£10.00 Poms

[Cheshire cat]

Lots on British TV & Radio to celebrate the mass immigration of British citizens to Australia in the 60’s.
I remember my Father wanting us to move over there. He had all the paperwork and it seemed like it might really happen. My Mother wasn’t for it and so here we are, still living in the UK.
As good as Australia might have been, I have no regrets staying in old Blighty.

 

[Tazzieman]

My father kept repeating the same story in his last couple of years, re the move
"People thought I was mad!"
He was also fond of saying
"I came out here and felt like I was on holiday - And I've been on holiday ever since!"
That said , I miss Blighty , even though I was just a child when we left.
And it's a long & bloody expensive flight back each time I want to visit "home"!

 

[ECrider]

My father kept repeating the same story in his last couple of years, re the move
"People thought I was mad!"
He was also fond of saying
"I came out here and felt like I was on holiday - And I've been on holiday ever since!"
That said , I miss Blighty , even though I was just a child when we left.
And it's a long & bloody expensive flight back each time I want to visit "home"!

an island bigger than the size of Switzerland but with a 1/15th of the population. What's mad about that?!

plus more insect voyeurism for you to voyeur in!

sounds a fab place, bar the spiders.

 

[Davman]

I am a child of two 10 pound Poms who met out here in Australia - in Elizabeth, South Australia where most of them were dropped off. I love the UK to visit on holiday - but can’t beat the open spaces of the land down under to live.

 

[DCPU]

My parents did it when I was 3 years old ~ only went to New Zealand. Stayed 3 years and came back. I always wonder how different my life would have been...

 

[ECrider]

My parents did it when I was 3 years old ~ only went to New Zealand. Stayed 3 years and came back. I always wonder how different my life would have been...

well you'd likely still be waiting for your Grenadier to arrive at the dealer - as a start...

 

[DCPU]

I'll add that to the left hand column.

 

[Tazzieman]

an island bigger than the size of Switzerland but with a 1/15th of the population. What's mad about that?!

plus more insect voyeurism for you to voyeur in!

sounds a fab place, bar the spiders.

Mad ,because he was well established in an Oxford medical research lab with a chequered history and rock star academics.
But he was sick of the pressure to publish , long hours and the need to spend time with wife and 4 children 3-9 years of age.
So he took a punt. Tasmania was seen as a backwater and end if thexearth. To some extent in 1970, it was. Now everyone wants to visit , if not live here.

Spiders aren't a big deal. Though yesterday morning I pulled the sunshade down as I set off for work in an old Merc , and a large hunrsman spider plopped on my arm. Heard it before I saw it.
These things are the norm if you live in the bush.

 

[ECrider]

Mad ,because he was well established in an Oxford medical research lab with a chequered history and rock star academics.
But he was sick of the pressure to publish , long hours and the need to spend time with wife and 4 children 3-9 years of age.
So he took a punt. Tasmania was seen as a backwater and end if thexearth. To some extent in 1970, it was. Now everyone wants to visit , if not live here.

Spiders aren't a big deal. Though yesterday morning I pulled the sunshade down as I set off for work in an old Merc , and a large hunrsman spider plopped on my arm. Heard it before I saw it.
These things are the norm if you live in the bush.

Can understand that. Quite a punt back then.

Meantime I can't help but think you are living like Insp Clouseau and you have trained the Huntsmen 'Kato' style just to keep your reflexes at ninja levels!

 

[Krabby]

I am a child of two 10 pound Poms who met out here in Australia - in Elizabeth, South Australia where most of them were dropped off. I love the UK to visit on holiday - but can’t beat the open spaces of the land down under to live.

WTF is a pom?

 

[Eric]

WTF is a pom?

We English...

 

[Davman]

WTF is a pom?

A person originating from England.
However, @Eric says he is a Pom, yet his flag says Scotland. I must admit, I never heard a Scot call themselves a Pom.

 

[Krabby]

Learn something new every day.

 

[Eric]

A person originating from England.
However, @Eric says he is a Pom, yet his flag says Scotland. I must admit, I never heard a Scot call themselves a Pom.

I'm English, but retired to Scotland.

 

[ECrider]

Thought it was Prisoner of Mother England/Scotland etc or Prisoner of His/Her Majesty.

 

[globalgregors]

Thought it was Prisoner of Mother England/Scotland etc or Prisoner of His/Her Majesty.

It’s from ‘pomegranate’.

Australian rhyming slang for ‘immigrant’ => ‘Jimmy Grant’ => ‘Pommy Grant’ => ‘pomegranate’ => ‘pom’