THE MALONEY SCRAPBOOK

SHORT STORY 2 (1946 - 1948)  THE LOST DREAMS -  OUT THE BACK OF THE PUB,  A TOSS OF A COIN, AND A SINGALONG (Written by Warren Maloney - July 2015) Everybody was restless. The War was over and the World, their World, was not the same.   It had to be offering more.   My Mum, Dot, always said and truly believed that if Dad, her Ray, had had his way he would have stayed on in the Northern Territory – driving or mining or whatever! His War up there had been an endless time of adventures and a sense of belonging with your mates. Ray Maloney in front row - Tenant Creek 1943   But that was not going to work for Dot or for their daughter, Denise, born twenty days before the Japanese surrender and two months after Ray was discharged and resumed work in the Hilton’s Hosiery factory in West Brunswick as the only bread winner now.   I can imagine the chats the new parents had in the second bedroom of ...