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inFamily, Nostalgia

A tribute to Linah & Phineas

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inChildhood, Family, Food, Nineties, Nostalgia

Chocolate Marie Biscuit Fudge

Because everyone has a story worth telling…

That time when… Sitting around the kitchen table picking at leftovers after Christmas lunch or on the stoep as the sun goes down and braai smoke acts as a catalyst for tears and tales, or around a campfire singing Kumbaya. How else do we remember if not through stories—altered by time and confused by the fragility and fallibility of memory. The messy, tragic, beautiful, funny fables that make us who we are. The South Africa of our childhood and our parents’ childhood and their parents’ childhood and their aunty’s uncle’s mother’s friend’s childhood. And the South Africa of now, of course.

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🎵🎶🎤 Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika…. (tuneless

🎵🎶🎤 Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika…. (tuneless but heartfelt👀😬🇿🇦❤️) Also, Amelia 🤣 #thenerves

When the @springboksofficial win… 🇿🇦🕺✨💥

Post match huddle 😂🇿🇦 #welovethespringbok

Post match huddle 😂🇿🇦 #welovethespringboks

If I was an elephant, I’d want to look something

If I was an elephant, I’d want to look something like this 😉🐘 #home #decoupage

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#thenineties #nostalgia #milkylane

Milky Lane. But not just Milky Lane. Friday nights

Milky Lane. But not just Milky Lane. Friday nights, Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons. Read more at OurFiresideStories.com 🇿🇦🔥

#thenineties #nostalgia #milkylane #eastgate #johannesburg #joburg #joburglife

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#milkylane #thenineties #nostalgia

Merch to come soon 😉 #soexcited about this idea

Merch to come soon 😉 #soexcited about this idea🇿🇦 @crazyprawntiedye

In case you forgot 🫣😬👹 (Thanks for this

In case you forgot 🫣😬👹

(Thanks for this @anjamaschwitz 😂)

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Almost like a sunset 🌅 (Sadly none of it’s mi

Almost like a sunset 🌅 (Sadly none of it’s mine 🥲—what do you guys think, £100’s worth?).

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When your children decide to play #monopoly 20 min

When your children decide to play #monopoly 20 minutes before school 🫣 I humoured them because it’s South African Monopoly #suckerforhome 🇿🇦😬…it took them 5 minutes to start arguing over money, and then I regretted my humour.

#nostalgia

This book. It’s everything you’ll want it to b

This book. It’s everything you’ll want it to but also everything you won’t want it to be #mustread 🇿🇦

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Every day for five years I drove across a wave of

Every day for five years I drove across a wave of dreams and despair conjured by history along that old road—toll for passage to Rand Afrikaans University. In and out, to and from. Voices on the wind. #LouisBotha

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#johannesburg #southafrica #nostalgia

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Tell me you guys remember these!?🤪 Our pal @mar

Tell me you guys remember these!?🤪 Our pal @marcusmaschwitz used to sell them at school/per sheet 😂 #childhood #thenineties

It’s been more than 20 years since I saw real li

It’s been more than 20 years since I saw real life @williamkentridgestudio—so grateful to the @royalacademyarts for this absolute gem of an exhibition. Took the kids and let them roam. Enjoyed explaining Soho Eckstein and Ubu 👀 Go, if you can!😍

Can’t help but notice bits of home🇿🇦, even

Can’t help but notice bits of home🇿🇦, even at the most British of gatherings #flowertribute #QuEll👑

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In memory.

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I love hearing your stories, and I always have a f

I love hearing your stories, and I always have a favourite bit (for different reasons). In Martin’s memory about his beach holidays in SA, this is my fave 👆… it’s everything childhood should be ✨#thankyouforsharing

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So flippen excited about this👆 #firesidestories

So flippen excited about this👆 #firesidestories

My girls randomly started chanting this playground

My girls randomly started chanting this playground rhyme the other day and childhood came rushing back—we used to say the same rhyme on the playground in South African (back in the 90s!). So crazy! I’d completely forgotten it #expatlife

My favourite #jellytots flavours from best to wors

My favourite #jellytots flavours from best to worst (pink to orange)😬…or do you just put them all in your mouth at once? 🤣🤷‍♀️ #expatlife

Good Chappies facts on the bus today 😬🇿🇦

Good Chappies facts on the bus today 😬🇿🇦 #expatlife

Fizzzzz Poppppps 😍 #expatlife OurFiresideStor

Fizzzzz Poppppps 😍 #expatlife

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