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Earl Sternbeck (1896-1984) - Shop proprietor, Cessnock. Recorded 14 April 1978. Part 2/3.
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SummaryEARL STERNBECK
Recorded 14 April 1978
Part 2/3
0:17
Recalls subdivision of Cessnock land. At the time of the purchase of land, the alignment was the centre of the creek. It was used as the point of measure for both parties. In Sternbeck's case, the deed had to be altered by Council.
2:17
Recalls bridges crossing Lavender Creek - there were three or four. One was a low bridge coming from Maitland. Another was built on the top side. Another was widened.
3:04
Early houses along Allandale Road. It remains in its original position. George Brown owned the land. The store on Andrew's Corner was there when the Sternbecks arrived. He married George Brown's daughter at about that time. In between the store and the creek was a barber shop which had been the Council Chambers.
4:26
George Brown
4:35
In Main Street was Stan Evans' chemist and right next to the creek was a small place which was a Dentist's room. The Water Board, next to the Memorial Hall. Reinhard's Building. The Telephone Exchange and the Methodist Church moved there from Mt View Road and now into Cooper Street. The Presbyterian Church was one of the early original churches. The Congregational Church came after that.
9:23
Dave and Jack Gordon
9:41
George Natriss - came from Greta and moved to Cessnock when it began developing. Mrs Natriss was Mrs Gordon first.
10:46
The hospital had just been built up on the hill in 1914. Arthur Bridge a large area of land around this area for £90. Jack and Earl are looking at a composite photograph of the area taken by Alec Galloway. Earl and his wife had one daughter called Joan. She married Fred Best whose parents were school teachers. Earl's wife was Miss Davies originally from Teralba. Tommy Sternbeck - his cousin. Tommy is Harold Sternbeck's uncle. Ollie was Harold's father. Joe Doyle, son of John Doyle had the mail run from Maitland to Wollombi. The Sternbecks sold Bridge the new Buick in 1916 and Joe Doyle bought his old 4 cylinder Buick.
Anecdote about the duco on a car being damaged and redone. In 1904 there were only about one or two shops in Vincent Street - Johnsons' paper shop - bought later by Pierce. On the opposite side B.S. Kemp had his shop. At the time it was just a bullock track - the three wheel tracks and the horse track in the centre.
The Cessnock Cooperative Store taken over by the Bank of NSW. in about 1907. McBeths was there before the Store. (Frank?) Barker the tailor. PJ Ryan. Punch. Lane and Quinn. Yeatmans. Cessnock Express Building - the paper printed by Pogonoski (the Elder), Joe Doyle. Callaghan's home, Sarroffs, Arthur built the Community Store on the opposite side of the road. George Brown thought that Main Street would be the main business street. "He wanted too much money for the land". Grandfather Pogonosky was the owner of the Cessnock Express which then became the Eagle.
Tape duration: 29:39
Sternbeck, Earl Stanley, 1896-1984PersonJack DelaneyCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier274B
Recorded 14 April 1978
Part 2/3
0:17
Recalls subdivision of Cessnock land. At the time of the purchase of land, the alignment was the centre of the creek. It was used as the point of measure for both parties. In Sternbeck's case, the deed had to be altered by Council.
2:17
Recalls bridges crossing Lavender Creek - there were three or four. One was a low bridge coming from Maitland. Another was built on the top side. Another was widened.
3:04
Early houses along Allandale Road. It remains in its original position. George Brown owned the land. The store on Andrew's Corner was there when the Sternbecks arrived. He married George Brown's daughter at about that time. In between the store and the creek was a barber shop which had been the Council Chambers.
4:26
George Brown
4:35
In Main Street was Stan Evans' chemist and right next to the creek was a small place which was a Dentist's room. The Water Board, next to the Memorial Hall. Reinhard's Building. The Telephone Exchange and the Methodist Church moved there from Mt View Road and now into Cooper Street. The Presbyterian Church was one of the early original churches. The Congregational Church came after that.
9:23
Dave and Jack Gordon
9:41
George Natriss - came from Greta and moved to Cessnock when it began developing. Mrs Natriss was Mrs Gordon first.
10:46
The hospital had just been built up on the hill in 1914. Arthur Bridge a large area of land around this area for £90. Jack and Earl are looking at a composite photograph of the area taken by Alec Galloway. Earl and his wife had one daughter called Joan. She married Fred Best whose parents were school teachers. Earl's wife was Miss Davies originally from Teralba. Tommy Sternbeck - his cousin. Tommy is Harold Sternbeck's uncle. Ollie was Harold's father. Joe Doyle, son of John Doyle had the mail run from Maitland to Wollombi. The Sternbecks sold Bridge the new Buick in 1916 and Joe Doyle bought his old 4 cylinder Buick.
Anecdote about the duco on a car being damaged and redone. In 1904 there were only about one or two shops in Vincent Street - Johnsons' paper shop - bought later by Pierce. On the opposite side B.S. Kemp had his shop. At the time it was just a bullock track - the three wheel tracks and the horse track in the centre.
The Cessnock Cooperative Store taken over by the Bank of NSW. in about 1907. McBeths was there before the Store. (Frank?) Barker the tailor. PJ Ryan. Punch. Lane and Quinn. Yeatmans. Cessnock Express Building - the paper printed by Pogonoski (the Elder), Joe Doyle. Callaghan's home, Sarroffs, Arthur built the Community Store on the opposite side of the road. George Brown thought that Main Street would be the main business street. "He wanted too much money for the land". Grandfather Pogonosky was the owner of the Cessnock Express which then became the Eagle.
Tape duration: 29:39
Sternbeck, Earl Stanley, 1896-1984PersonJack DelaneyCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier274Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Earl Sternbeck (1896-1984) - Shop proprietor, Cessnock. Recorded 14 April 1978. Part 2/3., [274B]. Living Histories, accessed 03/10/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55938