St. Thomas More's School Interviews

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An Interview with Winifred L.

The person we interviewed was Winifred L. She was born in 1919 and, she is 78 years old. Winifred has been in the Parish for 35 years.
Winifred lives in just 2 streets away from St Thomas More's. Winifred has lived in the area for 35 years. When she came here there was no sewerage, no proper roads ( just mud roads). Before St Thomas More's was built there was a paddock with 2 houses and some fields. Winifred never had a farm. All she had was a little house. She never locked her house in those days, she left it all open.
Before St Thomas More's was here, there were paddocks with two houses and some fields. Winifred came from England and then lived in Essendon for 2 years. Then she moved to Hadfield. Her favourite hobbies were swimming and running. She got to the city by car or walked down to Middle St and caught a bus and then a train. Winifred said the neighbourhood has changed a lot. She thinks the milk bar in North St was the first shop there.
By Samantha M. and Travis F.

| Winifred | Aileen | Hazel | Marjorie | Eleanor | Margaret | Mary | Beth | Elizabeth | Barbara |
| Thomas | Norma | Lena | Betty | Maureen | Judy | Lina | Lillian | Eileen | Ruth | Stanley | Sue |

An Interview with Elizabeth C.

We interviewed Elizebeth Kathleen C., who was born on the 30th of August. She was born at Queen Victoria hospital. She said that there was only female doctors at that hospital, back then. She lived in Brunswick with her parents,now her children live in Brunswick.She has lived in Hadfield for over 30 years. Some of her childhood memories include the following. At Christmas when her family would drive up to Ballarat to cut down a Christmas tree,and her birthdays when she was able to blow out the candles on the cake. Beth lived in Hadfield even before the church was built. Beth's children attended St. Thomas More Primary when they were young.
Beth told us she had just been overseas to America. She took a helicopter over the Grand Canyon and she went to Disney land, where she went for a ride on a rollercoaster. She had to close her mouth so her false teeth would not fall out. She said that she enjoyed it very much and would like to do it again.
by Stephanie and Veronica

| Winifred | Aileen | Hazel | Marjorie | Eleanor | Margaret | Mary | Beth | Elizabeth | Barbara |
| Thomas | Norma | Lena | Betty | Maureen | Judy | Lina | Lillian | Eileen | Ruth | Stanley | Sue |

An Interview with Barbara C.

We interviewed a lady from the Parish and her name was Barbara C. She went to school in England. She was born on the 25th of May in 1927 in Ireland.
She has three grandchildren and their names are Kane, Che and Ben. Barbara's mum and dad's names are Margot and Charles. Barbara said that when she was a child she played games like hop scotch, skipping, netball , cricket and basketball. Her favourite food is roast beef.
She was not named after anyone but she was named Barbara because her mother liked that name. Barbara said that our neighbourhood has changed a lot. The roads used to be dirty and rough and there weren't many shops. Barbara Clark lived in a two storied house and she said it was very old and it is still standing.
In 1958 Oxford St had only houses and in Thames St. there were five houses and both roads were unsealed.

| Winifred | Aileen | Hazel | Marjorie | Eleanor | Margaret | Mary | Beth | Elizabeth | Barbara |
| Thomas | Norma | Lena | Betty | Maureen | Judy | Lina | Lillian | Eileen | Ruth | Stanley | Sue |

An Interview with Judy D.

The person we interviewed was Judy D. She told us she had a comfortable childhood and had lots of fun at home. Judy has one brother, she enjoyed playing the ordinary games like Hide & Seek or Chasie. The other thing she liked doing was swimming in the lake on hot days. The happiest moment of Judy's life was when she got married and had 2 kids named Glenn and Judy.
Judy's son Glenn still lives at home with her but her daughter lives in Sunbury with her 3 children. Judy liked it when she was a child and and didn't have to worry about being robbed or anyone coming into her house an harming someone. Judy had a difficult job being a hairdressers apprentice and she got paid 1 pound which is $2 today. Judy's mum was a piano teacher she taught other people how to play the piano.
Judy told us that they used to gather in the old rooms next to our school and have mass because there were no churches around. When Judy was young she liked to listen to olden day music, she told us it was music none of us would like. Judy told us that Elvis Presley wasn't around until she was a teenager.

| Winifred | Aileen | Hazel | Marjorie | Eleanor | Margaret | Mary | Beth | Elizabeth | Barbara |
| Thomas | Norma | Lena | Betty | Maureen | Judy | Lina | Lillian | Eileen | Ruth | Stanley | Sue |

An Interview with Ruth H.

Ruth H was born on the tenth of April in 1926 in Western Australia. She's seventy-one. She has four brothers and four sisters. She's the oldest. Ruth's nationality is Australian. When Ruth went to school she had to walk an extremely long way everyday. In the third grade she got a slap across her hand because she couldn't draw a straight line. Also when she was in the third grade she had a teacher called Mrs B., but all her friends and herself used to call her Fatty B. Everyday after school Ruth, her sisters and her brothers used to eat everything her mum had made, such as fish, stew and soup.When Ruth was bored she used to knit, complete her chores and play jacks with sheep's knuckles. Ruth said " There were hardly any games" . Ruth had a lot of chores like feeding the animals on their farm. She didn't get a lot of money for it because she had to share it with her sisters and her brothers. Ruth said "My chores were very dull and boring."Ruth wasn't a Catholic, but they still went to Mass. At 9:00am the kids would go to Sunday school and then the whole family would go to Mass at 11:00am.When she was fourteen she left school. Her dad and the family had a water hole and she needed a lot of water. Because there were so much water a tiger snake came along. Her dad got a stick and killed the tiger snake. This happened during the war years. Ruth said, "It was very scary in the world wars." Ruth got married to man named David H. in 1989. After a while, they moved to Melbourne. Ruth did not have any kids. Just twelve months ago, David H. died. She says
"I used to live in a bush and now its a city". Her favourite football team is the Essendon, Bombers!!!!!!!
By Danielle

| Winifred | Aileen | Hazel | Marjorie | Eleanor | Margaret | Mary | Beth | Elizabeth | Barbara |
| Thomas | Norma | Lena | Betty | Maureen | Judy | Lina | Lillian | Eileen | Ruth | Stanley | Sue |

An Interview with Marjorie.
She looks like her Dad . She lived in a weather board house. Marjorie looks forward to the future because you don't know what's going to happen, she also enjoys watching her Grandchildren grow. Marjorie's childhood was very happy. She has lived in Hadfield for 36 years.

An Interview with Margaret W.
Mrs Margaret W. was interviewed by Brian and Noura on the 20th of August in St Thomas More's Parish Centre. Margaret told us that her Dad used to fix pipes underground and her Mum did the housework. Margaret was the co-ordinator of parish Catechetics for a number of years, and has helped many children learn more about God! by Brian and Noura