Fay Berry - My Story

THE BLACKSMITH’S DAUGHTER – VOL 1 – CHAPTER 3

The Blacksmith’s  Daughter – Chapter 3

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 and asking for a relationship with […]

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 be suitable for the position of Secretary […]

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 would miss his help with all […]

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 that I wasn’t limited in how […]

January 23, 2014 at 7:51pm The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 26 – 1956 -1957  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 […]

The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 25 – 19560320 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 […]

December 14, 2013 at 9:16am   The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 22 – 1955 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 […]

March 18, 2014 at 7:16pm   The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 21 – 19550910 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 […]