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Oral history of Gladys Smith
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Gladys Smith of Hill Road, West Pennant Hills took place on 13 February 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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DescriptionAs a child, Gladys lived at 2 Tucker Street, Ryde. Eventually after her marriage to Herb, she returned to the area, living for 54 years in the one house in Cox's Road, North Ryde. The interviewer noted that "the enthusiasm of Gladys when she speaks of Ryde and North Ryde is unsurpassed".
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionGladys Mary Smith, b.1918--InterviewsDr Halse RogersNurse HallHigginbotham familyRyde Public School (Ryde, NSW)St Anne's Anglican Church (Ryde, NSW)Ryde Boot Palace (Ryde, NSW)Clifford Love & Co (Lane Cove, NSW)Rialto Theatre (Ryde, NSW)World War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDancing--New South Wales--Ryde RegionRyde (NSW)--HistoryRyde (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesTucker Street (Ryde, NSW)Coxs Road (North Ryde, NSW)CollectionS
Gladys Mary Smith, b.1918--InterviewsDr Halse RogersNurse HallHigginbotham familyRyde Public School (Ryde, NSW)St Anne's Anglican Church (Ryde, NSW)Ryde Boot Palace (Ryde, NSW)Clifford Love & Co (Lane Cove, NSW)Rialto Theatre (Ryde, NSW)World War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDancing--New South Wales--Ryde RegionRyde (NSW)--HistoryRyde (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesTucker Street (Ryde, NSW)Coxs Road (North Ryde, NSW)CollectionSOral history of Gladys Smith. Ryde History Hub, accessed 30/04/2026, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6369