Ross and Margaret Delavale: BEEN A BIT OFF COLOUR BACK ON TRACK.....

SPOKE TO BOB,TODAY...THEY SEEM TO BE GOOD,BUT IT'S TURNING OUT VERY HARD,TO GET A BLOCK OF LAND...AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED...ANYWAY,WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED

WENT TO A NICE HOUSEWARMING BARBIE,TODAY...IT WAS AT PETERS' NEW HOUSE...MARGS' BROTHER.VERY NICE KAY AND BRIAN,PAT AND LIN,BETTY AND LEO,PETERS' OWN FAMILY,PATRICK AND CAROL JENNY,PETER AND MARK...LYNETTE,ROSS AND THEIR FAMILY AND SUSAN..POOR PHIL HAD TO WORK AND MARIE AND STEVE AND THEIR FAMILY,WERE OVER FROM SYDNEY...EXCELLENT DAY...WE ALL ENJOYED...THANKS PETER

IN DIFFERENT VEIN....WHEN WE WERE KIDS,WE LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD,FROM THE RIVERVALE PUB...IN THE SUMMER EVENINGS,WE USED TO WALK DOWN TO THE CORNER,OF GRIFFITHS STREET...THERE WAS A PAPER SHOP ON THE CORNER,AND A LONG ROW,OF VACANT BLOCKS,UP TO ORRONG ROAD.

WELL,THERE WERE THREE OLDER GENTLEMEN,USED TO SIT ON THE FENCE,UNTIL IT WAS NEARLY DARK,THEN THEY WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE RIVER.THERE USED TO BE A SLIPWAY,THERE,TO PULL THE SHELL BARGES UP,SO THEY COULD CLEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARGE.

NOW ONE OF THESE MEN HAD ABOUT SIX FEET OF FISHING NET,SET, JUST NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SLIPWAY.SO EVERY NIGHT,THEY WALKED DOWN,PULLED THE NET AND CAUGHT,ALWAYS A FEWW,MULLET,COBBLER AND BREAM.

WELL,ONE NIGHT WE SAW IT ALL HAPPEN.....SO FROM THEN ON,WE WENT DOWN AN HOUR OR SO EARLIER,PULLED THE NET...ALWAYS LEAVING ONE OR TWO,IN THE NET.WE COULD SELL ALL THE FISH,FOR A PENNY EACH.

THOSE POOR MEN...WE USED TO LISTEN TO THEM,DISCUSSING,WHY THE FISH WERE LEAVING THE AREA...LIKE NO EARLY RAIN...TOO MANY SHARKS AND PORPOISE AND SO ON...WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THRASHED PROPERLY,IF CAUGHT...WE EVEN USED TO SIT WITH THEM AND SYMPATHISE ABOUT THE LACK OF FISH....BUT THOSE PENNIES,KEPT US IN PLENTY OF GOODIES.

CAROL AND PATRICK ARE STILL IN PERTH,UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY...I'M NOT GETTING MANY OFFERS TOWARDS SENDING THEM BACK WITH A FEW BOB.....THEY DESEVE A HAND WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING...DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF MONEY,TO DO A BIT OF GOOD,UP THERE.
FIRST PHOTO...L TO R.AT BACK...LEN,VAL,KATH AND MERVYN...FRONT..L TO R. OLLIE,HAZEL AND MUM..NICE PEOPLE.
NEXT PHOTO,IS PERTH CITY FROM KINGS PARK...1948........THIS WAS OUR TOWN.WAR OVER..EVERYONE HAD A JOB...I WOULD HAVE JUST MET MARGARET....DANCING THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK,AND AN OCCASIONAL MOVIE. THEY WERE THE DAYS...BOY PAID FOR THE GIRL,TO GO IN...NO DUTCH..YOU WOULDN'T BE MUCH THOUGHT OF,IF YOU WANTED TO MEET THE GIRL,INSIDE....VIC PARK TOWN HALL MONDAY NIGHT....CITY BALLROOM WEDNESDAY AN SATURDAY AND SOUTH PERTH,SUNDAY NIGHT....BOY,DID OUR LEGS DO SOME DANCING...AND DID MY LEGS DO SOME MILES,WALKING HOME FROM MARGARETS' HOUSE TO MINE...LAST BUS 11.30...LAST TRAM FROM MARGS'11.10...DIDN'T WORK...IF YOU LOVED THEM..YOU WALKED...I LOVED IT
ANYWAY...HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND...NO GOOD COMPLAINING..NO ONE LISTENS TO YOU.........TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER...LOVE TO EVERYONE,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

Ross and Margaret Delavale