Were Christmas holidays a simpler time of year in the past? These photos seem to suggest so. Christmas cards delivered by horse, camping by the beach, no last-minute internet shopping, no struggling kids into hats or sunscreen.
Or perhaps we just romanticise the past?
Women struggled to cook hot lunches for large families with no air-conditioning and the beds in that tent at Bulgo wouldn’t have been very comfortable.
Do you have any great local photos from the past? The Local Studies team at Wollongong City Libraries would love to hear from you if you
would be willing to have your images scanned for the collection.
Contact us on 4227 7414 or email localhistory@wollongong.nsw.gov.au
All photos from the collections of the Wollongong City Libraries and the Illawarra Historical Society