Welcome to Listen To Older Voices [A Baby Boomers Edition], which is a
program produced by Rob Greaves for Wesley Connect and podcast through
the Toorak Times and Tagg.
Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with interviewees reflecting upon their lives from earliest memories. An underlying principal of the program is to promote the concept of positive ageing, reinforcing the principle that older people have & continue to make a valuable contribution to both their local & wider community.
Lynn’s story is another story from the Baby Boomer generation, those born in the decade post WWII and who are now entering their senior years. As we listen to Lynn and her story we might reflect on other Baby Boomers stories and realise, that while their age is now generally between 65 and 70+ years of age they are still very much active and leaving quite a legacy.
Born in the Melbourne bayside town of Portsea Lynn’s early years consisted of sun, sand and a one-room classroom and she experienced a freedom that previous generations didn’t have, and today’s generation is unable to have.
Lynn loved music from an early stage of life but was utterly taken by the music of the Beatles and similar groups during that period when Australia was caught in a wave of music coming out of Britain, and as a result enjoyed life in the 60’s to its fullest. By the end of the 1960’s she was working in the music industry, where she met one of Australia’s true Rock & Roll stars – Billy Thorpe. Now as we listen, we understand that at first it was more of a case of Billy being smitten by Lynn than vice versa.
Click to hear Lynn Thorpe – Part 1
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[Listen To Older Voices receives funding from the Commonwealth Government through the Commonwealth Home Support Program Program]
