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Oral history of Bert Goodchild
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Bert Goodchild of Bateman's Road Gladesville took place on 5 March 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Bert Goodchild recalls his childhood on his parents' dairy farm in the 1930s and 1940s, particularly his own duties from the age of four until he began to work for his father at the age of 13. He describes dairying in the area, the "milk wars" and changes in the industry within the Ryde area.
This interview is complimentary to that of his sister Joan Brown nee Goodchild
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionBertie (Bert) William Goodchild, b.1924--InterviewsGoodchild familyPutney Public School (Putney, NSW)Peel's Dairy (Gladesville, NSW)Peel's Dairy (Putney, NSW)"Frog Hollow" (Ryde, NSW)Milk trade--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDairying--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDepressions--1929--New South Wales--Ryde RegionPutney (NSW)--Social life and customsPutney (NSW)--HistoryCollectionG-H
Bertie (Bert) William Goodchild, b.1924--InterviewsGoodchild familyPutney Public School (Putney, NSW)Peel's Dairy (Gladesville, NSW)Peel's Dairy (Putney, NSW)"Frog Hollow" (Ryde, NSW)Milk trade--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDairying--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDepressions--1929--New South Wales--Ryde RegionPutney (NSW)--Social life and customsPutney (NSW)--HistoryCollectionG-HOral history of Bert Goodchild. Ryde History Hub, accessed 11/03/2026, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6119