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Norman Cruickshank - Greta mineworker. Recorded 14 January 1984. Part 2/2.

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SummaryNorman Cruickshank
Recorded 14 January 1984
Part 2 of 2

0:04
Garnett Hodges, Henry Hodges.
Horse-drawn skips.
Mr. Gillespie, mine deputy.
Reason for ceasing mining.

5:25
Farthing's pit.
Anvil Creek pit.
Black Creek.

5:41
Direction of pit tunnel, Anvil Creek.
Hodges pit.
Whitburn Colliery.
New Greta Colliery.

7:22
"Scrappy" pit.
Old Greta Colliery.
Whitburn Colliery, wooden bridge.
Greta viaduct.
Maitland council installed power lines.
Zaara St. power station supplied power.

14:40
Greta pumping station.
Streetlights during Depression.
Ben Gilbert.
Collieries supplied power to Cessnock.
Maitland electricity supply.
Gordon Cartwright.
Frank Stein.
Hedley's horse buses.
Harper's Hill.

34:00
Ford & Blackwell buses.
Recollection of bus-boys.
Gordon Blackwell.
Ford's bus service.
Harold Ford.
Split of Ford & Blackwell.
Amos Fogg.
Sid Fogg.
Stewart Mordue.
Three bus runs per/day.
Greta-Maitland return fare.

36:57
Hodge's pit.
Old Greta pit.
Anvil Creek House.

43:26
End (Tape 67/Side B) Part 2 of 2 Last edited by: Dave Trimble

SubjectGreta (N.S.W.)Branxton (N.S.W.)Whitburn Colliery (N.SW.)Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- Greta -- HistoryAnvil Creek Colliery (N.S.W.)OperatorsCruickshank, Norman William Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorCruickshank, Norman WilliamDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created14th January 1984Location^[1]Greta, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier067B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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