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 |