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Clarice Jones (1900-), Greta Resident and Teacher. Recorded 19 September 1983. Part 2/2
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SummaryClarice Jones
Recorded 19th October 1983
Part 2 of 2
0:05
Writing about your life. Schooling, they learned the history of England, grammar, singing, poetry, handwriting, The Ten Commandments, The Lord’s Prayer, memorizing, and moral training.”60% of marriages end in divorce” – the quality of education compared to what children are picking up today.
3:45
Kurri was always a very cultured place with bands and singing – the Welsh tradition. The Kurri Welsh Male Choir.
Attending dances was not on for Methodist children. There was a picture show run by Noah Palmer at Greta – it was open air near the Tattersalls Hotel, where they saw Charlie Chaplin. Made of galvanised iron. Sitting on planks on stumps with charcoal fires around. The little children went too. The whole staff at Kurri Infants were exceptional women. All the boys were dressed as Red Indians and Charlie Chaplin
7:15
Songs “Don’t go down in the mines Dad” and “Will the angels let me play?” A popular song was about tying the leaves to the tree so the child wouldn’t die when the last leaves fell. The hymns made her cry.
Broken Hill centenary. Looking for opals. Schools at Silverton and Broken Hill. Greta and Branxton boys teaching at Brewarrina. Mr Moran had the kids learning the names of towns along the rivers or railways. A.B. Paterson poetry.
10:25
Christmas dinners -fighting with the blowflies – chickens and plum pudding. They had to pluck feathers – the smell of wet feathers and the smell of wet serge. As a young girl they had tank water or from wells in Greta. Wells came first. They had a concrete dome with a pump on top. Tattersalls Hotel had a concrete domed well.
12:40
Greta baker was George Natriss’ father. Also the Gordons. A lot of women died in childbirth so there was a lot of remarrying. Dave and Jack Gordon. George was much younger. Bessie Gordon was the eldest. Sissy Gordon was blind because she got a splinter in her eye. The Pullins had the bakery. Henderson had the bakery.
16:50
Creswick in Victoria. Following the gold and then the coal. The Rodericks.
The Pryors at Greta – The Methodist church from Oswald. Jesse Hawkins. “O Molly Riley” – a song sung while doing the ironing. Heavy iron by the fire.
“My Wild Irish Rose” – all the Irish songs learned from listening to mother singing whilst ironing.
Mrs Maloney would rhyme everything. Mr Maloney would remove warts.
26:30
End of Tape 141 Side B Part 2 of 2
Kurri Kurri (N.S.W.)Jones, Clarice, 1900-PersonJack DelaneyCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Greta, NSW[2] Kurri Kurri, NSWIdentifier141B
Recorded 19th October 1983
Part 2 of 2
0:05
Writing about your life. Schooling, they learned the history of England, grammar, singing, poetry, handwriting, The Ten Commandments, The Lord’s Prayer, memorizing, and moral training.”60% of marriages end in divorce” – the quality of education compared to what children are picking up today.
3:45
Kurri was always a very cultured place with bands and singing – the Welsh tradition. The Kurri Welsh Male Choir.
Attending dances was not on for Methodist children. There was a picture show run by Noah Palmer at Greta – it was open air near the Tattersalls Hotel, where they saw Charlie Chaplin. Made of galvanised iron. Sitting on planks on stumps with charcoal fires around. The little children went too. The whole staff at Kurri Infants were exceptional women. All the boys were dressed as Red Indians and Charlie Chaplin
7:15
Songs “Don’t go down in the mines Dad” and “Will the angels let me play?” A popular song was about tying the leaves to the tree so the child wouldn’t die when the last leaves fell. The hymns made her cry.
Broken Hill centenary. Looking for opals. Schools at Silverton and Broken Hill. Greta and Branxton boys teaching at Brewarrina. Mr Moran had the kids learning the names of towns along the rivers or railways. A.B. Paterson poetry.
10:25
Christmas dinners -fighting with the blowflies – chickens and plum pudding. They had to pluck feathers – the smell of wet feathers and the smell of wet serge. As a young girl they had tank water or from wells in Greta. Wells came first. They had a concrete dome with a pump on top. Tattersalls Hotel had a concrete domed well.
12:40
Greta baker was George Natriss’ father. Also the Gordons. A lot of women died in childbirth so there was a lot of remarrying. Dave and Jack Gordon. George was much younger. Bessie Gordon was the eldest. Sissy Gordon was blind because she got a splinter in her eye. The Pullins had the bakery. Henderson had the bakery.
16:50
Creswick in Victoria. Following the gold and then the coal. The Rodericks.
The Pryors at Greta – The Methodist church from Oswald. Jesse Hawkins. “O Molly Riley” – a song sung while doing the ironing. Heavy iron by the fire.
“My Wild Irish Rose” – all the Irish songs learned from listening to mother singing whilst ironing.
Mrs Maloney would rhyme everything. Mr Maloney would remove warts.
26:30
End of Tape 141 Side B Part 2 of 2
Kurri Kurri (N.S.W.)Jones, Clarice, 1900-PersonJack DelaneyCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Greta, NSW[2] Kurri Kurri, NSWIdentifier141Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Clarice Jones (1900-), Greta Resident and Teacher. Recorded 19 September 1983. Part 2/2, [141B]. Living Histories, accessed 02/12/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55746