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Harold Slade (1903-1998) - Miner and pottery worker. Recorded 16 February 1982. Part 2/2.
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SummaryTAPE 264B HAROLD SLADE
Recorded 16 February 1982. Part 2/2.
0:16
Description of auto brick cutting machine - an idea developed by Mark Robinson.
2:38
Recalls sending bricks by rail - packing them with cornstalks and tea tree. Goldman would supply the straw by the bale.
3:33
Howard Main was a fellow worker who packed the pipes and bricks.
3:45
Recall sending pipes by rail/boat largely for sewerage
3:53
"Yank" Harris
4:07
Reg Ridley, Harry Ridley - Schafer Bros from Casino and Lismore.
4:46
Baker's brickworks, Morpeth
4:53
"Rusty" Baker
5:12
Recalls opening of Cessnock racetrack
5:54
Jack Clavet - (Jack was trying to recall the name of a man from the previous tape).
6:35
Little Neath pit
6:41
Jack Drinkwater used to be at the Neath pit.
6:49
Walter Drinkwater
7:19
Jean Haylor
7:48
Bob Muirhead
8:13
Neath school shifted from Abermain
8:56
Bob Henderson and Harold used to go fishing behind the steelworks
9:09
Fred Yeatman
9:50
Sid Reid - he was 32 years in the Deputies Association
10:22
Mona (possibly Sid's wife) used to serve behind the bar at Bobby Smith's bar. She worked with Thelly Day.
Recalls first bowling club in South Cessnock.
12:20
Recalls first golf club in Cessnock behind the showground.
12:60
Village of Pokolbin (Nulkaba)
13:50
Recollection of early Nulkaba - used to be a recreation paddock. It was government land.
14:22
Jack Howard - Fonse O'Neill
14:32
Fred Drayton had been at Nulkaba when it started.
15:30
Jack O'Connor, Martin O'Connor
15:39
Sid Cruikshank - had property up the country and used to drive his cattle all the time to get better feed.
16:41
Jack Sparkes -
17:05
Jim Sparkes - both brothers - Jim was the builder and a farmer.
17:33
Mick O'Connor, Martin O'Connor
18:01
Jack O'Connor, Mag O'Connor
18:07
Mary O'Connor, Annie O'Connor - Katie was the only one who married a bloke from Paterson.
19:01
Recollection of O'Connor household - dairy farmers
19:44
Pat O'Connor - "milko"
19:60
Billy McGuinness - George McGuinness' father
20:09
George McGuinness
20:15
Alf McGuinness
20:26
Tom McGuinness
20:33
Ivy Lomas
21:01
Mary McGuinness
21:36
Bruce Smythe
21:41
Reg Smythe
22:10
Paddy Slavin - horse and buggy ambulance driver and hospital grounds gardener
22:47
Joe Pinchen, George Pinchen from Mount View
23:03
Norm Pinchen
23:05
Wally Pinchen
23:23
Jack Love
23:30
Paul Love
23:53
Dan Love
24:07
"Lovedale", Love's vineyard, slab cellars
Kiems' vineyard - there used to be a petrol driven chain drive lorry on the outside of their place.
25:58
Frank Martin worked for Lindeman. He used to drive a chain driven lorry with a bulldog in the car.
26:17
Claude Hungerford (was the butcher), Les Hungerford (lived up from Hall's) -
27:02
"Undara", George Hall's estate
27:26
"Forest Hill" on De Beier's Road.
28:09
Robert George Hungerford father of Les and Claude.
28:44
Emmanuel Belcher Hungerford also called "Deffy" - Jock talks of the Blick Hungerfords and the Chick Hungerfords.
29:48
Andy Hutchinson -
30:50
Thomas Blick at Thompson's Lane. Fred Blick was the post master from around this area. Oakey Creek Road.
32:05
Audrey Wilkinson on De Beier's Road.
32:18
Bill Fletcher
32:25
Eric Roberts bought Fleming's old place had the old school on it.
33:04
Harold Wright, Billy Wright sold the land to Billy Phillips.
33:11
Bill Phillips
33:19
Usher Tinkler
33:29
Reg Drayton
33:54
George Phillips had wine cellars which got burned down.
35:04
Recollection of early mountain road to a dead end (in the earlier days it was a road from Cedar Creek along which they used to walk cattle) to Singleton.
36:08
Fred Matthews
36:28
Owen Matthews
36:58
Lilly Matthews (married to Usher Tinkler), Gladys Matthews.
37:46
The Marrowbone Road - the Jacksons lived along there. Eddie Jackson had trotters.
40:26
Ernie Ingall, Ambrose Ingall
41:43
Hannah & Camrose's slaughteryard
43:07
In 1919 Jack Irwin was the butchers' drover with four dogs, who did all the work and not a beast would get away. He would travel a day from Lochinvar where he'd put them in the stock reserve at Lochinvar. The next day he'd saddle up and then he'd go on towards Allandale.
44:43
Keinbah (at Majors Lane) and Rothbury public schools
45:38
George Bennett Harrison had property later taken over by Seth Wilkinson.
Tape duration : 46:02
PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToFred YeatmanReg Drayton (-1994) - Drayton family history. Recorded 10 June 1983. Part 1/1.Wal PinchenPat O'ConnorPhonse O'NeillFred Drayton - wine maker. Recorded 11 April 1978. Part 1/1CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier264B
Recorded 16 February 1982. Part 2/2.
