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1970s 1973 Diary Craig House GFS Writing

The 1973 Diary, Part 8

The front page of the "Daily News Newspaper. It has headlines, 3 pictures of women and an ad for Easter eggs.
The front page of a Perth newspaper for the first date in this Post. The Daily News came out in the afternoons, so these photos were taken on the morning of 16 April 1973. The caption in part reads "...the cold south westerly wind today played havoc with the girls' long hair as they went to work this morning. The girl on the left was dressed for the cold, but it was a case of shiver while you walk for the lass on the right." I picked this particular page because of the date, but the woman in the background on the right does look a little like Trenna. I DON'T think it is.

15 Year Old Trenna’s Own Words

This series of transcripts starts here.

16 – 30 April 1973

Monday 16 April

I got up at 7.30 and then went to breakfast. Sue and I had breakfast with Ruth and Marg. I got dressed for work and then left.

I seem to be doing a lot more filing out the back and I could bloody kill Cheryl for making me do it. I was glad to get home.

We had tea … Read the rest ... “The 1973 Diary, Part 8”

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1970s GFS Kitchen Tapes

The Kitchen Tapes # 20

Barby and Trenna Seckington sitting
"Barby (mummy) & me". August 1971. At the Leederville house on the day Trenna found out she was an aunty.

Recorded 11 June 2018

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) – but will they be friendly?

GM:  We are continuing our recordings with Trenna Mahney.  Today is Monday, the 11th of June 2018.  Tren, we’ve talked a lot about Craig House.  Eventually you moved out to Girls’ Friendly Society. I think you were 15, it was 1973.  Tell me about that era.

THM:   Well I turned 15 in September 1972, and that was the final year of Craig House.  I spent the … Read the rest ... “The Kitchen Tapes # 20”

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1970s Kitchen Tapes Music Recipes

The Fourth Kitchen Tape

3 people at the Perth Airport
Helen, Bob and Trenna near the Orbit Inn at the Perth Airport January 1976. Helen & Trenna were both 18 years old.

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”