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Albert is working on the milkcart of a morning and on the holidays helping the baker. After the Christmas holidays and we are in the year 1948. Albert is I5 years and he wanted to be a pastry cook so I got him a job at the pastry cooks in Earlwood. He liked it very much but his father disapproved of it and said it was only for sissies, and believe me Albert was a man's man, but he can stay there till we find something else for him. In the meantime we have a notice to leave the house and Earlwood. So we took it to the magistrates at Campsie Court and asked him what could we do. So he filed a complaint for us and we had to appear at the Campsie court, well was I nervous. So we were put in the witness box one at a time just Ray and myself. We told them the truth about why we wanted to stay just a while longer and give us plenty of time to find a place. Well by the time we had both said our piece and the Judge summed up everything he said "silence" and banged his gavel down and said "well this couple are a comparatively young couple with a family and you have no family. case dismissed and surely they will do their best in looking for something to satisfy them in the near future".
So from there up to tell Nanna Wood what happened, also we wanted to find out about Uncle Albert as he was not well at all and was finding it hard to handle the work as we were still making dog things but not in as bigger way as we were. I said to Nanna Wood, "look mum, if only Ray would keep off the drink I am sure we will get somewhere". It was then she said to me "don't worry too much you will get there, and I will watch the paper for something but don't let Ray know we have talked about this. Just you and I can get together on it, so you try and save as much as you can while we are on the lookout". I said "I am trying to save some on the side and when he asks me for more money I say no I have not got any. I have to mum I said, yes I do understand". Alright we go back home. It was only a walk down Homar Street to Willunga Ave Earlwood. So we were pleased with the day and I had a talk to Ray before the children came home from school about drinking and he promised me once again he would leave it alone. By now also he still has dogs. 2 I think at this stage. There was some time went by and Ray is still with Canterbury Council a few days a week.
Well we all had a good laugh when we were all around the table after tea and Uncle Arch Ray's brother and his wife Ann came around to see how we got on and they were pleased as by now they are living in Earlwood. Some time went by and I could not find anything suitable at the price we would be able to pay and a lot of people would not let a house to a family with children especially 7 children and dogs (a sore point with me). One day Nanna came down and I knew she had found something because she had the paper and was smiling and she asked me if I was alone, I said "yes, well listen to this, a weatherboard in Moore Street Campsie will take £400 (four hundred pounds) plus £100.00 (one hundred pounds) key money. I said "oh my gosh, all I have managed to get together is £100". Nanna said "that will be alright I will be able to fix that. But we have to find out about it first, can you come over to Campsie with me so as we can see the agent". I have forgotten his name (but I have an idea it was Waters,
So off we go to catch the bus and when we got there he said "actually it is a nice little place just needs a good clean up". We asked could we not get it any cheaper and he said no. "Which one of you are going to