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1970s GFS Kitchen Tapes Snippets and Vignettes

Why She Left Bey Apartments

– 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 Craig House GFS Kitchen Tapes Snippets and Vignettes Writing

Trenna’s Rough Notes on the 1970s

Notes by Trenna, Intro by Greg

What Are These “Rough Notes”

This is the first of a small number of these “Rough Notes” that I will be publishing from time to time.

As regular readers might expect they come from Trenna’s iPad. This document was headed “1970s” and it lists some key points and changes in Trenna’s life in the 1970s.

I think she has compiled it to remind herself of the interesting journey she has taken, but also to … Read the rest ... “Trenna’s Rough Notes on the 1970s”

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1970s GFS Kitchen Tapes Marfan Visually Impaired

The 23rd Kitchen Tape

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”

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1970s Kitchen Tapes Music Recipes

The Fourth Kitchen Tape

Recorded 13 April 2018

Before we Start

[GM: As the title suggests, this was the fourth of 24 recordings done at our kitchen bench in Kensington, Western Australia. As part of the preparation for putting it on this website, in February 2022, I asked our friend Helen to read through this transcript and the one from 7 June 2018. Below you will find some of Helen’s comments interspersed. My thanks to Helen for doing that.]


GM: OK, so it’s the … Read the rest ... “The Fourth Kitchen Tape”