Band names are becoming a sore point.
Granny having seen a band called The Festering Sores reminds me of my time at high school where one of the local bands was called Chester Drawers and the Low Boys,” says Garry Thomas from Oatlands. “Gone are the days when band members used to use their imagination for names!” Narelle Campbell of Bangalee writes: “Mention of Eichorn’s Remedy brought to mind a 1960s trip from the South Coast to Goulburn in the ute to visit an aunt in hospital following a tiger snake bite.
. We three older kids were in the tray with Mum, Dad and the toddler in the cab. Older sister, Sue, felt a sharp prick, and with Aunty on our minds, we became convinced there was a snake in the back and started banging on the cab, screaming. The culprit was a pin left in the hem of Sue’s dress. When I think of us rattling around in the back of the ute, I suspect the possibility of a snake should have been the least of our worries.” “My mother used the small Reckitt’s Blue bag to dab on bee and ant stings,” says John Frith of Paddington. I don’t think it did anything but there wasn’t anything else, and the blue did look medicinal.” The north-western pile-on continues, courtesy of Janet Halliday of Lindfield: “Baradine? Worst coffee in the world.” “Perce Galea , rumoured to have been Sydney SP bookies’ brown paper bag delivery man to Premier Askin on Monday mornings, didn’t need to buy all the tickets to win the Opera House Lottery,” attests Michael Britt of MacMasters Beach. “Just the winning ticket, from the happy original winner.” This is backed up by Michael McFadyen of Kareela. Watch your back, fellas.“With regard to Warren Menteith not wanting to live in a shouse , I have seen one marketed as a barndominium,” reports Stephen Yates of Ashtonfield. “Far more salubrious and appealing.” Al Wetten of Scarborough recalls a similar situation when “a mate moved into his parent’s garage which became known as the garoom”. Judy Klein of Double Bay has recognised the sartorial influence of Column 8’s Coogee fashionista, Geoff Gilligan : “Welcome back the ’70s, the host onColumn8@smh.com.auRemove items from your
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