The Police'd never chase us: Allan Madden

Uncle Allan Madden recalls the dangerous joys of his childhood: of the now polluted Cook’s River and sliding down the algae-lined storm drains hoping for a flood, running through the Eastern suburbs in the dark, crossing planks with a thirty foot drop – a good way of evading the police!

Keywords: Suburban living; childhood; police; change, city; change, attitudes

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