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Jackie’s optimism shines through cancer battle
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- Created on 21 May 2013
REPORTER: Lucy Short
JACKIE Anderson realised how quickly life can change when she was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in July.
Jean remembers the old school days
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- Created on 14 May 2013
JOURNALIST: Jenny Oldland
WHEN a young Jean Treloar started at Edithburgh Primary in 1927 there were 137 children at the school with three teachers and a monitor in charge.
Big T notches up 80 years
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- Created on 16 April 2013
AT 80 years of age most people are enjoying the quiet life, but not Paskeville’s Trevor “Big T” Price.
Farm boy becomes a nurse
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- Created on 07 May 2013
REPORTER: Lucy Short
WHEN farm boy Paul Whittaker was a student at Maitland Area School, he certainly did not think he would pursue a career as a nurse.
How Kadina helped a bogan make it big
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- Created on 09 April 2013
JOURNALIST: Nick Perry
LIKE a VB stubby and a meat pie, being a bogan and Chris Franklin go hand in hand, leading him to become one of Australia’s most successful stand-up comedians.
Ros searches for family history
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- Created on 30 April 2013
JOURNALIST: Rhiannon Koch
FOR most of her life, Maitland’s Ros Edwards has been interested in the stories of her ancestors as well as helping others find out more about their families’ past.
Lolly man and basket lady retire from Sweet Tooth
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- Created on 03 April 2013
JOURNALIST: Amie Price
IT was a bittersweet day for Maxine and Peter Tully when they walked out of the Sweet Tooth, Kadina, for the last time on Friday, March 22.
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Living through World War II
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- Created on 23 April 2013
JOURNALIST: Jenny Oldland
ON Anzac Day 1942, at the height of World War II, Alex Daniell, of Stansbury, enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Stuart at work in Mongolia
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- Created on 26 March 2013
JOURNALIST: Jenny Oldland
UNTIL October, Stuart Barrett, from Warooka, had never left Australia and now he’s got a tale or two to tell about his time working in one of the world’s last frontiers — Mongolia.