Memories of Madge's life in Bundarra

In conversation

Madge Cook
John Dawson

Recorded: 2012
Length: 27:10

“You'd see him sitting over in the paddock for two or three hours, studying them.”

About this conversation

Madge Cook and her grandson, John Dawson, tell stories of Madge's husband, Jack, and his love of bees and bee keeping.

John Dawson asks his grandmother Madge ('Nanny') Cook to talk about her life in Bundarra, NSW. Madge tells stories from all across her life, including:n- her premature birth and being incubated in a chicken incubator n- her children's births and her young son's death n- walking to school in Combine as a child n- her brother, Jimmy, a fighter n- how Madge and her husband, Jack, came to Bundarra n- Jack's bee keeping n- how Madge took in grandson John and his brothers after their mother died n- milking the cows after coming home late from the balls n- chores they had to do as children n- the houses Madge and Jack lived in and how they decided to buy them n- good times and bad with Jack in Bundarra

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