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1960s Craig House Kitchen Tapes Mofflyn Homes Snippets and Vignettes

The Keaver Stich-Up – a Kitchen Tapes Extra

a green grassy picnic area in front of a wide river
Point Walter in December 2022. It has changed quite a bit in the ensuing 57 or so years, but it remains a popular picnic spot on the banks of the Swan River.

By Greg

This is just a short anecdote to cover an incident at Craig House that I don’t think made it into The Kitchen Tapes recordings. As those oral histories were never completed that isn’t all that surprising.

We both just ran out of puff.

A Picnic For the Kids

“Now everybody – pay attention!” Matron was her usual stern self, or maybe even a bit more on edge this morning. She continued.

“This picnic is organised by the legatees, … Read the rest ... “The Keaver Stich-Up – a Kitchen Tapes Extra”

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1990s Menus Recipes

The Menu Diaries No. 11

February 1993 Menu
February 1993 Menu

February 1993

Australia Day, a Couple of Recipes, and Too Many Sisters

For an introduction to what these Menu Diary posts are about, please click HERE. And for the reasons why you really should read this series, please click HERE.

Monday, 1 February. This was obviously the Australia Day long weekend, Monday holiday. As I mentioned before, these days the Australia Day (as it’s officially called) holiday is always on 26 January, but in those days it was … Read the rest ... “The Menu Diaries No. 11”