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Stories, poems and pictures by Big Issue vendors and friends
Time Flies VENDOR SPOTLIGHT
GEORGE
YEEHAW! IT’S GEORGE
The Man in Black
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have always liked to dress well and I like the cowboy appearance. I used to watch cowboy movies when I was young and I liked them – I watched my first movie with my father when I was three years old, it was called Posse from Hell starring Audie Murphy. As I got older, in my fifties, sixties and seventies, I fell in love with them – it’s like a hobby for me to watch westerns. I love them so much I watch them over and over and over. I will watch them 50 times a month and then do the same the next month! I like the Clint Eastwood movies – A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. My all-time favourite cowboy movie is Dawn at Socorro starring Rory Calhoun, my favourite actor. He has a good cowboy name and he is also a good-looking man to be in the movies. I also love Jeanette MacDonald – she has a beautiful voice, as she is an opera singer. When I die I want to be buried in my cowboy clothes – dressed in all black. But at the moment I can see myself watching cowboy movies for many years to come! GEORGE STATION ST, FAIRFIELD I MELBOURNE
Last year flew by at the speed of light, and I think that this year will too. Old Man Time is cranking up the engine faster each year. It has been so hot and humid here lately – well, it is summer, I suppose, not my favourite time of the year. I have felt like a lettuce wilting in a garden bed. The COVID masks that people are required to wear have been a wonderful source of entertainment for me. The fashion show is so much fun with all these different masks being paraded. There are all sorts of pretty patterned ones being worn. My favourite is the blue and white one with the butterfly design. I had the pleasure of meeting two retired teachers from my old haunt of Fremantle recently. One of them bought a copy of The Big Issue from me. I told them of the time when I used to walk from 28 Livingstone Street in South Fremantle to the other end of the street where the Church of Christ the King primary school was. Those were the days. KATHY I BUSSELTON
Son Rising I am very proud of my eldest Adam who is going into Year 12 this year and going all the way in high school. Over summer he showed me his school report and I was blown away with how well he has done and all the great comments from his teachers. He is definitely better at school than I was! I hope my younger son follows in his footsteps. KELLEE EUROPEAN RESTAURANT, MURRAY ST I PERTH
Instant Karma It was my last shift before Christmas. I hesitated to work, but as I had an unpleasant encounter with a housemate, I decided to spend some time in my office. West End is an amazing place, and while I don’t sleep there, lots
