She was just nine months old at the time. The then editor (Ita Buttrose) described her as ‘the apple of her mum’s eye.’
We took her photograph in all sorts of pretty dresses and one snapshot shows her eating the daisies being used as a prop! Her mummy came to the rescue.
Need a clue?
She is the eldest child in a family well-known to AWW readers
She shares her first name with a character in a play by Shakespeare
Her dad is named after an insect
In the same issue:
We looked at women working for peace in Northern Ireland and asked readers if they would have children again. The food pages featured yummy recipes for Australian bouillabaisse and ‘sherried’ chocolate fudge but food photography was very different to today’s luscious standards.
The celebrity pages featured singer, Rick Nelson and actress Elizabeth Montgomery (famous ‘nose-twitcher’ Samantha from Bewitched).
And, with 41 balls of yarn and a crochet hook, you could crochet a buttercup yellow bridesmaid’s dress.
Have you figured out who our mystery baby is yet?
Answer: She’s Reagan McDermott, the eldest daughter of Pat and Dennis McDermott. Pat writes the ‘Family Matters’ column in The Weekly every month. Dennis is the MOTH (The Man Of The House). Reagan still has those beautiful eyes!
Win a copy of Pat’s book Family Matters.
