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Acland, Edward (Ted)
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BiographyEdward and Margaret Acland and lived in Dunmore between 1940 and 1944.
Edward Acland was the owner of the Dunmore Store and Post Office 1940 to 1945.
The family lived in a house behind the shop which was a separate building joined by a passageway.
Enid, their daughter married Ted Robinson.
Enid remembers the bakery supplied bread to Shellharbour, Minnamurra & parts of Kiama. Several mailmen would deliver bread on their runs. As well as the bakery there was a general store that sold bread, pies, cakes, sweets, tobacco, and the Post Office.
It was during the war so tea, sugar and butter were rationed. Enid's parents were responsible for the collection of coupons with every sale and then returned to the relevant Government office and at times issued new ration books checking the identification of the applicant.
Petrol was also rationed (they didn't have a bowser). There was no electricity in the village so all work in the bakehouse was done by hand. They had a "Gloria" light in the living room run on gas. To light you used a taper that had been dipped in mentholated spirit. They had a kerosene refrigerator it didn't freeze but kept the butter firm.
Mailbags arrived early in the morning at Shellharbour railway station at about 6;40am it was Enid's job to bring the bags from the station and help sort the mail for the mailmen to pick up with the bread before breakfast.
Frank Brett drove the delivery van and was also a pianist. His wife played the drums and they provided music for the local dances.
Few people had cars as petrol was scarce so Frank and his wife would take people to the dances. A troop of Light Horse were stationed at Jamberoo and many of these attended the dances. Searchlights were set up on a hill overlooking Dunmore.
Enid's father played golf and went to the Masonic Lodge. Trips to Kiama for banking and other purposes were by bus, clothing was rationed too. Enid's fiance was in the army and they married in Kiama in 1944. Ken and Enid lived at Sutton Grange near Bowning.
Source:
Tongarra Heritage Files.
Edward Acland was the owner of the Dunmore Store and Post Office 1940 to 1945.
The family lived in a house behind the shop which was a separate building joined by a passageway.
Enid, their daughter married Ted Robinson.
Enid remembers the bakery supplied bread to Shellharbour, Minnamurra & parts of Kiama. Several mailmen would deliver bread on their runs. As well as the bakery there was a general store that sold bread, pies, cakes, sweets, tobacco, and the Post Office.
It was during the war so tea, sugar and butter were rationed. Enid's parents were responsible for the collection of coupons with every sale and then returned to the relevant Government office and at times issued new ration books checking the identification of the applicant.
Petrol was also rationed (they didn't have a bowser). There was no electricity in the village so all work in the bakehouse was done by hand. They had a "Gloria" light in the living room run on gas. To light you used a taper that had been dipped in mentholated spirit. They had a kerosene refrigerator it didn't freeze but kept the butter firm.
Mailbags arrived early in the morning at Shellharbour railway station at about 6;40am it was Enid's job to bring the bags from the station and help sort the mail for the mailmen to pick up with the bread before breakfast.
Frank Brett drove the delivery van and was also a pianist. His wife played the drums and they provided music for the local dances.
Few people had cars as petrol was scarce so Frank and his wife would take people to the dances. A troop of Light Horse were stationed at Jamberoo and many of these attended the dances. Searchlights were set up on a hill overlooking Dunmore.
Enid's father played golf and went to the Masonic Lodge. Trips to Kiama for banking and other purposes were by bus, clothing was rationed too. Enid's fiance was in the army and they married in Kiama in 1944. Ken and Enid lived at Sutton Grange near Bowning.
Source:
Tongarra Heritage Files.
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Acland, Edward (Ted). Shellharbour City Council, accessed 09/10/2024, https://discovershellharbour.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/14228