The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 – Chapter 7 November 20, 2013 at 12:44pm In 1949, when I was 10 years of age, I changed schools and began attending Unley Primary School in Cremorne St Unley and went into the Grade 5 girls’ class. Avis and I sat together in class. I had […]
Category: The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Vol 1
The Blacksmith’s Daughter, 2013 © by Fay Berry – Chapter 5
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 5 November 19, 2013 at 6:23pm In 1944, when I was five years old I started school at the Parkside Primary School which was just behind our house. I was able to take a short cut to school each day by climbing over our back fence into the school yard. […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 2 – 1943 – 1947
The Blacksmith’s Daughter Chapter 2 – 1943 – 1947 November 17, 2013 at 1:36pm Before I was old enough to go to Sunday School and Mum and Dad only had the three boys, Dad built a side car onto his bike. He used to put the boys in the sidecar and then ride his bike […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter, 2013 © by Fay Berry – Chapter 1 – 1939
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 1 – 1939 November 17, 2013 at 11:59am My name is Fay Berry (O’Connor). I was born on the 28th November 1939 at the Queen’s Home, Rose Park South Australia. My Mother and Father both came from Pinnaroo, a little country town in the Murray Mallee in South […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Foreword
My name is Fay Berry (O’Connor) and I am the Blacksmith’s daughter. I am the youngest of four children and the only daughter of Jean Mavis O’Connor (Williams) and Maynard O’Connor, both born in Pinnaroo in the Murray Mallee. My dad became a blacksmith, learning his trade from Jimmy Hanton in Pinnaroo and eventually […]