Playing Vigoro at the local park in Botany: Margaret Slowgrove with Karen Maber

Margaret Slowgrove describes to her daughter, Karen Maber, and to Peter Read how she used to play vigoro at her local park in Botany and practise on the street outside her house. Vigoro was a popular girls sport, similar to cricket, of the times.

Keywords: Suburban living; daily life; childhood; school; sports