The Good Old Days

Nostalgia is associated with a yearning for the past, its personalities, and events, especially the “good old days” or a “warm childhood”

Here are a few nostalgic memories of mine that all relate to my life before I moved to Tasmania.

As well as being a historic locomotive built in 1936, the sight of 621 about to depart Adelaide Station with an excursion train brings back memories of the happy times we had riding on steam trains all around South Australia.

Here are David and I with our dog Tessie standing outside our old house which we had just sold. Nearly 17 years ago now.

This photo of the Canine Grand Prix was taken on Pit Straight sometime in the late 1980s. It was a fun event held on the Grand Prix circuit in Adelaide the week before the big race. We loved Grand Prix Week, the side events, walking around the track after the roads were closed, seeing the cars being assembled and the four days of the F1 event itself. The racing was close and you never could be sure who would win. I don’t think F1 today is half as good.

A group of my old workmates from the Railcar Depot in Adelaide.