Nostalgia

coivtny said:
Are you sure? She was a Melbourne girl I thought.
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I think she could have been but from the late 50's up until the 70's they lived at (I think it was) 32 Albert Street Cabramatta and I lived in Lovoni Street which ran parallel to it.

Margaret was a staunch Labor woman and actually had a very strong influence and played a huge part in Gough's political life.

Gough was the Federal Member for Werriwa and their Daughter, who I knew as Cathy (actual name may have been Caroline or something like that) was a very tall girl like her mother and I think was a year ahead of me at Cabramatta High School and was there until I think probably 4th form (year 10 these days in around about 1970) and then disappeared probably to attend some fancy Ladies College somewhere.

I think it was a cousin named Dennis that may have lived with them at some stage because I recall him attending Cabramatta High School for a short period back around that late 60's, early 70's period as well.

I was only 16 at the time but I was outside the Cabramatta Civic Centre with a couple of mates handing out how to vote cards on Saturday 2nd December 1972 and was in the Whitlam's back yard having a couple of beers that night with the locals having a victory celebration that night.

I actually souvenired a beer jug from the night that I still have to this day. I believe that the Ireland's from the Sunnybrook Hotel provided the refreshments and glasses etc for the occasion and were chasing payment for a while. Don't know if they ever got paid for their part of the catering.

Have some fond memories growing up in Cabramatta back then when it was a totally different place to what it is now.

Incidently it didn't take Gough long to give Cabramatta the flick after becoming Prime Minister.
 
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