On 6/4/21 9:35 am, Roger Clarke wrote:

Reminds me of a classified ad I tried to put in the SMH in the 1970s.

I think I'd written something like 'Flatmate sought for 2-bedroom flat
in Balmain.  A lively female would be good'. ...

You have the makings of a new TV soap: "Balmain and Away.

Maybe there was a sub-culture in inner-western Sydney at the time in
which 'lively' was a euphemism for something else ...

I couldn't find any from the 1970s, but there were some later from Google:

The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales ...https://www.newspapers.com › newspage 1 June 1996 — Lively female. ... Business Exchange ... Pnone 7 days B467 CAFE BALMAIN Corner position Seats 26 Will ... BALMAIN Village location.

The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales ...https://www.newspapers.com › newspage 2 Dec 1987 — ... b h. or John jsb J2su a n. or hoss. zsz b39b BALMAIN. ... Lively female wanted. great house, great people, great area sbu p w Bong ...


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Tom Worthington
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