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This is part 1 of a 3-part program featuring the Life & Times of Helen Harmer.
Born in 1941, Helen shares her earliest memories of life and activities in and around Warragul, which is located about 100Kms South-East of Melbourne.
Helen had just the one older sister and in her very young years she only played with boys due to a lack of girls around her, a situation that continued until she started school. Her stories of her school experiences are very interesting and certainly tales of her first country school brings about a lot of laughter.
Helen with her older sister – [CLICK to enlarge]
Growing up as a kid during the years of WWII meant kids relied largely on their own resources and imaginations as there were very few toys and even less children’s books.
We learn about her father who was a key person in her life and a man of many talents and attributes who, among his many jobs, was at one point a member of John Cain seniors government.
Eventually the family leave the rural of life for a semi-rural life in what was the then, the underdeveloped suburb of Doncaster. This move bought about many changes and new challenges such as mastering urban transport.
Click to hear – Helen Harmer- Part 1
Previous Listen To Older Voices Programs can be found in our archive, by clicking on one link or the other
– 2012 to 2016
– 2016 onward
[Listen To Older Voices receives funding from the Commonwealth Government
through the Commonwealth Home Support Program Program]
