Our street in Penrith was a strange place. A Scout Master, a police sergeant, a school headmistress, a family rumoured to be swingers, and a neighbour who probably should never have been trusted with a driver's licence.

Then there was my family.

In this episode I share stories about the people who lived around us, the trouble my brothers caused, a stubborn old neighbour determined to keep her car until the bitter end, a local troublemaker who finally went too far, and Mandy... one of the few girls who ever treated me with genuine kindness.

Funny, chaotic, sometimes disturbing, and unmistakably Western Sydney in the 1970s and 80s.

Ton's Kitchen: After Hours — real stories from a misspent youth.