by David Thompson
After so many years having a public holiday for the Queen’s Birthday, it felt a bit strange to have one for the King's Birthday in 2023. The public holiday honouring the monarch's official birthday, at least for football followers, means a blockbuster match between Melbourne and Collingwood at the MCG and the Neale Daniher-led Big Freeze event…
Myrtle Mott and Bill Hegarty in the Thread Needle Race at Kitchen's Annual Picnic.
My Father, Bill Hegarty, along with the Mott sisters, Myrtle, Ida and Alice who married Bill, were all employed by Kitchen & Sons.
This picture was taken at one of Kitchen's annual outings, a picnic at Frankston.
Here Bill is teamed with my Auntie Myrtle, dressed in their Sunday…