Homecoming over London skyline after long Australian migrant years
A narrator recalls landing at Heathrow in a Boeing 707 on a rainy London morning, observing a vivid cityscape from the clouds. The journey from Rome included stops in Singapore, Bombay, and Bahrain, with reflections on sea life and Channel crossings. Entry at the capital reveals passport-based segregation as signs separate British, foreign, and alien travelers. An inaugural Malaysian Singapore Airlines stop is noted and a plea for travel routes from London to Cynkford, Surrey, is mentioned.
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London
Heathrow
Rome
Singapore
Bombay
Bahrein
Dover
Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
Cynkford
Surrey
Two Homes, One Man and a Migrant's Return to Britain
A Canberra Times writer visiting London reflects on reuniting with family at a customs barrier, the shift in roads and trains, and the sense of home after a decade abroad. He notes weather, prices, and a mixed landscape of preserved countryside and growing city blocks, concluding a migrant can feel both rooted and unsettled in two worlds.
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Britain
Corpuscle Cn
Coronation Street
London
Ricky
Evolution of Boys Weeklies from Orwell to World War II Tone
The piece compares Orwell’s 1940 essay on boys weeklies with later titles like Whizzer Buster Lion Thunder and Smash. It notes two classes of papers, shifts from Edwardian moralism to wartime adventure, and the persistence of upper middle class stereotypes amid changing formats and war imagery.
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George Orwell
Penguin
Orwell
Leo Tolstoy
Gem
Magnet
Billy Bunter
Adventure
Hotspur
Wizard
Rover
Navy League
Europe
Chenoa
Ar Ge
Bill Bunter
Acmes
Pees
Jerry
Lionheart
Bloodhawk
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ginger
Britain
Archie
Whizzer
Buster
Lion
Thunder
Smash
Calasneen
Stubble test stirs maternity ward chaos Canberra tale
The Australian National University employment officer notes a shift in job requests with boys seeking housework and babysitting and girls asking for gardening work. In Canberra, expectant fathers in maternity smocks trigger overcrowding in pre natal exercise classes and obstetric wards. A hospital tests chin stubble to tell fathers from mothers, while some patients face ejection from units. A police inspector founded a vigilante group to escort men home after dark. Experts debate social role reversal and future population instruction as demographics shift.
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Australian National University
Canberra Times
Woden Valley
Ethel Kentlebury
Kentlebury
Ethel
Social Science Research Council
Capital Hill ring road plan stalls amid traffic woes
A two million dollar project for the Circle road system faces delays and public doubt as planners struggle with congestion. Critics question the value, while officials hint at a drastic new solution dubbed The Hunt Rockery to seal access and curb entry.
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Thatpital Circle
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Spiro
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Joan
Victor Tgovtha
Sastar
Iceland
Weapon, Henry
Gee
Suutri
Eral
Africa
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Bore
Scott
Billy Unter
Einglish
Rate Acumen
Capital Hill Ring Road
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