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Gay MacDonald

Reflecting on the best Australian television from nought to the noughties

Dating and dancing used to go hand in hand. Source: Getty

Dating isn’t what it used to be

Dating isn’t what it used to be

Is it all about online dating today? This blogger remembers what courtship used to be like and how she met the love of her life.

Remembering the Christmasses that have been. Source: Getty

Christmas has been and gone: Reflecting on festive seasons’ past

Christmas has been and gone: Reflecting on festive seasons’ past

This blogger channels Charles Dickens and takes a look at Christmasses past, moving backward quite a long way to the '40s."

When trolls were only in fairy tales

When trolls were only in fairy tales

When trolls were only in fairy tales

"I remember clearly checking under bridges when my school teacher told us the story about billy goats' gruff, I sure wish they could have stayed there"

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When technology was a radio

When technology was a radio

Back in the day, radio was peak entertainment. Serials housewives of the time were glued to the radio eagerly listening to their episodes.

Depression didn't exist in the old days. Source: Getty

‘Back then, nobody had heard of depression’

‘Back then, nobody had heard of depression’

Moving back in time, and not a to a good time, women’s troubles were all lumped together. What we know...

Gay MacDonald with the bat that bit her just minutes later. Source: Getty

Bitten by a bat in Bali

Bitten by a bat in Bali

"As we arrived, it was dark. I was a bit miffed to arrive in the dark if I'm honest," writes community contributor Gay MacDonald.

The Queen is 14 years older than I am. Source: Getty

A little girls view of the royals

A little girls view of the royals

Of course, I wasn’t around during the Wallis Simpson scandal but mum was, she made comparisons many years later to both Princess Margaret and Princess Diana." What did you feel about the Royals as a youngster?

"More of you to love" Source: Getty

‘More of you to love’: Existing in an average-sized body

‘More of you to love’: Existing in an average-sized body

Weight - large or small - wasn’t thought about, let alone labelled in the 40s.

"I recall the day I opened a book and the strange black scribbly blobs turned into words..." Source: Getty

‘I recall the day I opened a book and the strange, black scribbly blobs turned into words…’

‘I recall the day I opened a book and the strange, black scribbly blobs turned into words…’

"Realising I could read was as though I had been touched with a magic wand."

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