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Christine Phillips née Kime (1893-1986) - Cessnock Resident. Recorded 27 November 1983. Part 1 of 1.

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SummaryTAPE 97B CHRISTINE PHILLIPS
Recorded 27th November 1983

0:20
Daughter of George Kein. She grew up on the Allandale Road until she was married. Her mother was a Gaudrin. Jack, Frank, George, Maggie married Bill Phillips, Christine's husband's brother, Christina, Mary married George Josh Phillips, Katie married Walter Drayton.

4:01
Her grandfather, George Kein. Her father owned property stretching up to Thompson's Lane. She was born in 1892 - she was 91 at the time of the interview. Went to many schools, the Cessnock Catholic school first, near the cemetery.

8:30
Father Rogers was the priest at Branxton - he was very strict. 9 kids in the family. Kiems' water hole - Black Creek visited by the Harrisons, the Goodwins, the Bolands, the Pinchins. The Allandale Road. She went grape picking as a girl at Pokolbin. 1d a bucket.

12:40
On Friday after school she used chip at the vineyard. Her husband, Alec Phillips, came from Pokolbin. She never met his father. She lived in Love Street after they were married in 1915. He worked at Extended on the electricity jobs. She was 23, he was 29 when they married.

15:00
When he retired they lived at Mangeton (?) with a little vineyard. They grew their own vegetables and table grapes. She sold eventually to Max Drayton. Peter, Stella married Jim Hamilton and Sheila married Manuel Jenkins and Kevin. She moved to Cessnock to be close to Sheila, after being 12 years on her own after Alec died. Dances were monthly at various people's places. She stayed home till she was married. They danced to the music of a concertina. Kaiser Hill. Her father had land up at Kaiser Hill. Lambkin's and Joass'. There was an old house and vineyard there.

20:47
The church near Will's Hill. The old post office, the graves nearby. MacDonalds. (Jack). One walked a long way to dances. They used a hooded sulky. She was taken to the church to be married in a hooded sulky. Went to Newcastle for a couple of days for a honeymoon. Went to Newcastle in sulky with pony. Natriss' bakery from Cessnock. Mr Hungerford was the butcher. They had their own cows for milk and butter and chooks for eggs. Church picnics (Ind. Presb. Picnic 1896) where they played 2's and 3's. Climb trees, chase birds.

25:48
Christmas was spent at home down in the cellar. Most kids came home for Christmas. Stockings filled with biscuits. Everyone would bring something and there'd be about 20 sitting. Bill Phillips. Meluna. The Wilkinsons. Wal Drayton - her sister Kate used to live in Pokolbin near Max Drayton's old home (her nephew). Buying the Love Street property - by auction. Her husband's mother came to live with them after they married.

30:49
Her husband travelled on a pushbike to his work on the land, on the farm. Mrs Crosdale her neighbour. (Originally from Dora Creek). Early church school - it was there before she was married. She was driven by her father in a black Dodge before she was married. It served the miners in the 1920's.

34:33
End (Tape 97/Side B) part 1 of 1. Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Branxton (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Catholic schools -- New South Wales -- CessnockPhillips née Kime, Christina Maria, 1893-1986 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

CreatorPhillips née Kime, Christina Maria, 1893-1986Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created27th November 1983Location^[1]Cessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[2]Pokolbin, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier097B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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