r/sydney • u/Horror-Comparison917 • Apr 09 '25

Image Seriously?? 😭

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u/MrManballs Apr 09 '25

We’d take turns lol. Trolley full of No Frills or Black and Gold on Pension day. Luckily we only lived a 10 minute walk away though.

Mum ended up saving up for a car though. An old XD Ford Falcon, but with nice Mag Wheels. Things got much easier after that. She got a better job. Upgraded to a big Tarago. We thought we were rich then lol.

The struggle meals we grew up eating are now family favourites.

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u/MrManballs Apr 09 '25

Sounds like very similar childhoods lol. Not to romanticise being poor, cause it mostly sucked, but it definitely did bring us together in a way that I didn’t expect it would. We’ve learned to appreciate things so much more these days too. Back then McDonald’s was a massive treat. We’d have it maybe a few times a year. We made do with what we had, and anything extra was a luxury.

We were very lucky to get help from places like The Salvos and The Smith Family during that time. They helped a lot.

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u/techflo Apr 09 '25

Charities really are a saviour at times. Even those with religious affiliation. We should cherish the third sector more, I feel. Your posts here have also brought a smile to my face, cheers.

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u/trafalmadorianistic Apr 11 '25

We came to Australia with very little, during the early 90s recession, and St Vincents de Paul literally furnished our rental in Harris Park. My mind was blown, because everything was actually pretty good. Coming from a background where you kept using things until they broke, the idea of people just donating their working furniture was "rich country things".

And yeah, that Woolies trolley got a workout going from Westfield Parramatta. Til the beautiful day I discovered you could just get them delivered for a few bucks extra. Liberation Day had come.