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Jim Wilkie (1910-1981) - Mineworker, Aberdare Central & Hebburn No. 2 Collieries. Recorded 27 June 1978. Part 1/3
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Summary305A Jim Wilkie
Recorded 27 June 1978. Part 1/3.
1:01
Bill Bloomfield's book about the history of Cessnock.
1:09
Rev Allan Walker
1:25
Ian Roberts - Chief Inspector of Collieries in Queensland
2:31
Casper Gehrig was the "fellow who did all the work in the trenches" for Prof. David.
2:55
Bunny McGraine - McGraine's estate.
3:24
Emigrated to Australia, 1922 age 12
3:33
Jim was born Stirlingshire, Scotland
3:52
E.J. MacIntosh was his schoolmaster at Kitchener Trinity.
4:26
First worked at Aberdare Central
4:40
Father worked at Aberdare Central as chief clerk before Harold Potts.
5:02
George Marshall was manager of Aberdare Extended.
5:09
Bunny Warburton, manager before George.
5:29
Jimmy Marshall brother(?) to George
6:08
Roger Marshall assessor to a Queensland mining disaster. Coalcliff.
6:49
Jack Macintosh - chemist at Weston.
6:51
Harold Macintosh.
Cecil Bloomfield and E.J. MacIntosh went to Britain in 1936 to the installation of King George VI who was the Grand Master of the Lodge.
7:55
Attended Kitchener Trinity School.
8:02
Tom Dorrington also attended Kitchener Trinity.
8:13
Joined Masonic Lodge in 1918 - 1938 - he gave a lecture about Freemasonry and Fascism. MacIntosh said after the lecture "well that's a product of Kitchener Trinity".
9:14
Cecil Bloomfield.
9:42
Jack Ryan.
9:54
How Kitchener "Trinity" got its name.
10:50
Mrs Ben Gilmore was behind the bar.
13:14
Curly Dorrington was younger than Jim.
13:28
Clive Douglas Dorrington - called Doug.
14:29
First lived in Cooper St, Cessnock - his family lived with the Wilson family - manager of the Coop Store. rent was a pound a week.
His father who'd been a clerical worker most of his life found himself walking everywhere. He was an ill man.
14:52
John Peart married Miss Wilkinson.
15:40
Jim recalls living in "Lawson Hall", a shell of a place. The people of Kitchener were very kind running benefits for them. They raised enough to buy a bag humpy.
Buffalo Lodge benefit, Batterham's Hall.
Lived in "bag humpy", Kitchener.
16:59
George Patterson - George cured his father through physical culture. Bernard McFadyen's health food programme. His father fasted for 14 days drinking only water.
17:30
Recollection of father's illness - sciatica - the doctor's thought it was a nerve on his spine. By exercise and careful diet. His father drank 14 pints of milk a day and went from being "as fat as a match to a man of about 17 ½ stone."
The spirit of the early miners continues to look after its own. "The inherent loyalty and decency to one another."
Central "hit the coal" in about 1917.
19:41
Bill Teasdale was the manager at Central.
19:55
Maurie Alexander was an electrical engineer - the Alexanders were connected to the Marshalls who were connected to the Wallaces.
20:25
Bob Fullagher "call me Bob".
20:41
Recalls main winding shaft breaking during a wind. Its replacement had to come from England.
21:05
During this time of stoppage the men built the Neath-Kearsley road as relief work. 1924 - Jim's father got a job as storeman at Elrington.
21:50
George Hindmarsh was the first manager at Elrington. The first coal mining man to win the gold medal from Mining and Metallurgy of Australia.
George Whittle was under manager - "one of the most astute psychologists I knew." A well-read man. Jack Delaney knew him in 1946/7. He was shrewd.
24:24
Jack Hindmarsh - took over as manager from his brother George.
25:40
George Bytheway .
26:57
Time and motion study, Hebburn.
27:13
Jim Duncan - Jim's boss was a little Scotsman man "but what he lacked in physique, he had in mental capacity". He was the manager who lived in the Colliery cottages at Hebburn No. 2.
30:09
End (Tape 305/Side A) Part 1 of 3
SubjectWilkie, James, 1910-1981Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- CessnockAberdare Central Colliery (N.S.W.)Hebburn No. 2 Colliery (N.S.W.)Elrington Colliery (N.S.W.)Aberdare Extended Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToTom DorringtonCreatorWilkie, James, 1910-1981Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created27th June 1978Location[1] Stirling, Scotland[2] Aberdare Extended Colliery, NSW[3] Aberdare Central Colliery, NSW[4] Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, NSW[5] Elrington Colliery, NSWIdentifier305A
Recorded 27 June 1978. Part 1/3.
