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Aub Johns (1902-1986) - Mineworker. Recorded 22 June 1983. Part 2 of 4
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Summary320B Aub Johns
Recorded 22 June 1983.
​Part 2 of 4.
0:05
Still talking to Billy Pott’s daughter. They talk about when Aub lived on Richardson's property and the location of George Bernard Harrion’s (Aub’s grandfather) residence. During ‘dry’ times, his grandmother had to load the washing up in the sulky and take it down to the ‘big water’ and wash it. They used to grow corn there.
1:20
Aub wants to collect the ‘ink berries’. Aub was crippled with rheumatism in the ankles at 14. And Cec Anstey’s brother Ward told him to eat the ink berries.
2:00
Roy Tudor and his horse riding school. They used ink berry water on the horses.
4:02
Goodwin's wine cellars, near the gully out the back. Lodge’s property. Pinchen’s property (the man that owned the racecourse).
5:22
Dead Man’s Creek that goes over to Sawyer’s Gully. Early saw mill near there, McDonald’s, they had an old donkey engine. “Burrendal”, near Stan Coffey’s house.
7:50
Aub remembers taking furniture from Keim’s Hill into David Street on Cessnock, c. 1907. Aub walked every day from his grandfather’s house to school. Grandfather cutting timber logs, they had to help before and after school.
9:38
"Gardenview" was the Boland's property. They try to find location of vineyard belonging to Penfold’s. George Slade and his son looked after it. Hawkins’ vineyard.
Joe Manning. The school directly opposite Major’s Lane. Allendale School.
11:50
Aub was at the opening of the Keinbah church when he was 13, during the war. It was a Church of England and they had dances there.
14:00
Mears had vineyards along the left hand side of Major’s Lane road. Aub Mears helped Laurie Murphy.
15:14
Red Hill property. Early church, Sawyer's Gully, corner of the Old Maitland Road and Major’s Lane. Aub used to ride the push bike into Maitland (couldn’t afford the train).
17:10
Edward's wineshop and cellars. Old bakehouse in Sawyer's Gully opposite the school, supplied Weston and Kurri.
18:30
Vic Cox and Luscombe had the first lorries in Cessnock. Anecdote about Vic stopping with his pants down and the lorry taking off without him. Running "Black & White" buses from the Marble Bar, Christiansen's. Keith Essie also had a Cessnock/Kurri bus run.
21:00
Peter Baus the bike rider lived in Sawyer’s Gulley. The Baus family. Peter’s sister married Albert Harrison. Jeff Baus.
22:05
The Old Kurri Slaughter Yard. Another slaughter yard near the swamps.
22:40
Aub used to travel in to the saleyards with his uncle Rube Burgess. Other residents of the area Sam Barnard (also a bike rider).
25:00
More about the opening of the Keinbah Church.
26:07
Iron Bark Lane, Barrett property, Wilson Barrett, Young Tom Barrett’s house, Barney Farrell, Miss Monnix, Deadman’s Creek Gully and location of the bakehouse.
32:10
Aub’s son swam at "The 3 Aces" water holes ‘the big water’ but Aub never went there.
35:00
The old garbage dump c. 1914.
36:40
Aub remembers the march of the "Wallabies" during WW1.
37:50
Aub witnessed a drowning at the waterhole. Charlie Hutchinson and George Adams were at the waterhole with Aub swimming. They could only dog paddle.
42:19
End of Tape 320, Side B, Part 2 of 4
Johns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToStan CoffeyWilson BarrettDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created22nd June 1983Location[1] Keinbah, NSW[2] Maitland, NSW[3] Sawyers Gully, NSW[4] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier320B
Recorded 22 June 1983.
​Part 2 of 4.
0:05
Still talking to Billy Pott’s daughter. They talk about when Aub lived on Richardson's property and the location of George Bernard Harrion’s (Aub’s grandfather) residence. During ‘dry’ times, his grandmother had to load the washing up in the sulky and take it down to the ‘big water’ and wash it. They used to grow corn there.
1:20
Aub wants to collect the ‘ink berries’. Aub was crippled with rheumatism in the ankles at 14. And Cec Anstey’s brother Ward told him to eat the ink berries.
2:00
Roy Tudor and his horse riding school. They used ink berry water on the horses.
4:02
Goodwin's wine cellars, near the gully out the back. Lodge’s property. Pinchen’s property (the man that owned the racecourse).
5:22
Dead Man’s Creek that goes over to Sawyer’s Gully. Early saw mill near there, McDonald’s, they had an old donkey engine. “Burrendal”, near Stan Coffey’s house.
7:50
Aub remembers taking furniture from Keim’s Hill into David Street on Cessnock, c. 1907. Aub walked every day from his grandfather’s house to school. Grandfather cutting timber logs, they had to help before and after school.
9:38
"Gardenview" was the Boland's property. They try to find location of vineyard belonging to Penfold’s. George Slade and his son looked after it. Hawkins’ vineyard.
Joe Manning. The school directly opposite Major’s Lane. Allendale School.
11:50
Aub was at the opening of the Keinbah church when he was 13, during the war. It was a Church of England and they had dances there.
14:00
Mears had vineyards along the left hand side of Major’s Lane road. Aub Mears helped Laurie Murphy.
15:14
Red Hill property. Early church, Sawyer's Gully, corner of the Old Maitland Road and Major’s Lane. Aub used to ride the push bike into Maitland (couldn’t afford the train).
17:10
Edward's wineshop and cellars. Old bakehouse in Sawyer's Gully opposite the school, supplied Weston and Kurri.
18:30
Vic Cox and Luscombe had the first lorries in Cessnock. Anecdote about Vic stopping with his pants down and the lorry taking off without him. Running "Black & White" buses from the Marble Bar, Christiansen's. Keith Essie also had a Cessnock/Kurri bus run.
21:00
Peter Baus the bike rider lived in Sawyer’s Gulley. The Baus family. Peter’s sister married Albert Harrison. Jeff Baus.
22:05
The Old Kurri Slaughter Yard. Another slaughter yard near the swamps.
22:40
Aub used to travel in to the saleyards with his uncle Rube Burgess. Other residents of the area Sam Barnard (also a bike rider).
25:00
More about the opening of the Keinbah Church.
26:07
Iron Bark Lane, Barrett property, Wilson Barrett, Young Tom Barrett’s house, Barney Farrell, Miss Monnix, Deadman’s Creek Gully and location of the bakehouse.
32:10
Aub’s son swam at "The 3 Aces" water holes ‘the big water’ but Aub never went there.
35:00
The old garbage dump c. 1914.
36:40
Aub remembers the march of the "Wallabies" during WW1.
37:50
Aub witnessed a drowning at the waterhole. Charlie Hutchinson and George Adams were at the waterhole with Aub swimming. They could only dog paddle.
42:19
End of Tape 320, Side B, Part 2 of 4
Johns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToStan CoffeyWilson BarrettDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created22nd June 1983Location[1] Keinbah, NSW[2] Maitland, NSW[3] Sawyers Gully, NSW[4] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier320Bloading google map....
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Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Aub Johns (1902-1986) - Mineworker. Recorded 22 June 1983. Part 2 of 4, [320B]. Living Histories, accessed 07/12/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55995