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Baker's Bakery - Frank Baker Jnr - 5 Sept 1988: Interview by Julie Guion in 1988
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SummaryFrank recalls the family business 'Baker the Baker' that closed in the mid 1950s.The origin of the Baking Trade in the Bakers Family can be traced back to George Shoesmith, Hannah Baker's father came to New South Wales in 1841 sponsored by William Walker and Company. George had learnt his trade in Hastings, Sussex. He came here initially to search for his father Edward who was a convict on ticket of leave in Patrick Plains, Singleton area. George worked as a baker at Singleton, Morpeth then finally Waratah, where he died aged 42 in 1864. The small business was then taken over by George's eldest son William Shoesmith. It was at Waratah that trade and family ties were to merge with the Baker family. Thomas William Baker lived with his parents, William and Mary in Grove Street Waratah. At the age of 14 he began working with his father in the old Waratah Tunnel coal mine. After a short time he left the mine and began his apprenticeship as a baker with William Shoesmith, who had decided to try his luck by opening a bakery in Elder Street Lambton. The original home and bakery was situated on the southern side of Elder Street, three from the corner of Grainger Street. It was a two storey wooden home with a small bakehouse behind. The bread carters used a rear entrance in Kendall Street.
SubjectFamily BusineesApprenticeships Bakery Waratah TunnelCoal Mining William Walker and Company Baker's BakeryShoesmith, WilliamPersonGuion, JulieBaker, Frank JnrInterview logA7466(ii)_BakerDate Created1988Location[1] 00:01-1:47[2] 3:21 - 3:49 [3] 3:50-4:46 [4] 4:47-6:43 [5] 6:44 - 8:46 [6] 8:47-9:28[7] 9:29-11:10 [8] 12:13-14:53 [9] 14:54 - 16:02 [10] 16:03 - 16:14 IdentifierA7466A(ii)_Baker
SubjectFamily BusineesApprenticeships Bakery Waratah TunnelCoal Mining William Walker and Company Baker's BakeryShoesmith, WilliamPersonGuion, JulieBaker, Frank JnrInterview logA7466(ii)_BakerDate Created1988Location[1] 00:01-1:47[2] 3:21 - 3:49 [3] 3:50-4:46 [4] 4:47-6:43 [5] 6:44 - 8:46 [6] 8:47-9:28[7] 9:29-11:10 [8] 12:13-14:53 [9] 14:54 - 16:02 [10] 16:03 - 16:14 IdentifierA7466A(ii)_Bakerloading google map....
Baker's Bakery - Frank Baker Jnr - 5 Sept 1988: Interview by Julie Guion in 1988, [A7466A(ii)_Baker]. Living Histories, accessed 10/06/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/75576