Wherein we shed some light in the phonebox…
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-372" src="https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4-Spot-Panties-234x300.jpg" alt="" width="541" height="694" srcset="https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4-Spot-Panties-234x300.jpg 234w, https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4-Spot-Panties-768x984.jpg 768w, https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4-Spot-Panties-799x1024.jpg 799w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px" /> 
Space travel in the Sun (Melbourne), July 1969. 
(Blame the tilt on a lack of gravity)
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-376" src="https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pals-Corner-1933-133x300.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="747" srcset="https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pals-Corner-1933-133x300.jpg 133w, https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pals-Corner-1933-768x1736.jpg 768w, https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pals-Corner-1933-453x1024.jpg 453w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px" /> 
‘The Pals’ Corner’ with ‘Grandad’, Advertiser, 23 June 1933, p. 5
Leaf through the whole <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/5874618">issue</a> at Trove Newspapers – including the two missing pages!
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-374" src="https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Advertiser-1936-300x231.jpg" alt="" width="523" height="403" srcset="https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Advertiser-1936-300x231.jpg 300w, https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Advertiser-1936-768x591.jpg 768w, https://www.robynannear.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Advertiser-1936-1024x788.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px" /> 
The yawn-inducing headline. Read the <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/5872821">paper</a> in its entirety at Trove.
Thanks again to Anwyn and Barb for supplying the ‘really real’ newspapers for this episode.

Wherein we shed some light in the phonebox… Space travel in the Sun (Melbourne), July 1969. (Blame the tilt on a lack of gravity) ‘The Pals’ Corner’ with ‘Grandad’, Advertiser, 23 June 1933, p. 5 Leaf through the whole issue at Trove Newspapers – including the two missing pages! The yawn-inducing headline. Read the paper in its entirety at Trove. Thanks again to Anwyn and Barb for supplying the ‘really real’ newspapers for this episode.

Wherein we shed some light in the phonebox…
 
Space travel in the Sun (Melbourne), July 1969. 
(Blame the tilt on a lack of gravity)
 
‘The Pals’ Corner’ with ‘Grandad’, Advertiser, 23 June 1933, p. 5
Leaf through the whole <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/5874618" rel="noopener noreferrer">issue</a> at Trove Newspapers – including the two missing pages!
 
The yawn-inducing headline. Read the <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/5872821" rel="noopener noreferrer">paper</a> in its entirety at Trove.
Thanks again to Anwyn and Barb for supplying the ‘really real’ newspapers for this episode.

What is Really Real?

Robyn Annear ransacks Trove Newspapers for stories from an era when there was – literally – nothing on TV.

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