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dotti34 · 02-02-2013, 05:58

Retlaw, a bit of trivia - that gambling game sounds like Two-Up which as you probably know was played extensively by Australia’s soldiers in WW1 – then became illegal but is legalised for ANZAC Day every year. Apparently popular in England in the 18th Century - sounds like it originated there and eventually turned up at the goldfields in Oz. A fool and his money and all that....

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dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,189 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1480 times Rep Power: 833512	Re: Where is Moleside? Retlaw, a bit of trivia - that gambling game sounds like Two-Up which as you probably know was played extensively by Australia’s soldiers in WW1 – then became illegal but is legalised for ANZAC Day every year. Apparently popular in England in the 18th Century - sounds like it originated there and eventually turned up at the goldfields in Oz. A fool and his money and all that....