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PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:36 am    Post subject: Re: Cracker night. Reply with quote
Len wrote:
On the Hostel we used to celebrate "cracker night".
I 'm not sure what it was all about but I think it may have been the queen's birthday or something. I'm not even sure which date it was held.
Can anyone out there enlighten me as to what "cracker night" is about?

We built our bonfire near the soccer pitch at the rear of the hostel and we would buy our crackers 'such as Tom Thumb's, Thunders and other fancy fireworks' from a shop in Cringila.

Anyone remember? Mr. Green

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yeah it was great fun all the kids and some of the adult would sit around the fire with our spuds and we would light the crakers futher from the fire. Ut was the best we would sit and talk till late.......
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:28 am    Post subject: Crackernight? Please read all about it at the link below... Reply with quote
Hi there. I've written a book all about the subject. Please see the link!
It's called "Goodbye Crackernight" - people have been really engaging with it: seems there's a huge affection for that lost era... All in print now.
http://crackernight.com
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fantastic- where are the stockists, and what is the RRP?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:08 am    Post subject: "Goodbye Crackernight" stockists & RRP. Reply with quote
Hi there and cheers! Please see the link for a latest list of stores stocking, RRP $24.95 and remember, if it's not on the shelf of your favourite bookstore (big or small), just ask over the counter for them to order it in for you and they can. Sure you'll engage with this book, going on the reaction from people so far...
http://crackernight.com/2009/09/18/goodbye-crackernight-now-available-in-bookstores-online
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