Clackers are the toy with a million names. They are essentially two large marbles attached by a sturdy string with a ring in the center. You would put your finger in the ring allowing the marbles or balls to hang below. Here is where the fun starts. The idea was to get the two balls tapping (or clacking if you prefer) against each other by pulling up on the ring lightly. Once you got . . . → Read More: Clackers
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If you were a child of the 60's & 70's in suburban Australia, Woorilla Caught will take you on an enjoyable trip down memory lane. We aim to stir up memories of the food you ate, the latest products you "had to have", the TV shows you loved to watch & lots more. Think back to when life was so much simpler... we played hopscotch & elastics in the street, rode billycarts and dragstar bikes & bought bags of mixed lollies at the local Milk Bar. We saw the arrival of new exotic foods like garlic, fondue & pasta and no party was complete without cheese & pineapple cocktail sticks, a huge bowl of fruit punch & the obligatory box of after dinner mints. Our grandparents drank sherry, our parents drank new age "adult" beverages like Summer Wine, Rhinegold & Asti Spumante, while we guzzled Tarax soft drinks and Schweppes Black Label Lemonade (on special occasions)! I lived with my parents in middle class Melbourne & our street was “Woorilla Court”.
That’s why this website is also called Woorilla Caught… caught in time. It will hopefully bring back memories to those who lived it & an insight for those who didn’t. We'd love you to add comments of your own & help us grow this site into an historic journal of a hugely memorable period in history. Remember the wonderful hopping game that only needed a road surface & a stone. We were easily amused in those days! Hopscotch provided hours of fun! This was a game I really enjoyed. I remember drawing the hopscotch grid with special stone,which i kept in a secret place in the gutter outside my house. You needed the right kind of stone, a bit soft & preferably with sharp edge, so it drew nice . . . → Read More: Hopscotch Louie the Fly…..What an icon of the 60′s and still lives on today!. Born in 1957, the loveable rogue, Louie the Fly always seemed destined for stardom. The youngest of three, Louie was the apple of mother Marg’s eye and she soon realised that Louie was more than just another fly on the block. Louie was bad, mean and mighty unclean and, what’s more, he spread disease with the greatest of ease. Marg . . . → Read More: Louie the Fly Cod liver oil is very good for you… who remembers that statement from a determined mother trying to force a nice big spoonful into you? Well apparently she was right, more than you ever knew! A spoonful at Kindergarten Research studies ranging from 1918-2001 give cod liver oil an A+ rating. This marvelous golden oil contains large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, more vitamin A and more vitamin D per unit weight than . . . → Read More: Cod Liver Oil, yuk! Who could ever forget ‘Gilligan’s Island’! I used to love this show and often used to dream of visiting the island and meeting all the characters. My favourites were Gilligan and Mary-Ann. Who were yours? Gilligan’s Island first signed on the CBS schedule in the fall of 1964, the weekly half-hour series nonetheless struck a responsive chord with the viewing public, who were thoroughly amused and delighted by the premise of . . . → Read More: Gilligan’s Island |
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