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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 1973 Diary GFS Writing

The 1973 Diary, Part 11

A newspaper advert for The Dungeon Market sale
Some great items for sale in The Dungeon Market where Trenna frequently shopped. I would love to go through the 1973 market today but it closed many years ago.

15 Year Old Trenna’s Own Words

This series of transcripts starts here.

1 – 15 July 1973

Sunday 1 July

I awoke at 9.00 when Beth was knocking on my door, but I didn’t get up until 11.30. I had lunch with Beth and I lied again about Friday night.

After lunch I talked to Beth while she did her ironing and then I watched TV. There was a really good movie that had Hayley Mills in it. I … Read the rest ... “The 1973 Diary, Part 11”

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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 1973 Diary GFS Kitchen Tapes Writing

The 1973 Diary, Part 5

Open pages of a diary with blue ink handwriting in it.
The start of the March entries in Trenna's 1973 diary

15 Year Old Trenna’s Own Words

This series of transcripts starts here.

1 March – 15 March 1973

Thursday 1 March 

Got up at 7.00 had a shower and breakfast then I met Julie and Sue at 8.30. 

BC was the same as usual. I met Julie and Sue at 4.15 we talked then I walked Sue to her bus stop, we were really being stupid. 

I got home at 5.15. There was a message for me to ring … Read the rest ... “The 1973 Diary, Part 5”

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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”