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Independently owned and operated. 4 The NSW Northern Rivers Heartland Magazine www.heartlandmagazine.com.au www.heartlandmagazine.com.au The NSW Northern Rivers Heartland Magazine 5 The cricket pitch was very Before the hall was built house parties were held at various Reg Hartley – Bentley rough with stones sticking houses in the area. Children of the older group would throw out of the ground. Fast “water bombs” at the dances while getting a breather on bowlers had a big advantage the verandah. and I lost no teeth and no At one particular place the owners made salami sausages bruises. Ernie Doman was The following story was written by Reg Hartley on which the boys would do an occasional tasting of. These a particular fast bowler and 23/11/2003 – given to me by son Jim. parties went on for many hours. dangerous. Ernie was very I first went to school in good at athletics and our I recall at our place seeing the sun rise after a dance. My 1929 at the age of 7 at key boy in the combined Grandfather Henry played the accordion at the dances and Manifold School. My school athletic carnival. the longer it went on the better he played. After each dance parents were probably he sipped on the rum bottle. glad to see me go One year this presented as I had a few bad a big problem for me as I I had many pets like “Scab” who was scalded soon after he habits. I liked to see contracted measles and was Sawmill at Bentley was born. I put a harness on him and he pulled a little slide. the grass burning in not fully recovered by sports I also had a pet butcher bird and a rosella. cockspur bushes and day but OK to compete. All was my favourite called “Nigger” and lived for over thirty was going well until Ernie They would hop on and off the slide I made at various also dutchman’s pipe years. stations. vine which grew very came down with the disease Reg and Jean off to school just before the event. It was My favourite subject at school was geography and In later years a little dog “Matie” was great company where quickly and looked mapping. In my last year I would make maps and charts good for burning. left for me to take over his Reg we would walk along the road each day. senior events resulting in for the teacher. Regularly after school while Mum, Dad, Jean and Owen Dad and Grandfather always had bees and I was always me going to hospital with pneumonia immediately after the We had no relatives in Casino and Lismore and unless you intrigued when they caught the Queen Bees and put them event. milked, I cooked tea of steak and onion gravy or fish and had somewhere to board it was not possible to go to High chips. The fish was delivered fresh from Ballina by Ernie in box’s. This resulted in me catching bees and putting School for further education. There were no school buses them in a match box. I was always going to mum for a After a couple of years my parents, my sister Jean and I Doman’s father. moved to the property where we now live. It was further in those days. blue bag to put on the sting. When the hall was built in 1935 the teacher organized the My teacher had a real problem trying to make me sing. The To go to school, meant a walk over Back Creek via Holmes children to sit on bags of sawdust and drag all over the fall tuning fork was often tapped on the desk and applied to my to smooth it for dancing. road. The main road went that way until many years later. head but with no success. My mate, who lived a little way below our farm, was Ron The floor is still the original one and serving well. Collins and we walked together to school each day. I still can’t sing in tune. No doubt teachers must have a frustrating life at times and this particular teacher was my As there was no TV the radio station would play country best teaching friend. music. I would listen for hours. I did a lot of push-bike riding to Back Creek Church on I had many records from my favourite singers and still have most Sunday’s when mass was on.