Tag: 1974

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1970s 2010s iPad Knowledge Snippets and Vignettes Visually Impaired

Thank You & Au Revoir Nick

A screenshot of a document
A screenshot of the Pages document on Trenna's iPad.

Letter by Tren, Intro and Background by Greg

First, Some Background

If you read The Kitchen Tapes series on this website you will find out a lot about Trenna, including that she experienced quite a lot of bullying at high school, primarily because she looked different to other people. Her thick, coke-bottle glasses didn’t help at all.

Then in 1974, when Trenna was 17 years of age, Optometrist Nick Humphry prescribed some rigid (hard) contact lenses and they transformed her … Read the rest ... “Thank You & Au Revoir Nick”

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1970s GFS Kitchen Tapes Snippets and Vignettes

Why She Left Bey Apartments

An large apartment block
Bey Apartments in 2022. I never asked Trenna what floor or flat she was in - if anyone knows please comment below.

– Racism in Perth in the 1970s

By Greg

I recently published Part 5 of The 1973 Diary. In the Comments section, at the bottom of the post our friend Helen has written “I think once Tren met the Gibson sisters and moved into Bey Apartments her life changed dramatically and she had to grow up quickly“.

The Gibson sisters were “the Twinnies” (Sharon and Joyce), and their older sister Rose. In the Kitchen Tape recordings Trenna … Read the rest ... “Why She Left Bey Apartments”

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1970s GFS Kitchen Tapes Marfan Visually Impaired

The 23rd Kitchen Tape

a brutalist style public building
The Perth Concert Hall where Trenna went for her first date. This photo from 2006 but it hadn't changed much since the 1970s. (Photo from Wikimedia.org.)

Recorded 20 June 2018

The Brown Towel Caper

GM: Today is Wednesday the 20th of June 2018. Trenna Mahney will be speaking. 

Tren, we’ve talked a bit about your time at Girls’ Friendly Society in Adelaide Terrace? It sounds like an interesting period to do a bit more discussion.

[GM: phone call interrupts us]

I think we should look a bit more at this time at Girls’ Friendly Society.  The sort of things you did.  If we get … Read the rest ... “The 23rd Kitchen Tape”