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You remember when King Carnival was near where Reading Cinemas is now and if you played your cards right you could get an extended go on the ferris wheel.

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You can still smell the polony and cheese sandwiches that were the specialty at the Mandurah Primary School canteen.

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Your favourite ice cream place was Heidi's in the Plaza and you knew the only flavour you would ever get in your combination twist was apricot.

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You can buy a car on the side of the road you may possibly have been conceived in.

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Those long drives to Bunbury were broken up with a quick stop at Novara Store to stock up on lollies and cool drinks.

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The Pen was your nightspot or the place you would sit with a packet of salt and vinegar chips while your mum drank her shandy and dad finished his pony.

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You have spent many foggy mornings and evenings fishing of the old bridge with your dad and your uncles.

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You understand Puberty Blues could have been set here.

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This house has captured your imagination since you were little. What IS inside??

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You remember buying a bag of lollies from Seabreeze Deli for five cents. Before the roof blew off.

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After a big night out you made your way to the East van on Mandurah Terrace for a greasy fry-up. Now it's kebabs. Then it was burgers and burn outs. Pic: Lost Mandurah.

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You learnt to swim between the jetties at the foreshore with monster jellyfish and no amount of complaining could get you out of it.

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You bought your first Triffids album because it featured Mandurah on the cover. Then you realised it also included fantastic songs.

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You hid from your kid brothers and sisters in this thing, which was next to the 'bomb' swing. Both had amazing echoes.

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On more than one occasion you were smuggled into the drive-in in the boot of the car, only to have your parents cover your eyes when a kissing scene came on.

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You remember this building at its grandest and swam in the pool shaped like Australia nearby.

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