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Angsty Teenage Poetry #1

Intro by Greg, Poems by a Teenage Trenna

Another Kitchen Tape Extra

Trenna’s School Era Poetry Book

Trenna loved reading, and she loved writing. She also loved, a lot, but for many years this was very often unrequited.

She tells in the Kitchen Tapes, HERE, of the dozens of love poems and letters she wrote to Murray Malski.

Trenna also kept a notebook during her high school years and wrote poetry in it.

Whilst Trenna was alive I was … Read the rest ... “Angsty Teenage Poetry #1”

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1970s Craig House Kitchen Tapes

The 18th of 24 Kitchen Tapes

Recorded 7 June 2018

Leaving Craig House

GM:  Today is Friday the 7th of June, 2018, I’m with Trenna Mahney.  Tren, tell me a bit about, you had been living at Craig House whilst you were at school until third year high school.  What happened then? 

THM:  Well I was in 3rd year and Craig House was going to close in 1972. I don’t know why, we assumed they had run out of money. 

The food had definitely become … Read the rest ... “The 18th of 24 Kitchen Tapes”

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No. 16 in the Kitchen Tape Series

Recorded 1 June 2018, at our kitchen bench

Bullied at High School

GM:  OK. Today’s date is the 1st of June 2018.  We are with Trenna Mahney.  

Tren,  you started to tell us about high school before, can you tell us a bit more about your high school time? 

THM:  Well in the 70s I think there was a much less regimented approach to teaching.  I don’t recall having any outstanding teachers. 

People knew that I came … Read the rest ... “No. 16 in the Kitchen Tape Series”

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The 15th Kitchen Tape

Recorded 24 May 2018

Starting High School

GM:  OK, We’re here today with Trenna Mahney.  Today is Thursday, the 24th of May, 2018. 

Tren, we’ve done a lot on your primary school, could you start now by telling us a bit about what you remember about High School?

THM:  High School was at the start of a new decade, it was 1970.  Everything in the world had changed in 1970.  

I was going to Kent Street Senior High School, … Read the rest ... “The 15th Kitchen Tape”