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7 WILLIAM CAPE NEWS, WINTER 2021
Happy Birthday
We wish the following residents a
very Happy Birthday!
June
3 June Joyce H
11 June Margaret C
24 June Ken W
26 June Frances R Meet Ken Richards
29 June Sheila P
July
3 July Juliet B, Roy H Born as Kenneth Richards but prefers to be called Ken.
Ken is the eldest in a family of two children having one
7 July William C
sister Janice.
16 July Bernard G
Ken has lived in Sydney his whole life growing up in
18 July Dorothy E Bondi and as a child he bred homing pigeons which he
sold. The only problem was they kept returning to his
21 July Margaret S home once they were sold!
24 July Norma S After finishing school Ken worked as a wool sampler
travelling to towns around Australia purchasing and
August
reselling some of Australia’s finest quality wools to
8 August Nancy G other countries . Later Ken was employed as a
typewriter mechanic.
12 August Ashley P
Ken met his wife Margaret, and they were married on
14 August Julie D the 19 March 1955 at All Saints Church Woollahra.
th
They have three wonderful children Kim, Stephen and
20 August Rita H
Andrew and two grandchildren.
25 August Margaret G, George D Ken has been largely involved in the Bondi community,
coaching the local junior league and winning two
grand finals. Ken was also a lifeguard and instructor at
the Bondi Surf Club.
