Author: Your Herald
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A single photograph from 1906 of a policeman on a horse is about to change Maylands author Norman Jorgensen’s life. Mr Jorgensen was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the WA arts department to write a book about the life of Jack Kelly, a WA policeman, international circus star and younger brother to the infamous…
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CHILLI ORANGE, North Perth by DAVID BELL: Angove Street is killing it just now. Once little more than a side street near the pool hall, these days it’s full of top-notch cafes and quirky shopfronts and on any given weekday morning there’s a healthy population down on the strip. Chilli Orange is up there with…
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Ageing great SIGNS of our attaining great age: Our children forget us. Our friends all die. Our sex drive vanishes Lack of space prevents listing more benefits. Ron Willis First Ave, Mt Lawley Leave us alone! I AGREE entirely with Marie Slyth (Voice Mail, October 19, 2013). Vincent council operates efficently and offers great service…
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Georgina Gaylor well recalls her first performance with comedy outfit The Big Hoo Haa: And she’d appear on stage near-naked any day rather than go through that again. “Underwear pales into insignificance to standing back stage at Lazy Susan’s,” the exuberant 32-year-old tells the Voice. Which is just as well as the Fremantle local is…
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This quintessential Australian turn-of-the-century home could have been conjured from the pages of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet. Although a single storey home, its age-mellowed brick and iron lace work of the front verandah and the glorious tree-lined street are reminiscent of the homes of the Lambs and Pickles. No doubt when built this two-bedroom abode would…
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Sammut clears shelves of a quarter-century in books With the bulldozer looming in the background, Vincent Sammut’s having to pack up his North Perth bookshop—and around 50,000 books. Formerly a graphic designer he got out of that game when told he was overqualified: “That’s code for ‘you’ve passed a certain age’,” he says. For 15…
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Council polls close 6pm Saturday October 19 but voters in Voiceland are hardly rushing to have their say in a year that’s also seen both a state and federal election. As the Voice went to press, Perth city council’s turnout was 28 per cent, Bayswater’s was a dismal 21-odd, Stirling’s around 24 and Vincent just…
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So it’s God versus Woolworths—and Woolies is winning. A Maylands reverend has joined forces with Labor MP Lisa Baker and other concerned locals to try to stop the grog and grocery giant getting a liquor licence for its Dan Murphy’s booze barn on Railway Parade. Bayswater city council and a planning assessment panel both knocked…
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A new community group has formed to oppose Barnett government plans to destroy the community’s right to oppose mergers. The Dadour Group supports retaining the Dadour Amendment, which allows residents to veto forced mergers via a referendum. Stirling council candidate Leisha Jack says the government’s push to delete the amendment is “another move to force…
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Leederville Hotel’s permit for an outdoor eating area was granted without complaint—but only because vocal critic Debbie Saunders was locked out of Vincent council HQ. The Oxford Street cafe owner has long campaigned against the hotel, complaining its drunk customers leave the street in a mess. But when she showed up to the council meeting…
