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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Not a Proper Shop
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Notes

  • Poems about surviving recession, war, the onset of baby boomers and sheer nostalgia. (on cover)
  • Book launched in Perth at Tom Collins House, Swanbourne, on 28 November 1997.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Swanbourne, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Pixel Press , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Not a Proper Shopi"Mrs Chappell had a shop", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 1)
Polly Wolly Doodlei"When I was little, I spent lots of time", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Dog and Bonei"Often, when I asked them", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Model Dairy-Oi"Ours was a milky place,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 4)
Myriad Fishesi"With a string on a stick,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Fairestsi"The fairests in my picture book,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 6)
Box Factoryi"The day the box factory burnt down,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Foxy Ladiesi"My Grans hang fox furs on their necks,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 9)
Showmani"My grandfather, Matthew John,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Quantitiesi"I wish I knew", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 10)
Midwifei"Nurse Thompson's little car", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 11)
Jack O'Lanterni"When pie melons were ripe,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 12)
A Hard Mani"Danny Ryan was a champion,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
The Dunny Man Comesi"There is a clattering down the lane,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Rattleri"At six of the morning", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 14)
A Double Firsti"The first motor bicycle we ever saw,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Clothes Propsi"Props! Props! The husky call,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 15)
Winter Galesi"Torn and tossing black, black night,", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 16)
After John Thomasi"Awareness of being male", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 16)
Snowie Laundoni"My Uncle Arthur", Walter Vivian , single work poetry (p. 17)
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