The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 52 I began looking for a new job and by the end of June was employed as secretary to Mr RE Huxham, Australasian Sales Manager of Kelvinator Australia. I had not intended to take on a permanent position but I got so wrapped up in the IQ testing and other […]
Category: The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Vol 1
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 51 – 1960 04 15
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 51 I broke up with Jeff by letter on the 7th November 1959. I avoided him as much as possible for a while after that. Jeff had loaned me some books and used the return of those books as leverage to come to my home, hoping to see me, but […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 50 – 1959 11
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry – Chapter 50 In November of 1959, My lovely and rewarding job at Associated Public Relations Pty Ltd (APR) had undergone some changes. My boss, Rod Martindale had left the company and taken up work with the Australian Timber Association. This meant that I now became Bob Muller’s secretary. […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 49 – 1959 11 08
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 49 A number of things had led up to my breakup with Jeff. In November of 1959 I had met up with Robbie Berry, Jeff’s brother at Kirkcaldy Beach. I was fascinated with the fact that he was Jeff’s brother and wanted to get to know him but without him […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 48 – 1959 08 31
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 48 Jeff and I were “going together” now, but things were still not really “settled” between us. Jeff was completely wrapped up in his Bible studies and was working closely with Perce Mansfield in the work that he was doing. He painted charts for HPM and worked with him on […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 47 – 1959 05 22
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 47 The Marysville Conference was a great conference. Although the weather was cold and the days were damp it didn’t rain all that much which was a good thing for us. My favorite outfit for the conference was a red, green, and black plaid, box-pleated skirt, a thick white polar […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 46 – 1958 08 20
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 46 In August 1958I wrote a letter to my brother Charles recounting some of the troubles within the Woodville Ecclesia and telling him that I was considering going to Enfield instead. He wrote back that he felt I should stay at Woodville because the ecclesia needed strengthening and did not […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 45 – 1958 01 02
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 45 Over Xmas, we had an influx of visitors to stay at our house, one of whom was Peter Joseph, Beth O’Connor (Joseph)’s brother. Peter was a pretty shy boy and it took quite a time for him to lower his barriers and for me to be able to communicate […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 44 – 1957 12 14
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 44 This is a summary of the events in the last half of 1957 and the beginning of 1958, written 19580204 Before my Sydney trip in December 1957 for my brother’s wedding, I had been to Melbourne to hear the “Messiah” sung by the Christadelphian Choral class and while I […]
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Fay Berry 2013 © – Chapter 43 – 1957 12 03
The Blacksmith’s Daughter – Chapter 43 During my stay in Sydney, I lived with Val and Gill Swan in their home at Sutherland and Mum and Dad stayed with the Deversons. I spent time with Barrie Spencer and his family and went shopping with Mum and Dad in Sydney and had lunch with Barry as […]