It’s a sad time for us; Marilyn’s father died
this morning. He’s been ill for some time
so, in many ways, it was a release for him, but it still leaves a gap which is
hard to deal with.
I can remember writing about Bill Lofting in a previous blog
so I won’t go over old ground. He had a
remarkable life and one to be celebrated.
I often say that my generation is the lucky one. We were born after WW2 and grew up in a time
of plenty. We had unlimited freedom, as
children and as young adults and we’ve lived through the greatest period of
change that mankind has ever seen.
However, Bill’s generation has seen all of that and
more. He grew up during the Great
Depression and survived WW2. Such experiences
leave their mark on a person and Bill often talked about writing a book which
he would have called ‘Making a Quid in the Great Depression’. We even started collecting stories from him
of his memories of that time. He left
school early, as most kids did at that time and ‘made a quid’ in various jobs
around Sydney before becoming a jackeroo on properties ‘out west’.
Happily, we managed to get some recordings of him telling
his yarns and they will become a treasured family resource.
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