The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 16 March 12, 2014 at 5:42pm The exchange of students between Unley High School and University High School Melbourne 1955 was an event in our school year that was looked forward to with great anticipation and for me even more so because I was having a Christadelphian girl, Judy […]
Category: The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Vol 1
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 30 – 19570410
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 30 February 10, 2014 at 9:40pm The 1957 Youth Conference was the high light of my year. It was a wonderful experience for me and it came right at the time I was struggling with the fact that Bob Wiltshire was now engaged and yet he was still pursuing me […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 29 – 19570128
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 29 February 8, 2014 at 8:53am My first job was as the Personal Assistant to the Assistant Advertising Manager of News Limited – 1957 In 1956, Pride’s Business College were approached by Mr Barrow, the Advertising Manager of News Limited, to supply them with a girl who would […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 28 – 19570216 – My brother Maynard’s Wedding
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 28 February 3, 2014 at 9:33am My brother Maynard’s wedding was quite an event in our family’s life. He was the first to marry, although my brother Charles would marry pretty soon after. I would miss him and our home would feel empty without him, but most of all I […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 27 – 19570902
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 27 February 1, 2014 at 6:51pm On the 2nd day of September, 1957 I commenced a new diary. I had found that the red one with the gold lock was too small for me and didn’t hold sufficient information. I decided to use a lined book from now on so […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 26 – 1956 -1957
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 26 – 1956 -1957 January 23, 2014 at 7:51pm This is how Jeff Berry came into my world and into my life. James Herbert Berry and Olive Myrtle Berry (Clements) had two children, Jeff Berry, born on the 4th November 1936 and Robert Berry, born 28th January 1940. […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 25 – 19560320
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 25 January 1, 2014 at 12:27pm On our way home from Sydney with Beth and Nancy on board, on 20th March, 1956, we drove to Canberra and whilst we were there I wrote a letter to Roger Stokes. Soon we were home and everything was pretty well back to normal, […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 22 – 1955
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 22 – 1955 December 14, 2013 at 9:16am There were two great things about Unley High School. The first was its emphasis and encouragement of sports and the second was its focus on music. Duncan McKie was the school’s Music Master and he was a brilliant musician and a […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 – Chapter 21 – 19550910
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 21 March 18, 2014 at 7:16pm My brother Charles had gone to Sydney to live and while he was there he was introduced by David and Wendy Pogson to Beth Joseph. They promptly, as the Pogson’s had hoped, fell in love and Beth was going to be coming to Adelaide […]
Chapter 20 – The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 – 19550823
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 20 March 17, 2014 at 5:01pm My inability to understand any subject that required a knowledge of Maths was so apparent to me and to my teachers that I finally went to Mr Jenkin my English teacher, and asked him for some ideas for a possible career for girl who […]