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Marie Fullick née Henry (1903-1993) - Daughter of a Cessnock Entrepreneur. Recorded 9 November 1983. Part 1/1.
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SummaryMARIE FULLICKS
Recorded 9 November 1983
Part 1/1
0:49
Came to Cessnock from Armidale and then Gloucester just before WW1: Maiden name Henry, 1911. Her dad had saw mills in Gloucester. They used to own the Empire Jim Henry. Her dad brought a load of cedar up from Gloucester with a bullock team. To Gills. He bought Holdaway's store with the money from the cedar.
2:37
He owned the whole corner - showed the pictures at the Empire. She used to play the piano for the silent pictures when Billy Ward "got on the hops" - she was the "fill in". She had 4 brothers and 3 sisters and her. 8 altogether. In 1913 her dad built the picture theatre. Billy Gillen from Kurri used to operate the films. Pod O'Sheen, Bill and Jack Potts, sold the tickets etc. Mr. Cameron had a share in the business for 3 years as manager. It wasn't open air. There was The Strand which was open air.
5:17
The original name was The Anzac - but the govt. Wouldn't allow the name because there was a war on at the time. After her dad died, Mr Smythe, the butcher, bought it in 1916. Smythe built the bigger Empire. After this time the talkies arrived. The family moved to Sydney after her father died. Her father was the undertaker at the same time as running the picture show, "everything he touched turned to money". George Pring (undertaker) was bought out by her father. They had horse drawn coaches - 4 black horses. Smythe bought out Fry Bros.
7:52
Cubby Jaber bought the refreshment rooms. Mother lost everything in the Depression. Her dad died in the flu epidemic in 1919. From pneumonia. She married Charlie before she went to Sydney. Lived there 4 years and came back to Cessnock to Vernon Street. 1924 she married at 21 and Charlie was 23.
9:19
Patrick's horse coaches and Ditton. Joe Doyle. Charlie worked in Andrews' shop and he went to the Extended Pit for 5 years. Charlie was born in Minmi - he left the pit and eventually went to Elrington for 12 months and then Workers Cash Orders run by Flannery & Co in Sydney. He was with them 27 years and after 5 months of retirement he died at 67. He was secretary for the Friendly Societies and the Oddfellows Hall for 35 years.
14:43
They had 3 children - Carmel (married Bruce Farnham), Greg (pastry cook married Jill) & Bernard (or Vernon) (married Yvonne). Marie discusses her children and grandchildren with Jack and then her eye operation which has left her blind in one eye). Tape finishes with the arrival of her grandson Mark.
29:16
End (Tape 97/Side A) part 1 of 1.
SubjectSawmills -- New South Wales -- GloucestorCessnock (N.S.W.)Motion Picture Theatres -- New South Wales -- CessnockFullick née Henry, Maria Agnes, 1903-1993PersonJack DelaneyCreatorDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock, NSW [2] Gloucester, NSWIdentifier097A
Recorded 9 November 1983
Part 1/1
0:49
Came to Cessnock from Armidale and then Gloucester just before WW1: Maiden name Henry, 1911. Her dad had saw mills in Gloucester. They used to own the Empire Jim Henry. Her dad brought a load of cedar up from Gloucester with a bullock team. To Gills. He bought Holdaway's store with the money from the cedar.
2:37
He owned the whole corner - showed the pictures at the Empire. She used to play the piano for the silent pictures when Billy Ward "got on the hops" - she was the "fill in". She had 4 brothers and 3 sisters and her. 8 altogether. In 1913 her dad built the picture theatre. Billy Gillen from Kurri used to operate the films. Pod O'Sheen, Bill and Jack Potts, sold the tickets etc. Mr. Cameron had a share in the business for 3 years as manager. It wasn't open air. There was The Strand which was open air.
5:17
The original name was The Anzac - but the govt. Wouldn't allow the name because there was a war on at the time. After her dad died, Mr Smythe, the butcher, bought it in 1916. Smythe built the bigger Empire. After this time the talkies arrived. The family moved to Sydney after her father died. Her father was the undertaker at the same time as running the picture show, "everything he touched turned to money". George Pring (undertaker) was bought out by her father. They had horse drawn coaches - 4 black horses. Smythe bought out Fry Bros.
7:52
Cubby Jaber bought the refreshment rooms. Mother lost everything in the Depression. Her dad died in the flu epidemic in 1919. From pneumonia. She married Charlie before she went to Sydney. Lived there 4 years and came back to Cessnock to Vernon Street. 1924 she married at 21 and Charlie was 23.
9:19
Patrick's horse coaches and Ditton. Joe Doyle. Charlie worked in Andrews' shop and he went to the Extended Pit for 5 years. Charlie was born in Minmi - he left the pit and eventually went to Elrington for 12 months and then Workers Cash Orders run by Flannery & Co in Sydney. He was with them 27 years and after 5 months of retirement he died at 67. He was secretary for the Friendly Societies and the Oddfellows Hall for 35 years.
14:43
They had 3 children - Carmel (married Bruce Farnham), Greg (pastry cook married Jill) & Bernard (or Vernon) (married Yvonne). Marie discusses her children and grandchildren with Jack and then her eye operation which has left her blind in one eye). Tape finishes with the arrival of her grandson Mark.
29:16
End (Tape 97/Side A) part 1 of 1.
SubjectSawmills -- New South Wales -- GloucestorCessnock (N.S.W.)Motion Picture Theatres -- New South Wales -- CessnockFullick née Henry, Maria Agnes, 1903-1993PersonJack DelaneyCreatorDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock, NSW [2] Gloucester, NSWIdentifier097Aloading google map....
Fullick née Henry, Maria Agnes, 1903-1993, Marie Fullick née Henry (1903-1993) - Daughter of a Cessnock Entrepreneur. Recorded 9 November 1983. Part 1/1., [097A]. Living Histories, accessed 28/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55661