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The Great Depression - Kathleen Jones - 29 August 1989
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SummaryInterview by Bob Price in 1989 with Kathleen Jones about the Great Depression, Newcastle's Relief Organisations and unemployment camps.
Kathleen was born in 1909 in Petersham, Sydney, she moved to Newcastle with her family when she was 6. She described the difficult years during the Depression, her husband Bill joined the daily procession of hundreds of men going to the steelworks to find work.
Kathleen described the day to day struggles and the different things people did to raise money, such as selling clothes props, rabbit trapping and selling bottles. A treat was to go to the theatre, either at Tighes Hill or the Vaudeville acts at the Victoria Theatre. Many households grew their own vegetables and kept chickens, stating "tomatoes being my husbands great success in the garden".
SubjectJones, KathleenGreat DepressionPovertyTheatreSteelworksUnemployment CampsCharityPersonPrice, BobJones, KathleenInterview logDate Created29th August 1989IdentifierA6969 (iv)_Jones
Kathleen was born in 1909 in Petersham, Sydney, she moved to Newcastle with her family when she was 6. She described the difficult years during the Depression, her husband Bill joined the daily procession of hundreds of men going to the steelworks to find work.
Kathleen described the day to day struggles and the different things people did to raise money, such as selling clothes props, rabbit trapping and selling bottles. A treat was to go to the theatre, either at Tighes Hill or the Vaudeville acts at the Victoria Theatre. Many households grew their own vegetables and kept chickens, stating "tomatoes being my husbands great success in the garden".
SubjectJones, KathleenGreat DepressionPovertyTheatreSteelworksUnemployment CampsCharityPersonPrice, BobJones, KathleenInterview logDate Created29th August 1989IdentifierA6969 (iv)_Jonesloading google map....
The Great Depression - Kathleen Jones - 29 August 1989, [A6969 (iv)_Jones]. Living Histories, accessed 10/06/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/74629