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De-cluttering the fast way How Kelmscott parish’s Tucci family have dealt with losing everything minus one gnome and a pizza oven - to February’s devastating bushfires
By Bridget Spinks
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s the house on fire? Unless the house is on fire, don’t growl at each other,” Angela Tucci said she used to say to her family. That was before the fire swept through their home in Bromfield Drive, Kelmscott on 6 February; the fire that took theirs and more than 60 other houses in Kelmscott and Roleystone. Angela, her husband Sergio and their two children, Talia, 16, and Michael, 12, have to agree on everything now. Nineteen days after the fire, The Record visited them in their temporary accommodation at Angela’s mother’s house in Brookdale, where around the kitchen table they unfolded what they’ve been through.
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Coming to grips: Michael Tucci, left, talks about the experience of losing the Tucci family home to the Kelmscott bushfires in early February as sister, Talia, father Sergio and mother Angela look on. The family has found strength in each other as they focus on rebuilding their family home together. PHOTO: PETER ROSENGREN
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The morning the fire came to visit, Talia was studying for her TEE maths while Angela was having a lie down on the couch. When they realised what was happening, mother and daughter had 15 minutes at best to scramble out of the house. There wasn’t time to evacuate, Angela said. Angela’s husband Sergio was around the corner in Clifton Hills. “Put your tools down and get here now,” she told him over the phone. Michael was on a ferry coming Please turn to Page 6
Against the Tide Archbishop Hickey’s Pastoral letter urges Christians to be counter-cultural. Page 2
Bishop Brady excavation blog From Tuesday, 8 March, the blog ‘The search for Bishop Brady’ will be live. The focus will be the archaeological excavation in which Bishop Brady’s remains will be exhumed from his grave in AmelieLes-Bains from 17-19 March. During the excavation, the blog will be updated daily. However, the blog will also include periodical updates of the team’s preparation leading up to their departure on 12 March and subsequent efforts to ensure Brady’s safe return to Perth. The blog can be found at: www.bishopbrady.com.
Miss Margaret’s Morning Tea Party... might not seem that exciting. But what if her Morning Teas raised $10,000 for her parish building programme? That would be a story ... Send your parish story and photos to parishes@therecord.com.au (Photos: hi-res, 300dpi)