Celebrating Coralie Condon's 102nd Birthday

On Sunday 28th May, 2017, a celebratory lunch was held at the Grosvenor Hotel, on the corner of Hill and Hay Streets in the Perth. Assembled were friends and family of the late Coralie Condon, to mark her one hundred and second birthday, even though she died in 2014, aged 99.

Terri Starcevich came up with the idea, assisted by Audrey Long in organising the invitations.

People were given the opportunity to reminisce about their time with Coralie.

Orrena Elder related the difficulties in making a fairy fly, on the cramped space that was the Old Time Music Hall stage.

A former dancer, Orrena Elder was famous for her glamorous photos in major British newspapers. So iconic are her images that they remain popular adorning nostalgic posters and items of memorabilia to this day. In recent years, Orrena will be recognised as the friendly receptionist greeting guests at both the former ABC studios in Adelaide Terrace and the new ABC in Fielder Street, East Perth.

TVW veteran cameraman and studio director Gordon McColl related a ballet story, told by the late and much loved Jean Hunsley.