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7 BELLA VISTA NEWS, AUTUMN 2020

Happy Birthday

March

1 March Marta M.
2 March Judith L.
5 March Edward W & Jean M

7 March Alfred A & Brian Mc

8 March Shirley M.

9 March Wolfgang B.
12 March Cornelia O.
Margaret M. &
14 March
Louise C.
16 March Beverley C.

20 March Josephine S.

31 March Jean S.
Meet Janet Moses
April
3 April Lorna D.
6 April Betty M. Janet was born on 25 September Janet married Bob Moses who
9 April Reginald K. 1939 in Newcastle. She grew up in went on to represent the South
Caves Beach which is part of Sydney Rabbitohs in Rugby
10 April John N.
Swansea. Janet had three League.
12 April Irene K.
brothers, Mac, John and Norm.
19 April Judith C. They moved to Sydney when
20 April Daphne M. One of her favourite memories is Bob was playing Rugby League.
24 April Andreas N. running down the grass and diving He wanted to move to Redfern
26 April Janice K. into the water on the beach with but Janet chose Crestwood in
her siblings. Sometimes her father Baulkham Hills instead. They had
May
would take them to play golf with three children James, Mat and
1 May Florence W. him. Her father owned the Simone. The family also owned
newsagency in the main street of three dogs Topsy, Cleo and
10 May Dulcie G.
Swansea and Janet worked there Snooper. Janet enjoyed walking
12 May Lillian S. after school. When Janet left them in the afternoons. She
15 May Cisja T. school she gained a job as a joined a walking club and
18 May Kathryn W. bookkeeper in Belmont but still enjoyed the walks and social
18 May Elsa G. worked in her father’s aspect of the group.
newsagency on the weekends.
21 May Helga H.
Today Janet still loves walking
25 May Chandrakant
Janet pointed out that as a and it doesn’t matter whether it
26 May Allison W. bookkeeper all the calculations is inside or out. You can find her
31 May Wendy P. were done manually, not by walking around Bella Vista
computers like they are today. Gardens and often stops for a
She found her job stressful, so chat with people that she meets
made the decision to work for her on the way.
father full‐time.