99 BLAXLAND RD,
WENTWORTH FALLS, 2782
02 4757 3824
Interviewee : Ron Wheeler
Context / Auspice: BMHSDigital copy of original tape recording;
| Time from Recording Commencement ( mins. ) | Subject or Topic discussed |
| 0.00 | Ice Works |
| 0.30 | Location of ice-works – Cascade St. Katoomba |
| 1.00 | Nepean Milk & Ice operated / owned 4 plants in Blue Mountains in 1940’s |
| 1.30 | Depots at Springwood, Lawson, Katoomba, Blackheath |
| 1.45 | Process of ice making – use of brine – 28 lbs standard block size |
| 3.05 | Delivery trucks used by Ron |
| 3.30 | Loading of trucks |
| 4.10 | Areas of delivery by Ron – Blackheath, Medlow Bath, Mt. Victoria |
| 4.30 | Poultry farm – family business |
| 5.10 | Nature of free range farms for poultry |
| 6.10 | Period of having Ice Run – became uneconomic |
| 6.40 | Interesting experiences – free beer at Gardner’s Inn Blackheath – this hotel used / brought ice up to 1966 |
| 7.45 | Hydro Majestic at Medlow Bath had its own ice making plant |
| 8.20 | Names of hotels taking ice deliveries |
| 8.40 | Domestic encounters experienced during deliveries |
| 9.10 | Use of ice chests |
| 9.50 | Blackheath – hot day, old lady collapsed on floor,ice dripped onto her |
| 10.05 | Poultry farm – 25 years – at Blacktown in 1930 – finished 1968 |
| 10.30 | Selling of eggs – washing, grading |
| 11.50 | Use of poultry by Citrus growers- problems arising |
| 12.35 | Moving from Blacktown to Wentworth Falls |
| 12.50 | Father during WW I |
| 13.10 | 1,000 chooks required for minimum economic viability in 1930’s |
| Time from Recording Commencement ( mins. ) | Subject or Topic discussed |
| 13.50 | Size of cages for chooks |
| 14.25 | 1936-1940 – houses present in Ron’s street at Wentworth Falls |
| 15.25 | 2 acres size of property |
| 15.40 | Shopping centre details in 1932 |
| 16.25 | Examination of map / photos? – war memorial – Coronation Ave ? |
| 17.15 | Clothing / TV shop – 1957’s fires – Plantation Rd. Wentworth Falls |
| 18.15 | 1947 Church of Christ – Antique shop |
| 18.35 | 147 buildings lost in 1957 fires |
| 19.00 | No bushfire brigades allowed in 1957 – illegal |
| 19.35 | No experience of loss by Ron during 1957 fires – not even a fence post, over 60 years |
| 20.00 | Rail bridge, Blaxland Rd Wentworth Falls |
| 21.00 | Dramatic changes over time seen by Ron – sealing of roads |
| 21.20 | Changes in Katoomba – banks |
| 21.40 | GWH changes |
| 21.54 | Finish |