams, or that she transferred from Boroko East to St Josephs.
I remember everyone stripping the paint off the pool at Koitaki and...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
20-09-2007, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
20-09-2007, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Jaycee,
I am pretty sure it was Royan (or...
Hi Jaycee,
I am pretty sure it was Royan (or was it ryan) that we used to call titch
Mrs Griffith used to have her hair pulled up in a bun and I think she had a visable birth mark on her face that...
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Forum: Finding (Old) Friends
20-09-2007, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 184
Views: 71,480
Hi Megan
I remember Melody, she would come home...
Hi Megan
I remember Melody, she would come home with me after school quite often. I remember the name Debbie Brooks but can't see the face.
The swap shop was at Taurama I can remember the faces of...
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