Page 7 - Lansdowne Gardens Newsletter Spring 2018

7 LANSDOWNE NEWS, SPRING 2018

Happy Birthday

We wish the following residents
a very Happy Birthday:

September

4 Sep Andrew B.

6 Sep Margaret S.
8 Sep David H.
24 Sep Lorna C.

24 Sep Nola B.
24 Sep Anne S.
25 Sep Henriette C.

October
1 Oct Ella F. Adele (right), with daughter Suzanne (middle), grand-daughter
Michelle (left) and great grandson, Felix!
17 Oct Klaus S.

18 Oct Bruce S.
18 Oct Mavis S.
23 Oct Shirley M. Meet Adele Manchoulas
25 Oct Alex S.
Adele Manchoulas was born 1924, in Bathurst, of an Italian father and
November
Australian mother and spent her first school years at the family
1 Nov Margaret C. country property. Her mother was a music lover and fostered in her
6 Nov Margery H. the love of music and the arts but her passion from a very early age
8 Nov Ethelle B. was ballet which she studied in Bathurst briefly before travelling over
to Paris to further her studies under a well-known Russian teacher by
10 Nov Henry J.
the name of Olgar Preobrajenska.
11 Nov Jean C.
Under her tutelage she entered an international competition where
she won a gold medal at the age of 13. Many newspapers spoke of this

up-and-coming ballerina as one to watch. In the course of her dancing
career she appeared at the Scala in Milan as part of the Court de
ballet.

Apart from classical ballet, she also studied flamenco dancing. During
this time, the Second World War broke out and consequently Adele
and her mother and brother were interned in Italy for three years in a
smaller town called Olive to Citra. They were very fortunate, however,

to have the generosity of the local peasants who shared what little
they had with them during difficult times. The war unfortunately
ended her promising career.

After returning home to Australia in Sydney where she was flatting
with a girlfriend, she was introduced to a dashing young French wool-
buyer at a party; (their attraction to each other was instantaneous)
and they soon married! Throughout their married life, they had two
children, travelled and enjoyed many years together.