LANGUAGE

“The world ‘as got me snorted just a treat”

HISTORY TALKINGContributed13 August 2020Orange City LifeOral History, Language, HistoryComment

HARD TIMES 8

There has been much talk lately about the mental health of people coping with enforced lockdown during the present pandemic.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed6 August 2020Orange City LifeWWII, Resiliance, EnduranceComment

HISTORY TALKING by HELEN Mc ANULTY

These days, in our world of phone and internet, we can be constantly in touch with almost everyone no matter how near or far they may be

HISTORY TALKINGContributed9 July 2020Orange City LifeHistory, Oral History, Banjo PatersonComment

HARD TIMES 7

It was 1916 and in three years an unsuspecting world would be thrown into the chaos of the Spanish Flu pandemic.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed25 June 2020Orange City LifeWWI, Hard Times, Optimism, Good Attitude, ResilianceComment

HARD TIMES

I used to walk past his little weatherboard house nearly every day on my way to the shops and he was almost always on the verandah or pottering in his garden.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed11 June 2020Orange City LifeWWII, Immigration, PolishComment

HISTORY TALKING by HELEN McANULTY. HARD TIMES

We are in many ways fighting a war. A war against the virus. And, as in the 1940s, it is a world war. But, fortunately, in this war our houses are safe refuges

HISTORY TALKINGContributed28 May 2020Orange City LifeFlood, History, Oral HistoryComment

HISTORY TALKING by HELEN McANULTY. HARD TIMES 4

Many people today must feel they that have had enough of isolation and all the restrictions imposed in an effort to combat Covid-19. However, as the anonymous writer of the advice given above says: Do not give up.

HISTORY TALKINGOrange City Life14 May 2020Orange City LifeHard TimesComment

HARD TIMES 3

With so many people losing jobs and money becoming scarcer, it is always helpful to look back at a time in which circumstances were very similar.

Hard Times 2

As I write this most of us are in self isolation. While very challenging it may be, as Frank Kafka said, “a way to know ourselves.”

HISTORY TALKINGContributed22 April 2020Orange City LifeHard Times, Isolation, WWIIComment

HARD TIMES

When it was suggested to me that the Oral History Group contribute to an article about how they faced difficult times in their lives, I was tempted to begin with a quote from some famous thinker about hard times.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed15 April 2020Orange City LifeHistory, Oral HistoryComment

HISTORY TALKING by HELEN McANULTY. EPIDEMICS

In a world where our fears of drought , fire , flood and now a pandemic, are fuelled by an enthusiastic media, the Oral History Group thought it appropriate to look back at a past which, while no less fraught with danger, had far fewer resources to deal with such events.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed25 March 2020Orange City LifeDisease, Polio, Epidemic, Pandemic, COVID-19Comment

DRUGS, TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL

According to research, mankind has been experimenting with mind altering drugs like opium, alcohol and magic mushrooms since prehistoric times.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed11 March 2020Orange City LifeDrugs, Alcohol, TobaccoComment

First Day at School

This month thousands of eager , bright eyed little people set off for school for the first time. Some walked, some rode bicycles, some were taken by bus while others were driven in the family car.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed12 February 2020Orange City LifeSchool, History, Oral HistoryComment

Adding colour to history

“Social history adds colour and vibrancy to the dry facts of history,” says Helen McAnulty, a former schoolteacher who has spent the past four decades collecting colourful snippets of Australia’s past.

HISTORY TALKINGJonathan Roe22 January 2020Orange City LifeHistory, Oral HistoryComment

HISTORY TALKING by HELEN McANULTY : What We Did in Our Holidays.

We all know that Australia is a long way from most of the rest of the world. We are certainly made aware of this when we arrive in the northern hemisphere, jet lagged and weary after a very long flight.

HISTORY TALKINGContributed15 January 2020Orange City LifeHolidays, Oral HistoryComment