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Oral history of Leonard Small
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Leonard Small of Fernleigh Nursing Home took place on 20 May 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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DescriptionLen's ancestors (John Small and Mark Small nee Parker) were First Fleet convicts. The Small family has been associated with the Ryde area for over 200 years. In this interview Len recalls his early life in Herring Road, Marsfield and the effects of World War I and the Depression on his family and the local residents.
As a member of a very old Ryde family, he provides interesting stories from his father which go back to the 1880s including the construction of the railway through Eastwood
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionLeonard Small, b.1908--InterviewsSmall familyCox familyCurzon Hall (Marsfield, NSW)Meadowbank Manufacturing Company (Meadowbank, NSW)North Ryde Public School (North Ryde, NSW)Kent Road Public School (Marsfield, NSW)Linton Avenue (West Ryde, NSW)Griffiths Avenue (West Ryde, NSW)Herring Road (Marsfield/North Ryde, NSW)Ryde Ice Works (Ryde, NSW)Percival's Bakery (Ryde, NSW)Urban transportation--New South Wales--Ryde--HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDepressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narrativesDancing--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDelivery of goods--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionS
Leonard Small, b.1908--InterviewsSmall familyCox familyCurzon Hall (Marsfield, NSW)Meadowbank Manufacturing Company (Meadowbank, NSW)North Ryde Public School (North Ryde, NSW)Kent Road Public School (Marsfield, NSW)Linton Avenue (West Ryde, NSW)Griffiths Avenue (West Ryde, NSW)Herring Road (Marsfield/North Ryde, NSW)Ryde Ice Works (Ryde, NSW)Percival's Bakery (Ryde, NSW)Urban transportation--New South Wales--Ryde--HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDepressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narrativesDancing--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDelivery of goods--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionSOral history of Leonard Small. Ryde History Hub, accessed 16/03/2026, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6368