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Oral history of Norman (Norm) Oates Pacey
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Norm Pacey of Smith Street, Epping took place on 6 May 1997. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Mr Pacey came to live in Ryde in 1913 and witnessed the changing land use of the area - from market gardens to residential and shopping areas.
His father started a printing business and a local newspaper, The Ryde and Eastwood Local News.
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KeywordChinese market gardensSubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionNorman (Norm) Oates Pacey, 1912-2001--InterviewsNorman (Norm) Oates Pacey, 1912-2001Pacey familyEric Sydney Spooner Ryde Public School (Ryde, NSW)Hattons cottage (Ryde, NSW)Influenza--New South Wales--Ryde Region--HistoryRyde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (Eastwood, NSW)Depressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narrativesRyde Chamber of Commerce (Ryde, NSW)Royal Ryde Homes (Ryde, NSW)Liberal Party of Australia--New South Wales--Ryde RegionFreemasons--New South Wales--Ryde RegionNewspaper publishing--New South Wales--Ryde RegionPrinting industry--New South Wales--Ryde RegionRyde (NSW)--HistoryRyde (NSW)--Social life and customsCollectionN,O,P,QPlaceRyde Public SchoolHattons Cottage
Oral history of Norman (Norm) Oates Pacey. Ryde History Hub, accessed 10/12/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6268




