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L-R Thomas William O’Brien, Anne, Catherine O’Brien
The older children were in school in Wagga, boarding. So I was 10 when I started to drive
the sulky to school, responsible for the younger ones – Claire, Reg and Anne. I drove with
Claire and Anne up top but Reg had to sit underneath. It took about 20 minutes in the
morning to harness Nancy or Jill to the Sulky and then about 45 minutes to drive to school.
We went to school rain, hail or shine, often with Jack Frosts hanging off our eyebrows.
“Don’t ever cross the creek if the water is above the black top of the stump”, Dad would say.
One day it was just below the top of the stump and I decided to cross. It was so hard and
Nancy battled to get across. The waters were fast and I was scared.
(Gwen – driver, at front of sulky around 11 years of age)
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