Photograph sparks fond memories for tennis belles

PAULINE Durbidge (O’Connell) with her blazer, part of the club’s tennis uniform at the time the photo was taken. THE original photograph (top, right) of the Wando Vale tennis women, published in the Weekly Times in 1964.

By Kristy McDonald

April 16, 2022 | 10:00 AM

OUR beautiful ‘Belles of the court’ photograph (CN, 6 April, page 4) is drawing lots of comment and feedback from our readers – including two of the belles, themselves!

The women pictured in the photograph are Patricia Holden (nee O’Connell), Pauline Durbidge (nee O’Connell), Merlie Kellett (nee Munro), Frances Joseph (nee Upton), Rita Hilton (nee Davidson), Maree Murphy (nee O’Connell) and Shirley Foster (nee Donehue).