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Cec Anstey - Cessnock Bowling Club Secretary Manager. Part 1 of 3. Recorded 25 April 1984.

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This interview was conducted six years after the previous interview on Tape 4 and Tape 5, and focused on discussing the East Cessnock bowling club with Mr. Anstey. He was there from the beginning of the club, being the original secretary and a founding member. Mr. Anstey discusses various members of the club, choosing the site, planning, upgrading the facilities and becoming a licensed premises.

Summary00:30
East Cessnock Bowling Club. His uncle Ted Anstey sold fruit, veg and wine. Uncle died in 1950.

Cec managed the wine and fruit and vegetable shop until the estate of his uncle was wound up in 1951.

Managing wine shop
Selling of license to McGuigan's
Cook Bros. Butcher Shop
Amount spent on refurbishment of shop
Fred Gilmore
Ted Gilmore
Penfold's Wines
Wine license

McWilliams took over the license and went broke after 2 years. Freddie Gilmore became the manager. It was a family wine license (Colonial wine license) which meant that they couldn’t sell more than two gallons to one person. It would be called wholesaling.

Licensing Sargent
Licensing anecdote

In the 1920’s wine was delivered to customers by horse and cart as far as Abernethy and Kearsley.
“Siberia” (Abernethy)

12:00
2 gallons of claret was sold and paid for with cash. No accounts were kept.

Sandy Brown had the picture show at Neath before he went into the pit.
Sandy Brown encouraged Cec to open a Bowling Club in Cessnock. Original site an old cricket ground. he saw Mr. Cookson the Town Clerk.

20:30
Forming the club. He was told rent would be £1 per annum and water rates had to be paid. 20 people attended the first meeting of the East Cessnock Bowling Club with £60 in member’s fees. The Council loaned the grader to clear away the rubbish.

Jack Pryor, accountant
Harold Canot
Toby Kempe
First meeting of East Cessnock B.C.
Recollection of numbers at first meeting
Jock Diver
Vic Fairhall, greenkeeper
Frank Fairhall
Early methods of fund raising
Elected as club secretary
Sid Reid
Frank Farrell
East Cessnock Bowling Club
Cessnock
Layout of greens and clubhouse

Bing Jenkins, a Welshman, had his own timber mill at the Watagans and he supplied a lot of the building timber for the Club. Reg Hendry. Maitland soil used for greens. They were advised to plant local couch grass and everyone went around digging up runners and planting it. It was a real community effort.

Keith Lambert (HDBA President)
Applied to become members of the HDBA
Harold Potts, a good friend of Cec became the manager of the East Cessnock
Bowling Club.
Recalls plans to acquire shed

47:18

End (Tape 6/Side B) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

SubjectLions Club of CessnockClubs -- New South Wales -- CessnockEast Cessnock Bowling ClubStores, Retail -- New South Wales -- CessnockAnstey, Cecil, 1905-2000 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

CreatorAnstey, Cecil, 1905-2000Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created25th April 1984Location^[1]East Cessnock Bowling ClubIdentifier006B

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