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Six o'clock swill

Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid, an autobiography of a depression era barmaid, describes the six o'clock swill, at a time (1952) when it was presumed that the reader would be familiar with the concept.


Caddie Woodlawn

Set in the 1860s, Caddie Woodlawn is about a lively eleven-year-old tomboy named Caroline Augusta Woodlawn, nicknamed "Caddie", living in the area of Dunnville, Wisconsin.

Caddie, the Story of a Barmaid

It launched the careers of Jacki Weaver as Josie and Helen Morse in the title role of Caddie for which she won the AFI Best Actress award.

They move to railway camps at Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains where her drunken father works as a railway fettler.

Walt Zembriski

His father, Stanley, also worked as a caddie at the same club, and caddied regularly for Babe Ruth.


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