Can you can you tell us about your earliest memories? I remember sitting on the back steps at Punt Road, Prahran. I think I had curly hair then. Margaret Mary Matthews. So now, Margaret Mary Prowse. So when were you born Margaret? 13th July 1920. And sort of going back over the past you sort of forget it all. It comes back in bits and pieces. Can you tell us how your family was effected by The Depression? Well, to tell you the truth I couldn't because I didn't realize there was one on. You see, most of us kids didn’t know. We didn't know about it. We just went on being fed and watered. You see we got our meals, regular meals and we got our bed to sleep in. So your Dad still had a job during The Depression? He was a manufacturer’s agent. In clothing. Started making his own clothes. Baby clothes. Did your mother look after people who knocked on the door? Oh, yeah. People did in those days, they took care of people. Anybody who came to the door. Dad didn't, I don’t think. No, Dad didn't. He was against it. Did your mother give them food? What did she do for them? She put them out on the front porch. With a table and chair, I suppose. She did the right thing. Dad was a keen gardener. He had a lovely garden. He was very proud of it and he had a whole lot of poppies growing. I ate well and my Dad grew all his own veggies and we had a paddock at the back of our place. Grew a lot of potatoes in the paddock. Can you tell us... My mother died when I was young. Dad married again. Someone he worked with in Flinders Lane. And what school did you go to? "I went to Lady of Victories School at first." The Joseph nuns taught there. They were very strict, but they were very good trying to get you to read and write and arithmetic and all that sort of thing. Basic things they concentrated on. Where do you go for secondary and how did you stay at school for? I went to... I didn't go for long. I went to Lyndale. Lyndale. I left school at 15, I think. Well, I worked the first five years in Myers. When I was 15. Ladies underclothing. I was doing a course in comptometry. Comptometry? Is that your job? Did it all my life, even when I was in the army. It's a strange thing, I think it's men mainly who did it overseas in those days. It was all manual stuff, and then it became all computerised. Can you tell us what you were doing in the Second World War? I became a women soldier. Women’s army. As one of Margaret’s kids said, “Didn't you kill anybody?” I said, “So, no, not really.” VF513128. That was my number. They say you never forget it. And you don't. I was at Darly. Camp Darly, at Bacchus Marsh. It was just good to be part of that era. When the war ended, can you remember that day? Oh, it was exciting. So I was working in Lonsdale Street then Just above St Francis. It's just went mad. Absolutely riotous. Crowds were carrying on and it was really... it was so exciting really. Do you have any favorite songs or music? Oh, my favourite songs or music, there was Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. They were very popular. Very popular. How did you meet George? Oh well we belonged to what you call a Catholic organisation called The Legion of Mary and had meetings every now and then. And I think, I must have asked him home or something. So that started a little romance, I suppose. So I think that must have blossomed. Well, must have, mustn’t it? How long did you go out for? I think were engaged for about 12 months. Can you remember the proposal? I think it was in the kitchen of Tourello Avenue. Does that sound very romantic? Have you liked being a mother? Oh, yes. What do you remember most about being a mother? Changing nappies. Lots and lots of nappies in those days. I bet. I wasn't a very good tennis player, but I loved it. And I liked playing it. Did you start when you were a child? Oh, I think I must have been at school at Lyndale, down at the convent in Riversdale Road. I was 94. When you stop playing? Yes. "What were your highlights of your tennis career?" I don't think there were any highlights. You played in the World Masters Championships in Melbourne. Well, we... we went all right because you see we were the only pair in this age group. How old were you then, do you think? 80 something. Yep. "Did you win the World Masters Championship?" We did. Pretty special. Oh, it was, yes, we were presented with our medal at Rod Laver Arena. We made a fool of ourselves. Well I don't think so. At least we tried. So Judy's question was actually, “Do you remember your first kiss?” Oh, I thought you said “kids... kids”. “Kid”. Oh, well, no, I don’t actually. That's all right. Can you give some advice to young people now? Oh, not to concentrate on worrying about things. Everything always seems to turn out all right in the finish.