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Aub Johns & Harold Slade, Miners. Recorded 11 April 1978. Part 2/2
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SummaryTAPE 136B. Aub Johns and Harold Slade, Part 2 of 2
The conversation continues about businesses in Cessnock. George Sawley bought his pantomimes. Len Oliver’s picture show. Galloway’s boarding house burned down by a big fire. A.J. Tobay Aub’s first employer. Snape’s produce store selling chaff. Phillips’ garage and a billiard room. George Aden’s blacksmith’s shop across the creek. The Old Pie Man Sanderson – Herb Sanderson’s father. The Railway Hotel. Uncle Ted Harrison, Aub’s mother’s brother, used to drive his drags to the race course.
6:26
The Express Office was next to Verlakis where the Baby Clinic used to be. The fellow who ran the office boarded with his auntie. Aub went to the office one night aged 10 or 11. He was shown how a print was made into blocks for printing. They then shifted to the Hall where the vaudevilles were held. Joe Archer, Maude Fanning and Sadie Gale sang back to her mother in that hall. Etty Davis put Aub in that hall.
9:22
Bob Russick was between the creek and Andrew’s shop, Harold Means had his barber shop, Milty Bailey’s mother Tilly Lightfoot had her restaurant. Bob Russick went in after and Roley Brown followed.
10:30
Peter Baus used to ride with Al and Billy McBeth and Paddy Dean’s brother.
11:50
First publican at the Cessnock Hotel was Carroll then Brown. Bun McGraine had the pub built but couldn’t get the license because he’d been fined for riding drunk in Sydney. It was an old slab place like the school next to it.
13:00
Stapleford from Maitland – Charley and Jack Gray – Sternbeck first started by selling Redbird push bikes. Past Andrew’s shop FN Motorbikes sold by Billy Glynn.
14:28
In between Sadlers and Galloways was the post office. Pring was there before Andrews. There had been 13 pubs at Wollombi. Mrs George Brown (Martha Jones) and Harold Slade’s maternal grandmother were sisters. Jones married Cameron.
18:07
The One Mile – Ben Hall the bushranger – Skinner’s Hill – he bought a revolver in Maitland.
19:06
Bill Pierce’s paper shop – Poulton’s paper shop – Holdaway.
20:14
In 1908 Danny Howard were building the Infants School at Aberdare when Aub started school. Harold Slade lived on a farm till he was married. (Harold had been married 50 years at this time). Then to George Street for 21 years. Corner Davis Street there was a little shop/house where the Goodsirs lived. Aub’s aunty from Singleton (Mrs Clarke) – also owned by Jack Gehrig. (There is contention about this information.)
25:22
Down the hill to where the guy used to kill the horses. On the left there was a bakehouse (2 miles out) Monnix, the one armed bullock driver used to live in it. Behind that house were a couple of convict graves – with wooden crosses.
26:52
There was another bakehouse next to Sawyer’s Gully school, supplied Weston and Kurri. There’s a bit of the brick work still there. Bishop’s Ridge. There was a wine shop in the gully.
28:00
Dai Price and Jack Graham, had a motor buggy with four sulky wheels, Dai had a huge horse with “feet like an elephant”
28:33
End Tape 136 Side B Part 2 of 2
SubjectJohns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986Slade, Harold, 1903-1988Sawyers Gully (N.S.W.)Cessnock (N.S.W.)Weston (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToMilton "Milty" BaileyDavid "Dai" PriceCreatorJohns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986Slade, Harold, 1903-1988Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created11th April 1978Identifier136B
The conversation continues about businesses in Cessnock. George Sawley bought his pantomimes. Len Oliver’s picture show. Galloway’s boarding house burned down by a big fire. A.J. Tobay Aub’s first employer. Snape’s produce store selling chaff. Phillips’ garage and a billiard room. George Aden’s blacksmith’s shop across the creek. The Old Pie Man Sanderson – Herb Sanderson’s father. The Railway Hotel. Uncle Ted Harrison, Aub’s mother’s brother, used to drive his drags to the race course.
6:26
The Express Office was next to Verlakis where the Baby Clinic used to be. The fellow who ran the office boarded with his auntie. Aub went to the office one night aged 10 or 11. He was shown how a print was made into blocks for printing. They then shifted to the Hall where the vaudevilles were held. Joe Archer, Maude Fanning and Sadie Gale sang back to her mother in that hall. Etty Davis put Aub in that hall.
9:22
Bob Russick was between the creek and Andrew’s shop, Harold Means had his barber shop, Milty Bailey’s mother Tilly Lightfoot had her restaurant. Bob Russick went in after and Roley Brown followed.
10:30
Peter Baus used to ride with Al and Billy McBeth and Paddy Dean’s brother.
11:50
First publican at the Cessnock Hotel was Carroll then Brown. Bun McGraine had the pub built but couldn’t get the license because he’d been fined for riding drunk in Sydney. It was an old slab place like the school next to it.
13:00
Stapleford from Maitland – Charley and Jack Gray – Sternbeck first started by selling Redbird push bikes. Past Andrew’s shop FN Motorbikes sold by Billy Glynn.
14:28
In between Sadlers and Galloways was the post office. Pring was there before Andrews. There had been 13 pubs at Wollombi. Mrs George Brown (Martha Jones) and Harold Slade’s maternal grandmother were sisters. Jones married Cameron.
18:07
The One Mile – Ben Hall the bushranger – Skinner’s Hill – he bought a revolver in Maitland.
19:06
Bill Pierce’s paper shop – Poulton’s paper shop – Holdaway.
20:14
In 1908 Danny Howard were building the Infants School at Aberdare when Aub started school. Harold Slade lived on a farm till he was married. (Harold had been married 50 years at this time). Then to George Street for 21 years. Corner Davis Street there was a little shop/house where the Goodsirs lived. Aub’s aunty from Singleton (Mrs Clarke) – also owned by Jack Gehrig. (There is contention about this information.)
25:22
Down the hill to where the guy used to kill the horses. On the left there was a bakehouse (2 miles out) Monnix, the one armed bullock driver used to live in it. Behind that house were a couple of convict graves – with wooden crosses.
26:52
There was another bakehouse next to Sawyer’s Gully school, supplied Weston and Kurri. There’s a bit of the brick work still there. Bishop’s Ridge. There was a wine shop in the gully.
28:00
Dai Price and Jack Graham, had a motor buggy with four sulky wheels, Dai had a huge horse with “feet like an elephant”
28:33
End Tape 136 Side B Part 2 of 2
SubjectJohns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986Slade, Harold, 1903-1988Sawyers Gully (N.S.W.)Cessnock (N.S.W.)Weston (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToMilton "Milty" BaileyDavid "Dai" PriceCreatorJohns, Aubrey David, 1902-1986Slade, Harold, 1903-1988Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created11th April 1978Identifier136Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Aub Johns & Harold Slade, Miners. Recorded 11 April 1978. Part 2/2, [136B]. Living Histories, accessed 11/06/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/86574