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Aub Johns (1902-1986) - Mineworker. Recorded 22 June 1983. Part 3 of 4
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Summary321A Aub Johns
Recorded 22 June 1983.
Part 3 of 4
1:08
George Slade lived out near the bend in the V road to Abermain.
1:50
Aub grew up in a family of 7, 3 boys and 4 girls. Dai was the youngest boy. Youngest sister married Phillips that used to have a jewellery shop in Newcastle. The oldest girl (his sister, Gwen Johns) married Sam Frankham and had sons: John, George, Aub and Trevor Frankham.
His sister Lea Johns married a Bradley who was a sewer inspector
His sister Margaret Johns married Ces Bowden
His brothers - Ken Johns and Dave Johns, the youngest Maureen Johns
4:22
Tape cuts out and back in on conversation about mixing concrete across Denman pub, then mixing at Neath Hill, then Abermain. Road construction, lorries, "Capper" Gehrig and Gallagher who did the early roads. The “urban area” of Aberdare done by Strayler with horse and dray. Aberdare colliery brickyard, Sam’s.
6:50
Aub worked for A.J. Teebay, had a shop opposite Regan’s. Married Matheson’s sister. Other jobs performed by Aub Johns: carting gravel from Black Creek to McDonald’s Hill in Kurri.
9:20
Worked on sinking of Cessnock No.1 travelling road c 1915 with Wilson Barrett. Working with Les Masters’ father.
Ted Hayler took over from Clem Jones at Neath.
11:42
Dave Johns (Aub’s father) worked on the sinking of the Aberdare shaft when they were living in David Street. When he first started he had to walk in from Kaiser's Hill.
13:26
Early vineyards in Cessnock. John Brown's orchard and cellars.
Aub’s cousins and ill health: Ettie Davis, Leon Davis, J.D. Davis.
15:34
Recalls brother working for Rover Motors. He was working at Bellbird tipping and George Ryders family came to live there with Hugh Ryder and "Tiger" Ryder.
17:50
Les Brown, early Ditton & Hill driver, first driver to Bellbird and back and Ken was his bus boy. Bellbird disaster, 1923, Ken and Les saw the smoke.
22:10
Aub drove Jim Stewart, Henry Bonomini down to see their girlfriends in Kurri in the horse and sulky. "Snow" Thompson’s car. Aub’s first car was an Essex.
24:44
Ted Pepper dug a shaft on the road to Broke. Claimed to be one of the first to find coal in the area. Pepper’s early coal bores around Cessnock.
Aub almost got a job in Greta Main but the man who was going to hire him died in a train accident.
29:57
End of Tape 321, Side A, Part 3 of 4
Johns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToTed HaylerLes Brown (1900-1983) – Founder of Rover Motors. Recorded 22 August 1983. Part 1/1.Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created22nd June 1983Location[1] Cessnock, NSW[2] Aberdare Colliery, NSWIdentifier321A
Recorded 22 June 1983.
Part 3 of 4
1:08
George Slade lived out near the bend in the V road to Abermain.
1:50
Aub grew up in a family of 7, 3 boys and 4 girls. Dai was the youngest boy. Youngest sister married Phillips that used to have a jewellery shop in Newcastle. The oldest girl (his sister, Gwen Johns) married Sam Frankham and had sons: John, George, Aub and Trevor Frankham.
His sister Lea Johns married a Bradley who was a sewer inspector
His sister Margaret Johns married Ces Bowden
His brothers - Ken Johns and Dave Johns, the youngest Maureen Johns
4:22
Tape cuts out and back in on conversation about mixing concrete across Denman pub, then mixing at Neath Hill, then Abermain. Road construction, lorries, "Capper" Gehrig and Gallagher who did the early roads. The “urban area” of Aberdare done by Strayler with horse and dray. Aberdare colliery brickyard, Sam’s.
6:50
Aub worked for A.J. Teebay, had a shop opposite Regan’s. Married Matheson’s sister. Other jobs performed by Aub Johns: carting gravel from Black Creek to McDonald’s Hill in Kurri.
9:20
Worked on sinking of Cessnock No.1 travelling road c 1915 with Wilson Barrett. Working with Les Masters’ father.
Ted Hayler took over from Clem Jones at Neath.
11:42
Dave Johns (Aub’s father) worked on the sinking of the Aberdare shaft when they were living in David Street. When he first started he had to walk in from Kaiser's Hill.
13:26
Early vineyards in Cessnock. John Brown's orchard and cellars.
Aub’s cousins and ill health: Ettie Davis, Leon Davis, J.D. Davis.
15:34
Recalls brother working for Rover Motors. He was working at Bellbird tipping and George Ryders family came to live there with Hugh Ryder and "Tiger" Ryder.
17:50
Les Brown, early Ditton & Hill driver, first driver to Bellbird and back and Ken was his bus boy. Bellbird disaster, 1923, Ken and Les saw the smoke.
22:10
Aub drove Jim Stewart, Henry Bonomini down to see their girlfriends in Kurri in the horse and sulky. "Snow" Thompson’s car. Aub’s first car was an Essex.
24:44
Ted Pepper dug a shaft on the road to Broke. Claimed to be one of the first to find coal in the area. Pepper’s early coal bores around Cessnock.
Aub almost got a job in Greta Main but the man who was going to hire him died in a train accident.
29:57
End of Tape 321, Side A, Part 3 of 4
Johns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToTed HaylerLes Brown (1900-1983) – Founder of Rover Motors. Recorded 22 August 1983. Part 1/1.Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created22nd June 1983Location[1] Cessnock, NSW[2] Aberdare Colliery, NSWIdentifier321Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Aub Johns (1902-1986) - Mineworker. Recorded 22 June 1983. Part 3 of 4, [321A]. Living Histories, accessed 28/05/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55996