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11/11/2018

Attadale Rotary Club President Ian Pittaway had great pleasure in welcoming the Guest Speaker Warren Duffy and a very large number of guests to the meeting on November 5 at Tompkins on Swan. Chairman Mick Donnes introduced Warren who took everyone on a delightful trip down memory lane. He rekindled memories of years gone by and had everyone enjoying the experience. Warren explained that before writing the books he established the Facebook page 'Lost Perth'. It was dedicated to preserving photos and memories of the good old days in Perth. He wanted to unearth Perth's history to save it for the future. He started chatting to people, listening to their stories, collecting their old photos, and it went from there. He posted photos, films, stories, memories and they all touched a nerve. The site is a collection of old images and stories of Perth, focusing on the way things used to be and the old buildings and businesses that have disappeared, and it captured Perth's imagination. Warren attributes the site's success to people's fond memories of the 'good old days'!
He wanted to put those memories and stories in print, so they'll have a place in history forever.

The books 'Lost Perth', Volumes 1 and 2 are picture-driven with images that follow the history of Perth, Western Australia and bringing back wonderful memories of times gone by. There are old family photos moving through the decades and the Great War, roaring twenties, the great depression, World War 11, the booming fifties with their hooped skirts and perfectly coiffed hair and the swinging sixties, seventies and eighties.

Warren showed some film of many of the tv ads we all came to love (or hate) such as 'I Love Aeroplane Jelly' (still going around in my head each day), 'I'm Louis the Fly', 'Luigi Sava Da Money' as well as 'It takes two hands to handle a whopper' etc. We also enjoyed seeing some of the icecream delights we all grew up with.

Thank you Warren for starting the wonderful Facebook site and for the Lost Perth books to remind us all of some wonderful times we all had in days gone by.

Pictured are Chairman Mick Donnes, Attadale Rotary Club President Ian Pittaway and the Guest Speaker Warren Duffy. Pictures also show the 'Lost Perth' book Volume 1, Trams in the City, Lights on the Old Swan Brewery and the beautiful interior of the Ambassadors Theatre. Thank you also to Colin McCulloch for bringing along some of his memorabilia to display on the night.

It was a night to reminisce enjoyed by members and all their guests.

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True Blue Dreaming

5/11/2018

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Francis Winfield was the Guest Speaker at the Attadale Rotary meeting held at Tompkins on Swan last Monday, 29 October. Francis spoke about 'True Blue Dreaming' which originated as a response to alarming rates of youth suicide and poor educational outcomes among young people in rural and remote Australian communities. It is a unique, holistic, youth mentoring and community development program which aims to inspire and build capacity in 11-18 year olds living in regional and remote areas, across Western Australia. The official launch of the True-Blue Dreaming Youth Mentoring Project took place at Wyalkatchem District High School on 27th June 2004. Although Wyalkatchem remains the flagship program, since 2004 True Blue Dreaming has grown and expanded significantly. They now provide youth mentoring and support services in eight locations across rural and regional WA, stretching from Bruce Rock in the Wheatbelt to as far north as Halls Creek in the Kimberley and many destinations in between.

The mentors typically are University students often from a rural background. The mentoring programs are based on a 12 month contract between participants. Mentoring of young students has been shown to raise school attendance and completion, support transition from school to further training and employment and to help young people to feel better connected to their school and their peers and generally raise their self-esteem.

True Blue Dreaming is a registered not for profit charity and has received financial support from organisations such as the Forrest Foundation,Lottery West, Rio Tinto and the Rotary Club of Applecross.

Francis Winfield is pictured with Attadale Rotary President Ian Pittaway and Rotarian Martin Houchin.

Also speaking at the Rotary Club of Attadale on Monday, 29 October, was Louise Dinnie. Louise is a Member of the Student Emerging Leaders Group- (MSEL).

Louise reminded Rotary members of the workshops they ran with the students from Melville Senior High School. These workshops included the following: Resume writing; Interpersonal skills and networking; as well as Interview skills. Panel presentations from higher education institutions and professionals from industries the students were interested in. The team found that engaging with students in smaller groups was easier and they were able to develop a better rapport with them. The overall feedback was generally positive from the students. The students indicated that they could use the workshops more before they select their ATAR courses for Years 11 and 12.
Rotarian Bev Moffat is pictured with Louise Dinnie.

Also pictured are two happy Attadale Rotarians Winston Marsh and Greg James who were recently presented with their Birthday cupcakes by Club President Ian Pittaway.

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