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Earl Sternbeck (1896-1984) - Proprietor, Ambulance driver, Cessnock. Recorded 4 November 1982. Part 2/4.

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SummaryEARL STERNBECK
Recorded 4 November 1982.
Part 2/4

0:09
The Church of England hall in Cessnock was located where the Apex Park is today. There was a dance floor. Parties were held there.

0:29
Recalls printing of Cessnock Express by Old Kasimir (?) Pogonosky. It was printed by the lithographic method - one page printed at a time on a metal sheet pressed by pulling down a lever. The office where the paper was printed burned down. It was moved to Vincent Street and became The Eagle.

2:16
The Rev. Redman and his wife soon got a new hall going and the Church and hall paid for in 2 years.

2:58
Recalls renovations and enlargements to Church of England Hall

3:28
Rev. Redman made a Rural Dean and he was moved to Maitland.

3:42
Rev. Norm Pullen continued Redman's work. Credit was given to Redman at the opening.

4:22
Rev. Cedric Douglas. Pullen was transferred to Gosford and took on the job of rebuilding a new church there.

6:15
Earl had done most jobs, except Secretary. Colin Adams is the current Church Secretary at the time of the interview.

6:55
Formation of C of E Men's Society - separate from the Church Committee. The aim is to get men together to help and assist the clergy.

7:26
Formation of C of E Church committee is for administration. It consists of 10 - 12 men and women.

7:56
Recalls separate parish of Cessnock - Bellbird and Aberdare ran their own separate groups. The birth of the church coincided with the arrival of the pit at Bellbird. Abernethy came to South Cessnock. Quorrobolong is under Maitland diocese.

10:17
Bellbird, Aberdare, Abernethy , Quorrobolong and Millfield, Congewoi, Wollombi, Paynes Crossing, Laguna are all Anglican Parishes in Cessnock area - the overseer is Cessnock but they control their own group.

10:45
Bill Crump.

11:12
Pearl Sternbeck nee Nicholls - the first child christened in the Laguna church. Burials can't be remembered.

12:43
Great grandparents buried at St. Alban's. Christian Sternbeck's grave is beneath 12 - 15ft of sand.

13:36
Greg Andrews

14:30
Recalls flooding of Wollombi Church of England.

15:36
Recalls grazing land used for drovers.

16:17
Mt Vincent Anglican parish. St Michael and All Angels at Kearsley. Populations have changed and affect the congregation numbers.

18:21
Formation of Church of England Mother's Union - a strong body which had nothing to do with the church's finances.

20:09
Amalgamation of Cessnock parishes with records for each church.

25:08
Member of Church committee for 33 years.

26:16
Charles Raisbeck lived and was born in Maitland - an aspiring artist. Charles was chairman for the first three years and Earl was the third chairman.

29:30
Recalls combined church function - "on the coldest night of the year"

30:27
Tommy Johnson

31:15
Earl was Chairman of C of E Men's Society in 1953. They formed 13 - 14 new branches, they travelled, between them, 3,500 miles from Nabiac to Taree down to Gosford. Singleton was the only "knock back" they got. The men wanted it but the clergy didn't (Jeffrey Parker).

33:20
Member of C of E synod, 15 years.

33:31
Gordon Williams ran the St Albans Boys Home.

35:07
The first Christian Sternbeck is mentioned in the 1828 Census. He arrived in 1802 as a Swedish convict and was released after a couple of years. He got a piece of land in Pit Town, Windsor.

36:51
Stan Parkes has written up this history in Mines, Wines and People.

38:10
The 50th Anniversary of the Old Allandale School held at Nulkaba. Mrs Matthews (nee Burke) Dawn Pinchen, Clive Picton, Stella Williams, Gladys Howard.

39:44
Recalls getting "cuts of the cane" - he was loosening up the soil for his mother when he cut his finger. It was bandaged up and he asked Mr Walker, his teacher, if he could write in pencil because the ink was leaking onto his bandaged finger. Mr Walker didn't allow this, so Earl refused to write. The teacher got him out of his seat and laid him across the table and "let it into me with the cane". He had cane marks across him for 6 weeks. His father took him to the doctor, Dr Crooke, who thought the wound should have been stitched.

41:53
Recalls teacher dismissed for cruelty - Earl's father took the teacher to court and he was fined for cruelty.

42:55
Clive Picton - a very sincere man, Alf Evans, Fenn, Davison and Bob Olsen used to play cards.

Tape duration: 44:31 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

SubjectAnglican Church of Australia -- New South Wales -- CessnockChurch of England in Australia. Diocese of NewcastleHunter River Valley (N.S.W.).Cessnock region (N.S.W.) -- Church history.Cessnock (N.S.W.)Anglican ChurchWollombi (N.S.W)Laguna (N.S.W.)Sternbeck, Earl Stanley, 1896-1984 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Depicts or Relates ToStan Parkes Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Pearl Nichols, nee Sternbeck (1886-) - Murrays Run resident. Part 1/1. Recorded 27 August 1980 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Clive Picton - Cessnock carpenter. Recorded 30 June 1978 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorSternbeck, Earl Stanley, 1896-1984Delaney, 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 Created4th November 1982 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

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

^[3]Wollombi, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier276B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Job Identifier276B

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