PART EIGHT – Burwood Road Premises - Robmac
In 2021 another anecdote was sent to me.

This time by ‘Robmac’ who lived about a mile and
one-half away from the Tijou shop.

Rob says his father didn’t own a car at that time,
so they walked or cycled everywhere.

This is a great but typical story of post-war Australia.
Folks were introduced to a myriad of new consumer
products that lay – for the first time – in the grasp of
the working classes.

Here I mean fridges, washing machines, power
lawnmowers, and … the family car.

None of this happened overnight, but ‘battlers’ did
make progress.

Robmac tells the story: -

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TO BE CONTINUED …