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Transcript: Mr Eddie Saunders remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool

Mr Eddie Saunders was born in 1903 and was interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960.' Here he remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, long before motorcars became commonplace.

Transcript: Mr Joseph Bradshaw remembers being the proud owner of the second car in Liverpool, in 1927

Mr Joseph Bradshaw was born in 1905 and interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960' project. Here he remembers being the proud owner of the second car in Liverpool, in 1927.

Ampol

Oil company incorporated by Sir William Gaston Walkley in 1936 to market petrol in New South Wales.

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Caltex Australia

Oil importing company listed in Australia in the 1940s which became the largest refiner and marketer through merger with Ampol in 1995.

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Department of Road Transport and Tramways

Agency established to manage road and tram transport in the city. It ran parallel to the Departments of Railways and Main Roads.

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Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company

Global rubber tyre company first registered in Australia in 1926.

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NRMA

Motoring, travel and insurance company.

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Roads and Maritime Services

State Government agency responsible for improving road safety, testing and licensing drivers, registering vehicles and managing the road network.

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Shell Australia

Global petroleum company which opened the first bulk kerosene facility at Gore Bay in 1901.

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Sinden's Garage

Garage established at Fairlight which used a column of tyres with a dummy atop to advertise its business.

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Woods & McDonald

Agency for carriers established by John Woods and Thomas McDonald.

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Woods, Shortland & Co

General carrier business which was based at Central railway station before relocating to Glenfield before 1873.

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Ampol service station on Water Street and Punchbowl Road, Belfield c1957

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National Library of Australia

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Ampol service station on the Pacific Highway, Pymble 1950s

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National Library of Australia

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Brickfield Hill and village on the High Road to Parramatta c1797

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By

Edward Dayes

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National Library of Australia

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Poster for four-horse coach to Parramatta and Windsor, c1870

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

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(Mitchell Library)

South Bankstown Ampol 1952-4

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National Library of Australia

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Mr Eddie Saunders remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, interviewed in 1986

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Mr Eddie Saunders was born in 1903 and was interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960.' Here he remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, long before motorcars became commonplace.
Transcript

EDDIE: She lived in the house next door to the blacksmith. It was a big lump of a brick place. She had a shop. She used to let out cycles, you know, bikes. People used to come to Liverpool, commercial travellers, in the train, and they used to come down to my mother's shop and hire a bicycle to go out to Hoxton Park and all those surrounding areas.

INTERVIEWER: And they would be salesmen?

EDDIE: Probably. I don't know what they were to tell you the truth, they could be anything.

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Liverpool City Library

[BRN: 25453]

Mr Joseph Bradshaw remembers in 1927 being the proud owner of the second car in Liverpool, interviewed in 1986

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Mr Joseph Bradshaw was born in 1905 and interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900-1960 ' project. Here he remembers being the proud owner of the second car in Liverpool, in 1927.
Transcript

JOSEPH: I had the second car in Liverpool. Did you know that? A little baby Austin in 1927. The old Father Walsh, he used to be the Managing Superintendent of the Liverpool Hospital, he had the first car and I had the second. A little seven-horse baby Austin. I bought it in Sydney, in Paddington, off a fella by the name of Billy Cannaulty [?]. They were a hundred and twenty pounds imported from England you know. It was an Eight Hour [Day] weekend. My first daughter at the time was five, I think she was, Phyllis. I saw this advertisement in the paper: 'Baby Austin - a car for ninety nine pounds'. And I said 'By Jesus'. I thought to myself - I had a horse and sulky at the time - I said 'By Jesus, a car, it would do seventy miles to the gallon'. I got hold of a fella I knew pretty well, Charlie Rynan [?]. He had an egg place. He used to deliver the eggs. Anyhow, I got him to come to Sydney and have a look at it with me. He drove me down and we had a look at this car for ninety nine pounds and I bought it. He said 'How are we gonna get home?' and I said 'I'll drive it', and you mightn't believe it, I drove out into Centennial Park in Sydney with Billy Cannaulty and myself and Charlie Rynan. Had a bit of a drive and I said 'Righto!' and I drove it home. Drove it home, followed him all the way to Liverpool here when I lived down in Mill Road. There was no traffic, and blue metal roads. There was none of this macadamised roads, Liverpool was a blue metal road, only one, no lane ways or anything like that, no footpaths; a bit of asphalt here and there. I drove it to Canberra that weekend, and all around, right to Canberra, across to Yass, up over the Blue Mountains, home. Twenty five shillings for petrol, that's all it cost me. Camped out. Canberra was only just beginning to be built at that time. You could rent a room, it was, with a fireplace in it and two beds. You had to have your own linen. Two and six [pence].

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Liverpool City Library

[BRN: 56306]

(Excerpt from interview with Mr Joseph Bradshaw, from the 'Looking back at Liverpool : an oral history of the Liverpool region 1900-1960' conducted in 1986 by Liverpool City Council, editor and project co-ordinator Catherine Johnson ; researchers Angela Imbrosciano, Verica Miiosavijevic, Kathleen Smith)