Second World War
- Betty McGlinchy - interviewed by Eve Klein, 13 August 2000
Subject: Second World War
Eve Klein. Talking about wartime, is there anything that stands out in your mind during that time? You’re now what age?
Betty McGlinchy. I’ve just turned 72. I wa… - Betty McGlinchy - interviewed by Eve Klein, 13 August 2000
Subject: Shops & Shopping, Second World War
Eve Klein. Where were you shopping then?
Betty McGlinchy. In Mosman Junction.
Eve Klein. At Mosman Junction, which is Spit Junction…?
Betty McGlinchy. ….no,… - Betty McGlinchy - interviewed by Eve Klein, 13 August 2000
Subject: Second World War
Betty McGlinchy. Not really no. Redan Street was fairly quiet. During the War the tanks and the army lorries used to come trundling along the street and we’d all rus… - Brian Woolley - interviewed by Sandra Blamey, 16 May 2001
Subject: Second World War
Sandra Blamey. Do you remember the war years here?
Brian Woolley. Yes, I remember the war years in Beauty Point, because all the street lights had guards on them.… - Brian Woolley - interviewed by Sandra Blamey, 16 May 2001
Subject: Second World War
Brian Woolley. During the war-times when a lot of volunteers went into the city to do the camouflage nets, I had about 50 or so of these big Huntsmen spiders, and I… - Bruce Cormack - interviewed by Eve Klein, 4 December 2000
Subject: Second World War
Eve Klein. From your point of view, do you recall any deprivation at all, during that time?
Bruce Cormack. No, absolutely none. It was a great time to be in Mosma… - Bruce Cormack - interviewed by Eve Klein, 4 December 2000
Subject: Second World War, Work
Bruce Cormack. We used to do the most ridiculous hair-raising things in billy-carts on the steep hills of that part of Mosman. It was the hill that was the problem n… - Estelle Clancy - interviewed by Sandra Blamey, 21 March 2001
Subject: Second World War
Estelle Clancy. We’re talking now about 10 Clifford Street. Each of the houses in the street had tennis courts. It was a big backyard when they eventually – of cours… - John Steel - interviewed by Rosemary Christmas, 10 May 2000
Subject: Housing, Second World War
John Steel. But I do remember that in the period just before, and after, The Second World War there was a large amount of shops along Military Road. They really had… - John Steel - interviewed by Rosemary Christmas, 10 May 2000
Subject: Second World War
John Steel. My memories of the war years were building an air-raid shelter. We built an air-raid shelter and actually used it twice.
Rosemary Christmas. Where was… - John Steel - interviewed by Rosemary Christmas, 10 May 2000
Subject: Balmoral, Second World War
John Steel. Well this is really during the war years. I remember, we were talking about Balmoral beach earlier on. I remember Balmoral was completely wired against t… - Louise Crisp - interviewed by Eve Klein, 14 August 2000
Subject: Second World War
Eve Klein. Do you recall the war at all?
Louise Crisp. I do, I was a little girl at school and I remember the teachers talking about it to us, and my parents spea… - Margaret Ewart and Garland Churcher - interviewed by Eve Klein, 27 December 2000
Subject: Second World War
Eve Klein. She’s just going to comment on the life in Mosman during the war.
Garland Churcher. Well it was busy with war things. Masses of canteens were opened, b… - Margaret Joan Holmes - interviewed by Margaret Holgate, 17 November 2000
Subject: Second World War
Margaret Holmes. The other thing was the influx of the refugees from Hitler that came to Mosman during the 1930s.
Margaret Holgate. What dates would that be?
M… - Margaret Joan Holmes - interviewed by Margaret Holgate, 17 November 2000
Subject: Second World War, Midget Submarines
Margaret Holgate. Could you tell me a bit more about how it was in Mosman during the war generally?
Margaret Holmes. Once the Japanese threat came, we had to prep… - Patricia Beaumont - interviewed by Rosemary Christmas, 28 March 2001
Subject: Second World War, Midget Submarines
Rosemary Christmas. Do you remember the war years? Did that affect you at all?
Patricia Beaumont. Yes, the Second World War, well yes. Rather a strange thing happ…
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