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Oral history of Emily (May) and Harold (Dick) Wybrow
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Emily (May) and Harold (Dick) Wybrow of Terry Road, West Ryde took place on 30 April 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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DescriptionDick and May discuss their lives as a young married couple in the West Ryde area. Dick relates his early memories of Eastwood and his work with the railways while May describes her work as a dress designer and manufacturer with David Jones. They also discuss the trials and tribulations of renovating their home
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionEmily (May) Wybrow, b.1917--InterviewsHarold Alva (Dick) Wybrow, b.1912--InterviewsEastwood Public School (Eastwood, NSW)Eveleigh Railway Workshops (Redfern, NSW)Hermitage (Denistone, NSW)Tarrants Avenue (Eastwood, NSW)Eastwood (NSW)--HistoryEastwood (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesWest Ryde (NSW)--HistoryWest Ryde (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesWorld War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDressmakers--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionW,X,Y,Z
Emily (May) Wybrow, b.1917--InterviewsHarold Alva (Dick) Wybrow, b.1912--InterviewsEastwood Public School (Eastwood, NSW)Eveleigh Railway Workshops (Redfern, NSW)Hermitage (Denistone, NSW)Tarrants Avenue (Eastwood, NSW)Eastwood (NSW)--HistoryEastwood (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesWest Ryde (NSW)--HistoryWest Ryde (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesWorld War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDressmakers--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionW,X,Y,ZOral history of Emily (May) and Harold (Dick) Wybrow. Ryde History Hub, accessed 16/03/2026, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6385