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April 24, 2011 Carly Findlay 13 Comments

I’ve been at my parents’ place going through old memories. Nanny’s jewellery, my grandparents’ plates, and photos. I have to provide some responses to a journalist, and I was asking my Mum when I first knew I was different to everyone else. I can’t remember feeling or looking different, until I got to school. Not so many photos taken in my school years. I just wasn’t confident. How things have changed!

And my skin has improved no end. I’ve gone from sorbolene to vaseline. My face was very dry and sore back then. And I had sparse hair.

I love these photos. I was a happy kid. My parents look so trendy! These photos make me smile. And I still look the same.

My birthday. 8 December 1981.

Camping at Porpunkah, 1982.
 Bright Rodeo, 1982. How cool were my parents?!
Christmas day 1983.
Pie making with Mum. 1984.
Baby. 1984.
Preschool, 1985. The pussy bow blouse and cord pinafore! Fashionable back then.

I’ve got heaps more to share, so keep an eye out for them πŸ™‚






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  1. BusiChic says

    April 24, 2011 at 11:32 am

    Carly – I love baby/kid pics so thanks for sharing – so cute! I particularly love the shot Preschool, 1984. the pigtails!! Hope you're having a great Easter break X

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  2. BusiChic says

    April 24, 2011 at 11:32 am

    ooops typo – 1985….

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  3. River says

    April 24, 2011 at 11:49 am

    You were so cute!!

    I like the preschool one; I have a similar one with my girl on the playphone.

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  4. Carpet Burns says

    April 24, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    aw i love the one with the phone, how cute is your expression!

    your parents were so so cool, and they look so happy.

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  5. Glowless @ Where's My Glow says

    April 24, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    I am so in love with that 'fro. It rivals my Dad's – yup, my Dad got a perm to have a 'fro.

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  6. Corrina says

    April 24, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Aww I love these pics! So cute! My birthday is on the 8th of December too, yay! πŸ˜€
    Your parents look awesome, fashion was so cool back then hehe.
    Looking forward to seeing more snaps!
    Happy Easter πŸ™‚ xx

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  7. Miss Peregrin says

    April 24, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    Adorable! I love looking at other people's baby photos, and seeing what their parents were like. Oh man pussy bow blouses, and cord pinafores were super fashionable back then! I wasn't even born until 1988, and I'm sure little me had a very similar outfit combination.

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  8. Blithely Unaware says

    April 24, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    LOVE the photo of you on the phone at kinder. I swear I've got one exactly the same hahaahahaa. Great photos Carly!

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  9. Heidi - Apples Under My Bed says

    April 24, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    Oh my goodness these are so cute!! I love the one of you pie baking with your mum the best πŸ™‚ how good was our fashion back then?!
    Heidi xo

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  10. Katie says

    April 24, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    Naaaw, so cute! It's so much fun to look through old photos, isn't it? Thanks for sharing these ones. πŸ™‚

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  11. Carly Findlay says

    April 25, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    Thanks everyone πŸ™‚ I had so much fun looking at old pictures!
    Mum had great hair. And Dad looked trendy.

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  12. Kim Humes says

    April 26, 2011 at 2:58 am

    Cute!! We almost have the same bday – I was born Dec 11th! Sags unite! lol

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  13. Alexis of NorthOnHarper says

    April 26, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    very cute!!! I love all those captured moments…….

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