1:01
Bill Bloomfield's book about the history of Cessnock.
1:09
Rev Allan Walker
1:25
Ian Roberts - Chief Inspector of Collieries in Queensland
2:31
Casper Gehrig was the "fellow who did all the work in the trenches" for Prof. David.
2:55
Bunny McGraine - McGraine's estate.
3:24
Emigrated to Australia, 1922 age 12
3:33
Jim was born Stirlingshire, Scotland
3:52
E.J. MacIntosh was his schoolmaster at Kitchener Trinity.
4:26
First worked at Aberdare Central
4:40
Father worked at Aberdare Central as chief clerk before Harold Potts.
5:02
George Marshall was manager of Aberdare Extended.
5:09
Bunny Warburton, manager before George.
5:29
Jimmy Marshall brother(?) to George
6:08
Roger Marshall assessor to a Queensland mining disaster. Coalcliff.
6:49
Jack Macintosh - chemist at Weston.
6:51
Harold Macintosh.
Cecil Bloomfield and E.J. MacIntosh went to Britain in 1936 to the installation of King George VI who was the Grand Master of the Lodge.
7:55
Attended Kitchener Trinity School.
8:02
Tom Dorrington also attended Kitchener Trinity.
8:13
Joined Masonic Lodge in 1918 - 1938 - he gave a lecture about Freemasonry and Fascism. MacIntosh said after the lecture "well that's a product of Kitchener Trinity".
9:14
Cecil Bloomfield.
9:42
Jack Ryan.
9:54
How Kitchener "Trinity" got its name.
10:50
Mrs Ben Gilmore was behind the bar.
13:14
Curly Dorrington was younger than Jim.
13:28
Clive Douglas Dorrington - called Doug.
14:29
First lived in Cooper St, Cessnock - his family lived with the Wilson family - manager of the Coop Store. rent was a pound a week.
His father who'd been a clerical worker most of his life found himself walking everywhere. He was an ill man.
14:52
John Peart married Miss Wilkinson.
15:40
Jim recalls living in "Lawson Hall", a shell of a place. The people of Kitchener were very kind running benefits for them. They raised enough to buy a bag humpy.
Buffalo Lodge benefit, Batterham's Hall.
Lived in "bag humpy", Kitchener.
16:59
George Patterson - George cured his father through physical culture. Bernard McFadyen's health food programme. His father fasted for 14 days drinking only water.
17:30
Recollection of father's illness - sciatica - the doctor's thought it was a nerve on his spine. By exercise and careful diet. His father drank 14 pints of milk a day and went from being "as fat as a match to a man of about 17 ½ stone."
The spirit of the early miners continues to look after its own. "The inherent loyalty and decency to one another."
Central "hit the coal" in about 1917.
19:41
Bill Teasdale was the manager at Central.
19:55
Maurie Alexander was an electrical engineer - the Alexanders were connected to the Marshalls who were connected to the Wallaces.
20:25
Bob Fullagher "call me Bob".
20:41
Recalls main winding shaft breaking during a wind. Its replacement had to come from England.
21:05
During this time of stoppage the men built the Neath-Kearsley road as relief work. 1924 - Jim's father got a job as storeman at Elrington.
21:50
George Hindmarsh was the first manager at Elrington. The first coal mining man to win the gold medal from Mining and Metallurgy of Australia.
George Whittle was under manager - "one of the most astute psychologists I knew." A well-read man. Jack Delaney knew him in 1946/7. He was shrewd.
24:24
Jack Hindmarsh - took over as manager from his brother George.
25:40
George Bytheway .
26:57
Time and motion study, Hebburn.
27:13
Jim Duncan - Jim's boss was a little Scotsman man "but what he lacked in physique, he had in mental capacity". He was the manager who lived in the Colliery cottages at Hebburn No. 2.
30:09
End (Tape 305/Side A) Part 1 of 3
SubjectWilkie, James, 1910-1981Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- CessnockAberdare Central Colliery (N.S.W.)Hebburn No. 2 Colliery (N.S.W.)Elrington Colliery (N.S.W.)Aberdare Extended Colliery (N.S.W.)PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToTom DorringtonCreatorWilkie, James, 1910-1981Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWDate Created27th June 1978Location[1] Stirling, Scotland[2] Aberdare Extended Colliery, NSW[3] Aberdare Central Colliery, NSW[4] Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, NSW[5] Elrington Colliery, NSWIdentifier305Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Jim Wilkie (1910-1981) - Mineworker, Aberdare Central & Hebburn No. 2 Collieries. Recorded 27 June 1978. Part 1/3, [305A]. Living Histories, accessed 01/12/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/87319