ten days in chippendale » 1917 http://eatingmywords.net/tendaysinchippendale a mini-residency at serial space Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:58:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 day seven http://eatingmywords.net/tendaysinchippendale/2010/11/day-seven/ http://eatingmywords.net/tendaysinchippendale/2010/11/day-seven/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:04:15 +0000 http://eatingmywords.net/tendaysinchippendale/?p=104 Continue reading →]]> Glad Willis was born in 1917 in Kings Cross. Unlike other interviewees from suburbs such as Newtown and Surry Hills, Glad does not remember Kings Cross being a suburb with lots of kids to play with. She remembers it as a suburb where the very poor were scattered in amongst the very wealthy. Not having many friends, Glad talks about creating an interior world in her imagination – a world that can be glimpsed through her description of playing in the then un-restored Elizabeth Bay House (pictured).

Image: Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, New South Wales / photographer unknown, c1902. Copyright the Historic Houses Trust

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