• Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Read Our Newspapers Online
    • Read the Latest Western Port News
    • Read the Latest Mornington News
    • Read the Latest Southern Peninsula News
    • Read the Latest Frankston Times
    • Read the Latest Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Win drought ends for Langy
  • Brown has another talented stayer on his hands
  • Pythons win a close one, Kangaroos clear on top
  • An update on activities in Balnarring
  • Morris calls on Wynne to ‘end’ Ryman application
  • Happy finish to greyhound’s run
  • Prom catch threat to bays’ whiting
  • Experts fancy strait flight for parrots
Facebook Twitter
MPNEWSMPNEWS
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
MPNEWSMPNEWS
Home»Feature»Trifecta’s 100 years of happiness
Feature

Trifecta’s 100 years of happiness

By Liz BellJanuary 10, 2022Updated:January 11, 2022No Comments3 Mins Read
VALDA Angus with her daughter Gayle Anderson. Picture: Supplied
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

BALNARRING resident Valda Angus says there is no secret to her longevity: It is simply a lucky trifecta of a positive attitude, a happy marriage of seven decades, and having “the best daughter in the world”. 

Ms Angus, 100, now lives with her daughter Gayle Anderson, but for 69 years lived with her husband Victor in Frankston, after buying a block of land after the war and building their home.

Their marriage was a love story that started after a trip to the old Frankston carnival and then a meeting at the Frankston railway gates, where they were instantly  smitten with each other.

As was often the case back in the early 20th century, Ms Angus never worked or had a driver’s licence and stayed home to raise their daughter.

Gayle Anderson says her parents lived a “happy, working class life”, and while they didn’t have much in the way of wealth, they wanted for nothing.

Although there has been heartache, first when Ms Angus’s father passed away when she was 17, and then when her husband Victor died four years ago, she says she feels “quite blessed” with the life she has had and still “can’t quite believe” she has made it to 100.

Her memories are vivid and include stories of caravanning holidays around Australia, Easters in Yarrawonga, and of the materials shortages after the war that delayed her wedding and the building of their home, something Ms Anderson says is a sad parallel to the shortages we are experiencing today because of COVID disruptions to the transport chain.

Ms Anderson says her mother’s memories of her school days are still tinged with the trauma of being forced to write with her right hand, despite being left handed.

Ms Angus says she and her husband loved living in Frankston and had regular outings to the Frankston movie theatre, where she recalls Victor – a truck driver – driving a bunch of movie goers home in the town bus because the driver fell ill.

Another time the milkman, who used a horse and cart to deliver the milk, was too drunk to finish his rounds so Victor had to step in and take the reins, quite literally, to get the milk out.

Asked about her tips for living a long, heathy life, Ms Angus jokes that her motto is “there’s no dessert in the world that you can’t top with cream” and, in the same spirit, she continues to eat one chocolate every day.                  

First published in the Mornington News – 11 January 2022

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Happy finish to greyhound’s run

May 17, 2022

Experts fancy strait flight for parrots

May 17, 2022

Saving soles from landfill

May 16, 2022

Federal Elections 2022

May 16, 2022
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Weather
May 18, 2022 - Wed
Mornington, Australia
12°C
scattered clouds
scattered clouds
3 m/s, WSW
63%
766.57 mmHg
wed05/18 thu05/19 fri05/20 sat05/21 sun05/22
light rain
13/12°C
light rain
13/13°C
scattered clouds
14/11°C
sky is clear
12/11°C
sky is clear
13/11°C
Peninsula Essence Magazine

Click here to read

April 27, 2022
Peninsula Kids Magazine

Click here to read

March 2, 2022
Council Watch

Shire offers $500,000 to performing arts

May 2, 2022

Mayor claims record in trust appointment

April 26, 2022
Elections 2022

Shire accused of being off track with pledges

May 17, 2022

Security takes precedence

May 17, 2022

Liberals slide as independents climb

May 17, 2022
Interview

Volunteers track koalas for science

May 2, 2022
Property of the Week

278 Dundas Street, Rye

May 11, 2022
100 Years Ago This Week

An update on activities in Balnarring

May 17, 2022
Contact
Street: 63 Watt Road, Mornington, 3931
Mailing: PO Box 588, Hastings, 3915
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
About

Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company.

MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

MPNG also publishes two glossy magazines: Peninsula Essence and Peninsula Kids.

Facebook Twitter
© 2022 Mornington Peninsula News Group.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.