Colonel Sanders
Jill & I met Colonel Harland Sanders (yes, the real Colonel) at the time when I was working for Kentucky Fried Chicken as a Personnel Manager in 1976.
This picture was taken at a company dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne.
I think at the time that this picture was taken, we would have been in our late twenties and married for perhaps three or four years.
Oh, to be so young and with so much hair again!
You can find a brief history of the Colonel here.
Today is Vietnam Veterans Day and it was a special day. Thousands of Vietnam Veterans assembled in our nation’s capital, Canberra, to commemorate fifty years since our last troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and our war there ended. Similar services took place in cities and towns across Australia today. Our Prime Minister’s message for this […]
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I found out today that I am now a ‘Golden Oldie’. I attended a reunion lunch for past students of Melbourne High School and it seems that everyone who graduated over 55 yrears ago is now classed as a ‘Golden Oldie. The Old Boys Association (Unicorn Club) holds a reunion dinner every five and ten […]
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You might think that when an unknown soldier dies on the battlefield, his name will just be recorded on a list of ‘Missing in Action’ or his remains will be interred in a grave with a headstone simply marked as an “Unknown Soldier”. This is not always the case! Today I attended the annual commemoration […]
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Did he come over to Perth after Melbourne?
I met him in Perth as I worked at a store
I’m sure it was 1976