Buy Australian!

[mightyrooster]

The little tubs are still very popular, they were often referred to dixie cups, i still will buy one when i don't want any flavours when i am out. I just remembered another one you used to get in a plastic cup with a spoon, it was usually vanilla with a raspberry swirl, cannot remember the brand, think it may have been Alpino. That also reminds of going to Italian restaurant where they had the Alpino deserts, often a stuffed orange or grape fruit which was stuffed with gelato, they had other things but they stick out to me, think there was a chocolate one shaped in an apple and also a cassata slice, think a few of the old fashion Italian restaurants still stock them.

I don’t think I’ve seen them around but then I haven’t really been looking I guess. I just looked at Woollies website and they sell a 4 pack Peters Dixie cups but no stock in Canberra according to their website, which isn’t always reliable.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Crikey I'm getting some memories of milk bar (or cafes as we called them) favourites in me days as a kid. In our 900 pop. strong little country where I grew up we had the one little Cafe owned and run by a lovely Greek family, as was commonplace in towns across Oz in the 60s/70s. They had a cold orange, lemon or lime drink option called Orange Freeze that was a helluva good drink in our hot Summers. I also remember their Ice Cream Sodas which I loved. An occasional treat for us street urchin waif kids was a trip to Mudgee and one of their cafes for a treat. (We never owned a vehicle so needed to tag a lift...Yes we were poor but never wanted for the basics of life thanks to Mum and Dads hard work). My favourite treat was Dairy Frost! Had never tasted anything like it. Swirling ice cream treat from the machine. It's the simple things that matter, eh.

[mightyrooster]

Crikey I'm getting some memories of milk bar (or cafes as we called them) favourites in me days as a kid. In our 900 pop. strong little country where I grew up we had the one little Cafe owned and run by a lovely Greek family, as was commonplace in towns across Oz in the 60s/70s. They had a cold orange, lemon or lime drink option called Orange Freeze that was a helluva good drink in our hot Summers. I also remember their Ice Cream Sodas which I loved. An occasional treat for us street urchin waif kids was a trip to Mudgee and one of their cafes for a treat. (We never owned a vehicle so needed to tag a lift...Yes we were poor but never wanted for the basics of life thanks to Mum and Dads hard work). My favourite treat was Dairy Frost! Had never tasted anything like it. Swirling ice cream treat from the machine. It's the simple things that matter, eh.

Yes. Our special treat was a trip to Orange lol. Except when visiting the relatives in Sydney every Christmas. Then we got to hit all the fast food places like Maccas and Kentucky Fried and Pizza Hut. But they’re not Australian so not in the spirit of this thread.

[redwhiteblue]

Crikey I'm getting some memories of milk bar (or cafes as we called them) favourites in me days as a kid. In our 900 pop. strong little country where I grew up we had the one little Cafe owned and run by a lovely Greek family, as was commonplace in towns across Oz in the 60s/70s. They had a cold orange, lemon or lime drink option called Orange Freeze that was a helluva good drink in our hot Summers. I also remember their Ice Cream Sodas which I loved. An occasional treat for us street urchin waif kids was a trip to Mudgee and one of their cafes for a treat. (We never owned a vehicle so needed to tag a lift...Yes we were poor but never wanted for the basics of life thanks to Mum and Dads hard work). My favourite treat was Dairy Frost! Had never tasted anything like it. Swirling ice cream treat from the machine. It's the simple things that matter, eh.

My parents never drove either Jack as Dad had too many injuries from WWII and Mum was very hearing impaired. We relied on their friends and my school friends' parents to drive us anywhere. We were lucky we lived in the centre of town anyway and could walk most places. We had a similar orange crush drink in the milk bar served in metal containers and people still talk about them on our town's Facebook page. Our fancy trip was to Toowoomba to go to Myer or Target. Then I got my licence after Dad died and was able to drive everyone home to their farms after a night out at the pub. Cold Chisel on the tapedeck..even our music was Australian Made back then..I also had Molly Meldrum's Oz Evolution..dad bought me the double cassette for my 13th birthday.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

My parents never drove either Jack as Dad had too many injuries from WWII and Mum was very hearing impaired. We relied on their friends and my school friends' parents to drive us anywhere. We were lucky we lived in the centre of town anyway and could walk most places. We had a similar orange crush drink in the milk bar served in metal containers and people still talk about them on our town's Facebook page. Our fancy trip was to Toowoomba to go to Myer or Target. Then I got my licence after Dad died and was able to drive everyone home to their farms after a night out at the pub. Cold Chisel on the tapedeck..even our music was Australian Made back then..I also had Molly Meldrum's Oz Evolution..dad bought me the double cassette for my 13th birthday.

Those were the days. I used to feel strange interacting with kids who came from wealth or relative creature comforts and lifestyle. The more I've gotten older I now think it was actually a blessing to grow up as a battler. You acquire a level of resilience and appreciation that you otherwise probably wouldn't have. I mean everyone's cubbyhouse is gonna fall down at some point. Then you need to call on those values. And there endeth today's sermon.

[redwhiteblue]

Those were the days. I used to feel strange interacting with kids who came from wealth or relative creature comforts and lifestyle. The more I've gotten older I now think it was actually a blessing to grow up as a battler. You acquire a level of resilience and appreciation that you otherwise probably wouldn't have. I mean everyone's cubbyhouse is gonna fall down at some point. Then you need to call on those values. And there endeth today's sermon.

