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Harold Slade (1903-1998) - Miner and pottery worker. Recorded 24 April 1978. Part 2/3.

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SummaryHAROLD SLADE
Recorded 24 April 1978
Part 2/3

0:06
John "Jack" Brown - Mt View Road - Southey Park boundaries

0:34
George Brown - his vineyard

1:22
Recollection of Bouffiers cellars - opposite Nurse Gordon

1:31
Sid Blanch - Bouffier's cellars were at this location

1:54
George Brown's cellars

1:55
Fred Sams, Alf Sams

2:18 Recollection of Carroll's cellars

2:30
Recollection of "old slab school" which was closing down when Harold began his schooling.

2:47
Recollection of orange orchard behind the school.

3:00
Recalls original direction of creek

3:17
Ellis Roberts

3:22
Billy "Bricky" Lane, Ollie Lane, Gus, Roy, Percy, Georgie, Ron "Sid", Muriel (Mrs Dick Cox), nee Lane, Ivy Oldfield, nee Lane, Pearly Jarvie, nee Lane, Kenny Lane, Merve, Reggie Lane (Ollie's eldest son) Bill Lane had the monumental works - Ellis Roberts bought him out.

5:30
Bill Fisher, Tommy Fisher

6:03
Location of B.Lane's residence on the corner of Love and Jurd Streets.

6:20
Bernard McGraine

6:44
Walter Vial ran a milk cart.

6:53
Location of "Chinaman's Gardens"

7:17
Ab Harris

7:20
Billy McLachlan

7:43
Tom Howard - now a policeman

7:46
Herb Stacey used to have a fruit run, Jack Stacey was Herb's father.

8:25
Jerry Sneddon - Adam Snedden's father

8:40
Casey Pryor

9:34
Sandy Thompson

10:55
Bill Phillips, Dai(Davey)

11:16
Ronnie "Roger" Passfield - Harold and these boys used to knock about together. Roger married Miss Thompson.

11:30
Snow Passfield married Shirley Slack

11:47
His brother Leo Passfield who was a friend of Harold Parkinson

12:21
Gladys Passfield - Matron at the hospital - Roger's younger sister.

13:04
Dick Stubblefield, Rita Stubblefield

13:24
Dick Stokes neighbour to Adam Sheppard and Tom Teggins.

14:56
Harold was born Cessnock 1903. His dad was carting timber and delivering milk.

15:34
Tom Kirk, early Aberdare manager. Mr. Marshall.

16:19
Recalls father riding horseback from Salt Ash to Watagan Creek courting Harold's mum. He "stopped the weekend".

17:04
Bill "Pig Willy" Crump - he ran horse races. "He was too excited to watch the race and he's turn his back saying how's he going boys?" That was his horse Lord Kitchener.

17:40
Joe Hocking had a horse called Joy B. He was a bit of an SP Bookie. Fred Hocking

18:01
Lorna Hocking and Jessie Hocking were Joe's sisters.

18:35
Arch Diplock had a shop at Watagan Creek

18:45
Jack Diplock - Arch's son. Son Archie was killed in the WW1.

19:02
A few boys got killed in WW1 - Sid Foster, Reg Edward - both State Boys

19:08
Tom McGahan - The Crawsleys.

19:36
Picton's racecourse - anecdote of a fight that happened at the racecourse.

19:57
Sheddon's sawmill on the bank of the creek.

20:03
Tom Daunt and Lil Daunt, son Russell Daunt.

21:09
Bill Picton, his son Clyde and Eric the builder.

21:32
Arthur Picton's son, Ernie, was second cousin to Clyde etc. Ernie married Albert Erton's daughter.

22:09
There were Picton school teachers and Picton butchers in the early days. There were Pictons at Broke.

22:20
Jack Gibson at the paper shop married one of the Picton girls.

23:07
Len Kelly sold his paper shop to Billy Sneddon who was in the paper shop at Abermain before that.

23:47
Elsie Olsen, née Picton

23:50
Noel Picton, Clyde and Eric (were brothers).

24:16
Eric married Lil McDonald

24:31
Ellen Williams, "Sox" Williams.

24:45
Denny Kenny.

25:00
Denny Kenny's Saddlery. The family seems to have disappeared.

25:41
David Gallagher, Jack Gallagher

25:50
They lived in a humpy built out of round bush poles and lined over it.

26:26
Jack Callaghan

26:51
Ernie Callaghan, Danny Callaghan

27:04
Joe and Jack and two sisters who were nurses. The Bouffiers - 3 brothers.

28:49
Tape duration. Last edited by: Dave Trimble

SubjectCessnock (N.S.W.)Horse racingSlade, Harold, 1903-1988 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Depicts or Relates ToClive Picton - Cessnock carpenter. Recorded 30 June 1978 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorSlade, Harold, 1903-1988Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created24th April 1978Location^[1]Cessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Identifier260B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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