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Oral history of Lillian Ford
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Lillian Ford of Pine Street, Albion Park Rail took place on 13 October 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Lillian Ford describes her life as a child of English migrants and as a young married woman living in North Ryde. She includes comments on her father's successful building business and involvement in local politics, her childhood and attendance at Marsfield Public School and her role in social activities in North Ryde in the 1920s and 1930s.
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KeywordChinese market gardensSubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionLillian Ford, 1909---InterviewsLillian Ford, 1909-Eric Sydney Spooner, 1891-1952Edward Frank StewartNorth Ryde School of Arts (North Ryde, NSW)Marsfield Public School (Marsfield, NSW)New Guard (Australia)--HistoryDepressions--1929--New South Wales--Ryde RegionHousing development--New South Wales--Ryde RegionShrimptons Creek (North Ryde, NSW)North Ryde (NSW)--HistoryNorth Ryde (NSW)--Social life and customsSpooner Highway (Sydney, NSW)Goulding's Hill Estate (Ryde, NSW)CollectionE-FPlaceNorth Ryde School of ArtsMarsfield Public School
Oral history of Lillian Ford. Ryde History Hub, accessed 05/12/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6321




