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Patricia Colless was born on 1st April, 1922, at Croydon in Sydney. At age 11, Pat moved to Penrith with her family. After getting married at age 23, Pat had two children and lived firstly in Lethbridge Street Penrith, and then at Lapstone.

Olive Price was born on 8th February, 1918, at Hornsby. The family moved to Penrith when Olive was aged around 7 or 8. After leaving school Olive attended business college at Parramatta and worked in Sydney and locally.

Mavis Lamrock was born on 11th January, 1913, at Wauchope. In May, 1914, the family moved to Emu Plains, to a property called 'Yodalla'. Mavis' father planted a lemon orchard and supplied lemons to the lemonade drink company, Tooths. When Mavis…

Mary Pike was born on 13th December, 1924, at North Sydney and moved to Windsor when she was six weeks old. In 1936, the family moved to Penrith. At the time of the interview, Mary had lived in her house in Lemongrove Road, Penrith, for 50 years.…

Marjory Turner was born on the 25th January, 1929, at Penrith. After leaving school at age 15, Marjory worked at Selfridges, Parramatta, and later at a factory in St Marys. Marjory married in 1948 and lived with her husband's family until the couple…

Heather Corr was born on 10th April, 1923, at Penrith. Heather's father was a bootmaker and musician. The family lived in Penrith, in the street now known as Cox Avenue, on a block of land owned by her mother's father. After leaving school at age 14,…

Florence Gibbons was born on 11th September, 1908, at Regentville. Florence lived in Penrith for much of her life. After she married in 1935, she and her husband built a house two doors along from Florence's parents in Henry Street, Penrith.

Doreen Scott was born on 1st December, 1925, at Camden. Doreen grew up on a property at Luddenham, moving to Penrith when she married in 1944. Doreen ran Scott's Corner Shop in High Street, Penrith for many years; her husband Jim ran his auto…

Diana Reynolds was born on 24th January, 1929, at Penrith. Diana's father was one of two doctors in Penrith and the surgery was attached to the house on the corner of High and Evans Street. Diana attended the Australian College of Physical Education…

Brenda Niccol was born on 20th April, 1920, at the home of her grandmother in Ballarat. She grew up in the Riverina area, on a block of land settled by her father after the first World War. When Brenda was 17, her mother died suddenly. The following…