Swish has had a read of Mike Sexton’s latest book ‘Stories for Harry & Ray’. He recommends it highly in this review.
1964 SANFL Mobil Cards – Part 1: Central District
‘Swish’ launches Part 1 of his 1964 SANFL Mobil cards series with Central District, one of the two new additions to SANFL League ranks in that year. You may know of Gary Window and Ken Eustice, but Sam Donovan and Jock O’Brien had colourful careers too.
Almanac Memoir: Swish Agonistes – A 70s Tribute to Sandy Stone
Attention: men (and women) ‘of a certain age’. Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt has drilled into your collective unconscious and found memories you thought you’d forgotten. [A classic from ten years ago reprised. – Ed]
Almanac Life: The Things I Miss (and some I don’t)
Swish opened The Age to Page 2 today and saw something that got him thinking.
Almanac Cricket – Crease, Wicket Leave, Safe etc. – What Was Yours?
Swish asked Twitter about a particular Bairstow-related backyard cricket rule. How would you have responded?
1971 SANFL Mobil Cards – Part 10: Woodville
Here’s the final club of Swish’s SANFL 1971 Mobil Cards series, the Woodville Woodpeckers (as they were). Blight, Holland, Huppatz, Simunsen – what stars they all were!
SANFL 1973 Grand Final – Glenelg v North Adelaide: The Stud Gets Up
The 1973 SANFL Grand Final went down as a classic tussle, not decided until deep in the final term after a famous mark by Graham Cornes. Swish takes us back almost 50 years, to a time of car-salesman coaches, Vulcan oil heaters and groovy graphics.
Almanac Footy – SA v Victoria: Cup Day Canter for the Vics (1970)
This 1970 state game went according to the usual SA v Victoria script, but the curtain-raiser contained an intriguing team of Indigenous schoolboys from the Northern Territory.
Almanac Holiday Greetings – How To Make Gravox
Swish’s hopes that no-one stuffs up this year’s celebratory roast.
Almanac Life: Elizabeth South Shops 1966-1976
Swish harks back to a simpler time in his childhood ‘hood of Elizabeth South, when there were local shops run by local people. Featuring smokes, double-cut rolls, offal, more smokes, Amscol Footy Colours and the occasional Strepsil. [A must-read for lovers of everyday life anywhere, with many memories of 60s and 70s life – JTH]
1971 SANFL Mobil Cards – Part 9: West Torrens
West Torrens – The Mighty Eagles – is the subject of Swish’s latest review of the players from the 1971 SANFL Mobil Cards. Fred Bills, Glen Pill, Peter Phillipou and Bob Wildy, names to bring a smile to the Thebarton faithful.
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