Richard (Dick) Lunt : electrican
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Interview recorded with Richard Lunt, 23 May 2008 at Penrith City Library--23 tracks, 69:03 mins
Main title:
Richard (Dick) Lunt : electrican / interviewed by Geraldine Cook for the History of Penrith Project
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Imprint:
Penrith, NSW : Penrith City Library, 2008
Collation:
2 audio cds : 1 cdrom (interviews in .wma ; photographs in .jpg)
Notes:
Track markers have been created on this disc at approximately 3 minute intervals for ease of listening. Oral History Project: History of Penrith
Contents:
Interview recorded with Richard Lunt, concerning his life at Quakers Hill, Regentville and Penrith living on a poultry and dairy farm - Milk supplied to Nepean Dairy Company - Regentville Public School - Moved to Henry Street Penrith in 1939 - Next to Infants School and opposite Council Chambers - Worked at the Penrith Picture Show - Penrith Public School - Swimming at the river and the weir - Played tennis and cricket - Floods - Getting his driving licence - war years - Army supply depot - Bussell Brothers and the product they sold - small range of food supplies sold in shops - bootmaker - collected his leather from the tanner at Kingswood - smelly place - apprenticed with Harold Parry in High Street as electrician - worked in the industrial area at St Marys - returned to Penrith and worked for an electrical contractor doing farm work - remembers working down wells at Castlereagh - wells made with brick walls - working at the brick works, Crane Enfield - worked at Goodwins - worked for the Railways with rolling stock and locomotives - remembers industrial strikes - migrant workers - worked again in the picture theatre and describes how it operated in the film room - church life at St Stephens Anglican - boating on the river and Count O'Meagher - building his first home at St Marys - living in Penrith
Dewey class:
994.41
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
21708
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Local AV | 994.41 HIS | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |