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Business

  • Noreen Powell (nee Carroll) - interviewed by Mary Lou Byrne, 13 September 2012
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    Interviewer: Today is 13th September and I am interviewing Noreen Powell, Jack Carroll’s daughter. Let’s go back and talk about family history, where your father c…
  • Peter Lovell - interviewed by Trish Levido , 6 January 2010
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    Trish Levido. Did your father buy the Lovell’s business? Peter Lovell. No, he bought Minty’s, a general drapery store on the corner of Spit and Military Road, dire…
  • Peter Lovell - interviewed by Trish Levido , 6 January 2010
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    Peter Lovell. He looked at quite a few stores in Randwick, Sutherland, and Gladesville. I remember going out to look at them. But that one was close to home, we were…
  • Peter Lovell - interviewed by Trish Levido , 6 January 2010
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    Peter Lovell. I’d be often seen riding down Military Road on my pushbike with a pair of blankets sitting on the handlebars. We were delivering and we also had a butt…
  • Peter Lovell - interviewed by Trish Levido , 6 January 2010
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    Peter Lovell. We also used to do neckbands for people that did knitting who couldn’t put the bands on, or if it was a cardigan they couldn’t do the casting of the bu…
  • Peter Lovell - interviewed by Trish Levido , 6 January 2010
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    Peter Lovell. No, I just took it for granted because I had several mates at school that also owned businesses up there and that was the normal thing for them. There…
  • Peter Lovell - interviewed by Trish Levido , 6 January 2010
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    Trish Levido. Did you like the whole idea of Bridge Point development? Peter Lovell. Yes, we pushed very hard for that because without Bridge Point Spit Junction w…