Collection: Local AV

Geographic analysis of the Penrith local government area as a basis for future planning

George Luxford talks about growing up in Llandilo and working as a carpenter and joiner at the Munitions Factory through the way up to 1947 and then afterwards working for himself in the area.

George Morris was a leading hand in the Pyrotechnic section of the Munitions Factory in the mid 1940s

Two interviews recorded with Gerard Buchtmann. Interview 1 recorded 18 December 2008 at Penrith, interview 2 recorded19 December 2008.

Gillian Lowe worked in the pyrotechnics section of the munitions factory from 1981 to 1995.

Interview recorded with Graham Seaman, 12 August 2010 at Penrith

Granting of the Freedom of the City on 15 June 1979 to the 133 Signal Squadron stationed at Kingswood. DVD contains footage of the ceremony at the Showground, followed by a march down High Street.

Footage from The Great Escape, held in Penrith in 2008, a car rally created to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Australia (CFA).

Interview recorded with Greg Dews, 22 October 2009 at Richmond

Greg Paterson worked at the 3M factory as a production planner and later Occupational Health and Safety Officer from 1964 until 1999.