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Ackroyd, Edward (Ted)
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Place of ResidenceAlbion Park Rail.
BiographyTed's parents were Norman Lesley (Paddy) and Ethel and he had a brother, George.
The Ackroyds settled at Albion Park Rail near Muddy Creek footbridge, opposite Mrs. Slaters.
Ted remembers the sealing of the road down Macquarie Pass. The men boiled bitumen in large drums on fires beside the road.
'A more modern surface was done in 1930 which was good news for my brother George, Sid Erskin, and myself, as we were engaged in the building of billy-carts and then pulled them to the top of Macquarie Pass, and then rode down. My brother and I both attended Tullimbar and Albion Park School.
'After schooling I worked at various Jobs - making butter at the butter factory, working with Max Brewster who was a motor mechanic that led me to be involved in construction work at Albion Park Airport. At the end of the war, I returned to the family timber business and in 1961 started my own timber business and remained there until I retired.' (Ted Ackroyd).
BiographyTed's parents were Norman Lesley (Paddy) and Ethel and he had a brother, George.The Ackroyds settled at Albion Park Rail near Muddy Creek footbridge, opposite Mrs. Slaters.
Ted remembers the sealing of the road down Macquarie Pass. The men boiled bitumen in large drums on fires beside the road.
'A more modern surface was done in 1930 which was good news for my brother George, Sid Erskin, and myself, as we were engaged in the building of billy-carts and then pulled them to the top of Macquarie Pass, and then rode down. My brother and I both attended Tullimbar and Albion Park School.
'After schooling I worked at various Jobs - making butter at the butter factory, working with Max Brewster who was a motor mechanic that led me to be involved in construction work at Albion Park Airport. At the end of the war, I returned to the family timber business and in 1961 started my own timber business and remained there until I retired.' (Ted Ackroyd).
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Ackroyd, Edward (Ted). Shellharbour City Council, accessed 09/10/2024, https://discovershellharbour.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/14227