0:16
Description of auto brick cutting machine - an idea developed by Mark Robinson.
2:38
Recalls sending bricks by rail - packing them with cornstalks and tea tree. Goldman would supply the straw by the bale.
3:33
Howard Main was a fellow worker who packed the pipes and bricks.
3:45
Recall sending pipes by rail/boat largely for sewerage
3:53
"Yank" Harris
4:07
Reg Ridley, Harry Ridley - Schafer Bros from Casino and Lismore.
4:46
Baker's brickworks, Morpeth
4:53
"Rusty" Baker
5:12
Recalls opening of Cessnock racetrack
5:54
Jack Clavet - (Jack was trying to recall the name of a man from the previous tape).
6:35
Little Neath pit
6:41
Jack Drinkwater used to be at the Neath pit.
6:49
Walter Drinkwater
7:19
Jean Haylor
7:48
Bob Muirhead
8:13
Neath school shifted from Abermain
8:56
Bob Henderson and Harold used to go fishing behind the steelworks
9:09
Fred Yeatman
9:50
Sid Reid - he was 32 years in the Deputies Association
10:22
Mona (possibly Sid's wife) used to serve behind the bar at Bobby Smith's bar. She worked with Thelly Day.
Recalls first bowling club in South Cessnock.
12:20
Recalls first golf club in Cessnock behind the showground.
12:60
Village of Pokolbin (Nulkaba)
13:50
Recollection of early Nulkaba - used to be a recreation paddock. It was government land.
14:22
Jack Howard - Fonse O'Neill
14:32
Fred Drayton had been at Nulkaba when it started.
15:30
Jack O'Connor, Martin O'Connor
15:39
Sid Cruikshank - had property up the country and used to drive his cattle all the time to get better feed.
16:41
Jack Sparkes -
17:05
Jim Sparkes - both brothers - Jim was the builder and a farmer.
17:33
Mick O'Connor, Martin O'Connor
18:01
Jack O'Connor, Mag O'Connor
18:07
Mary O'Connor, Annie O'Connor - Katie was the only one who married a bloke from Paterson.
19:01
Recollection of O'Connor household - dairy farmers
19:44
Pat O'Connor - "milko"
19:60
Billy McGuinness - George McGuinness' father
20:09
George McGuinness
20:15
Alf McGuinness
20:26
Tom McGuinness
20:33
Ivy Lomas
21:01
Mary McGuinness
21:36
Bruce Smythe
21:41
Reg Smythe
22:10
Paddy Slavin - horse and buggy ambulance driver and hospital grounds gardener
22:47
Joe Pinchen, George Pinchen from Mount View
23:03
Norm Pinchen
23:05
Wally Pinchen
23:23
Jack Love
23:30
Paul Love
23:53
Dan Love
24:07
"Lovedale", Love's vineyard, slab cellars
Kiems' vineyard - there used to be a petrol driven chain drive lorry on the outside of their place.
25:58
Frank Martin worked for Lindeman. He used to drive a chain driven lorry with a bulldog in the car.
26:17
Claude Hungerford (was the butcher), Les Hungerford (lived up from Hall's) -
27:02
"Undara", George Hall's estate
27:26
"Forest Hill" on De Beier's Road.
28:09
Robert George Hungerford father of Les and Claude.
28:44
Emmanuel Belcher Hungerford also called "Deffy" - Jock talks of the Blick Hungerfords and the Chick Hungerfords.
29:48
Andy Hutchinson -
30:50
Thomas Blick at Thompson's Lane. Fred Blick was the post master from around this area. Oakey Creek Road.
32:05
Audrey Wilkinson on De Beier's Road.
32:18
Bill Fletcher
32:25
Eric Roberts bought Fleming's old place had the old school on it.
33:04
Harold Wright, Billy Wright sold the land to Billy Phillips.
33:11
Bill Phillips
33:19
Usher Tinkler
33:29
Reg Drayton
33:54
George Phillips had wine cellars which got burned down.
35:04
Recollection of early mountain road to a dead end (in the earlier days it was a road from Cedar Creek along which they used to walk cattle) to Singleton.
36:08
Fred Matthews
36:28
Owen Matthews
36:58
Lilly Matthews (married to Usher Tinkler), Gladys Matthews.
37:46
The Marrowbone Road - the Jacksons lived along there. Eddie Jackson had trotters.
40:26
Ernie Ingall, Ambrose Ingall
41:43
Hannah & Camrose's slaughteryard
43:07
In 1919 Jack Irwin was the butchers' drover with four dogs, who did all the work and not a beast would get away. He would travel a day from Lochinvar where he'd put them in the stock reserve at Lochinvar. The next day he'd saddle up and then he'd go on towards Allandale.
44:43
Keinbah (at Majors Lane) and Rothbury public schools
45:38
George Bennett Harrison had property later taken over by Seth Wilkinson.
Tape duration : 46:02
PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToFred YeatmanReg Drayton (-1994) - Drayton family history. Recorded 10 June 1983. Part 1/1.Wal PinchenPat O'ConnorPhonse O'NeillFred Drayton - wine maker. Recorded 11 April 1978. Part 1/1CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier264Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Harold Slade (1903-1998) - Miner and pottery worker. Recorded 16 February 1982. Part 2/2., [264B]. Living Histories, accessed 27/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55918