{"id":3378,"date":"2023-04-13T04:06:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3378"},"modified":"2023-04-13T04:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:06:54","slug":"the-connection-between-1927-and-the-new-kitchens-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/article\/the-connection-between-1927-and-the-new-kitchens-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connection between 1927 and the New Kitchens in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Meryl Hilda Wright (1927) Food Technology Kitchens 2023 Renovation<\/h3>\n<p>Since the end of 2022 and into 2023, the Food Technology Kitchens have been mysteriously closed off to all but a construction crew.\u00a0They now stand shiny and ready for use.<\/p>\n<p>This major refurbishment would not have been possible without the generosity of a benefactor and the MLC School community is so grateful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A commemorative plaque has been commissioned for the kitchen, with the following wording:<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Meryl Hilda Wright<\/strong> spent her entire school life at MLC School; from the age of six in 1916 through to the Leaving Certificate in 1927. In 1931, Meryl met <strong>Lawrence Hinchliffe<\/strong> and this devoted, loving couple spent the next 56 years together. Meryl and Lawrence had no children and as a way for their memory to carry on, Lawrence left a gift to the School in his Will for the benefit of Food Technology <em>\u201cin memory of my dear, late wife<\/em>\u201d.It is a privilege for MLC School to be the holder of the memory of this wonderful marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new kitchen stands in the original Wade House which was opened in 1961 and named for the Headmistress <strong>Dr Gladys Wade<\/strong> (Headmistress from 1941-1959).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider gp b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">The original plans for this space have three rooms designated within today&#8217;s kitchen spaces: North &#8211; dressmaking room, Middle &#8211; cookery room, South &#8211; staff room. Although we can&#8217;t guarantee that this is what they were all used for at the end of construction, there has definitely always been a cooking space where the kitchens are now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How lucky the next generation of MLC School girls are to receive such a magnificent space in which to construct their culinary masterpieces.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to <strong>Barbara Hoffman &#8211; School Archivist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3397\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/FoodTechKitchens-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Meryl Hilda Wright (1927) Food Technology Kitchens 2023 Renovation Since the end of 2022 and into 2023, the Food Technology Kitchens have been mysteriously closed off to all but a construction crew.\u00a0They now stand shiny and ready for use. This major refurbishment would not have been possible without the generosity of a benefactor and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3378","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-old-girls-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=3378"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc-oldgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=3378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}