It's not a sermon Jack. It's a true indication of how life was for our generation growing up in small towns. I keep saying that the best learning institute I went to was the family fruit shop where I worked full time for 7 years when I left school in grade 10. It never hindered me from getting good jobs like the one I got at Gowings and then later on in the bank, where I'm back again. The nuns weren't too happy when I didn't go onto grades 11 & 12 as I'd made the top 10 percent for Qld that year in English but our school stopped at grade 10 anyway. The local high school was a terrifying place and not one I wanted to go to anyway. I went straight to work and never looked back.

[horrie hastings]

Memories.
I remember going to the Golden Fleece service station that used to be on Punchbowl Rd in Lakemba & being treated to that ice cream Im talking 53 years ago
For the first 7 years of my life my family lived in Lakemba then we moved to Russell Lea but whilst living in Lakemba I thought it was great, it certainly isnt the suburb now that it was when I lived my first 7 years.
I wish I was into Golden Fleece memorabilia back then because Id be making a good living now if I had of been.

Those ice creams were great Mickie and my timeline with them is about 55- 58 years ago. My first 7 years were in Paddington till my father sold up and moved to Kingsford, that was a real culture shock, went from concrete foot paths to having grass on the foot path. I still a far more connection to Paddington than i do to Kingsford. My father sold just to early before Paddo went through the boom.

[horrie hastings]

I don’t think I’ve seen them around but then I haven’t really been looking I guess. I just looked at Woollies website and they sell a 4 pack Peters Dixie cups but no stock in Canberra according to their website, which isn’t always reliable.

I saw them in the ice block fridge when i was at the Norah Head caravan park the other week, most shops still stock them.

[Bates]

Sunnyboy ice blocks were the bomb.

[mightyrooster]

Sunnyboy ice blocks were the bomb.

Yes very popular school treat in summer.

[horrie hastings]

Crikey I'm getting some memories of milk bar (or cafes as we called them) favourites in me days as a kid. In our 900 pop. strong little country where I grew up we had the one little Cafe owned and run by a lovely Greek family, as was commonplace in towns across Oz in the 60s/70s. They had a cold orange, lemon or lime drink option called Orange Freeze that was a helluva good drink in our hot Summers. I also remember their Ice Cream Sodas which I loved. An occasional treat for us street urchin waif kids was a trip to Mudgee and one of their cafes for a treat. (We never owned a vehicle so needed to tag a lift...Yes we were poor but never wanted for the basics of life thanks to Mum and Dads hard work). My favourite treat was Dairy Frost! Had never tasted anything like it. Swirling ice cream treat from the machine. It's the simple things that matter, eh.

Even in Sydney those local milk bars were often run by Greek families and they had those machines that sat at the counter with stuff like orange cordial or pineapple juice or similar in them, so refreshing on a hot day. Funny even though my father worked for the PMG which later came Telecom we did not have a phone on at home, although one of the tenants in the flatettes in the back had a phone which we could use for local calls, any STD calls were made from the public phone up the street, my father drove for work but we didn't have a car, it was only after we had moved to Kingsford after a few years that he bought a second hand car. We would play out on the street in Paddo till dark, playing all sorts of ball games, hop scotch and other things, life was very basic but never went with out, hated the move to Kingsford, it was like another world. It was like me and my older sister had a different up bringing being bought up in Paddington then my younger brother and sister were bought up differently because they were products of Kingsford and spoiled and allowed to get away with murder, i preferred being bought up in Paddington and so did my older sister.

[horrie hastings]

Sunnyboy ice blocks were the bomb.

Especially if you got a freebie.

[Bates]

Especially if you got a freebie.

Absolutely.

What a dopamine hit that was when you spotted the lettering on the inside of the pack!

I pretty much lived on sugar all day then a big feed at night.

I've gone off beer and been drinking Suntory -196 double lemon vodka tinnies. They are awesome bro!

[horrie hastings]

My parents never drove either Jack as Dad had too many injuries from WWII and Mum was very hearing impaired. We relied on their friends and my school friends' parents to drive us anywhere. We were lucky we lived in the centre of town anyway and could walk most places. We had a similar orange crush drink in the milk bar served in metal containers and people still talk about them on our town's Facebook page. Our fancy trip was to Toowoomba to go to Myer or Target. Then I got my licence after Dad died and was able to drive everyone home to their farms after a night out at the pub. Cold Chisel on the tapedeck..even our music was Australian Made back then..I also had Molly Meldrum's Oz Evolution..dad bought me the double cassette for my 13th birthday.

Living in Paddington my father drove with his job but we didn't have a car, a couple of time i remember when mum was in hospital at Rydalmere we borrowed a neighbours car to drive out and visit, he also borrowed the car once and drove out to the newly opened Kentucky Fried Chicken at Pagewood in 1969. When we went on holidays to Long Jetty we would catch a taxi to Central, catch the train to Gosford then the red bus that went to Long Jetty/ The Entrance.

Living in Paddington we were always a close bus trip to Bondi Junction and even the city, used to love going to Grace Brothers with my mother as she would always have a cake with coffee or tea and i would have raisin toast and a strawberry milkshake at the cafe there.

[horrie hastings]

Absolutely.

What a dopamine hit that was when you spotted the lettering on the inside of the pack!

I pretty much lived on sugar all day then a big feed at night.

I've gone off beer and been drinking Suntory -196 double lemon vodka tinnies. They are awesome bro!

Yes the 196 double lemon is pretty decent, one of the last freebies i got from work was the hard rated orange, i really liked that so will buy some when i feel like an RTD night at home.