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Alf Hodge and Gladys Hale née Hodge - Mine worker and sister. Recorded 14 January 1994. Part 1 of 1.

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Summary375A Alf Hodge and Gladys Hale née Hodge
Recorded 14 January 1994. Part 1/1.

0:22
Hodge's Pit, Greta

0:34
Percy Hodge (father)
Garnet Hodge

1:01
Recalls father selling mine lease

2:17
Leo Beckett walked with Jack around the top of mine
Description of furnace ventilation method

3:22
Description of coal haulage method
Worked at Hodge's pit as young man

3:54
Recollection of pit horses working

4:48
J. & A. Brown worked at pit at East Maitland

5:09
William Farthing first to open Anvil Creek Colliery
Anvil Creek Colliery

5:50
Recalls Whitburn Colliery catching alight
Recalls working at Whitburn Colliery

6:22
Number of miners, Whitburn Colliery

7:33
Alan Best worked as a fireman on Newcastle Railways

8:07
Recollection of Hodge's pit top
Recollection of early mining conditions
Recalls miners drinking in local hotel

12:38
Recollection of loading ramp at Leconfield
Hodge's Pit, location of

13:49
Depth of tunnel, Hodge's Pit
Views on modern open-cut mining

16:59
End

[Interview with Gladys Hodge, 28 January 1994]

17:26
Jack Hodge (uncle)
George "Donald" Hodge (uncle)
Arty Hodge (uncle)
Sonny Hodge (uncle)
Alec Hodge (uncle)
Perce Hodge (father)
Jock "Curly" Hodge (uncle)

19:21
Born 1923
Recollection of Hodge's pit c.1931

19:45
Recalls fall-in accident involving father
Location of Hodge's pit

21:40
Jock Hale (husband)

23:13
Recollection of wooden "trestle" bridge, Greta
Recalls playing on pit top as child

28:23
End (Tape 375/Side A) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectWhitburn Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Hodge, Alfred Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Hale née Hodge, Gladys Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Hodge Family -- History Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Hodge's Pit (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Greta (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Depicts or Relates ToLeo Beckett Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorHodge, Alfred Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Hale née Hodge, Gladys Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created14th January 1994 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Location^[1]Whitburn Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier375A Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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