Eudunda Farmers Co-Op Society
| Place type: | Building |
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| Town or Locality: | Gawler |
| Used for: | [[Fay D. Buckby (nee Davidson) joined the staff of the Gawler store in late September, 1946.
“I was employed in the Drapery department under Mrs Dot Milton. Also in the department was Lois Yates (nee Bott), Betty Faulting (nee Eckerman), Merle Brooks (nee Smith) and Lorna Wiles (nee Goldsworthy).We used to sell dress fabrics, fashions, hats and haberdashery. Transactions were written on dockets in the customer’s book and the cash and docket was put in the Flying Fox carrier to be sent to the cashier Grace Homley (nee Jackson). I worked there until September 1948 when I left to get married to E.D.(Ted) Buckby.” Shirley Lucas (nee Davidson) writes… “I joined Eudunda Farmers Gawler in 1945 after I left school. In the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s the store consisted of groceries, menswear, hardware, drapery and fashions, including dress fabrics, haberdashery and Manchester. Each customer had a docket-book, where the assistant would write down each item and price, adding up the amount, and then send the docket and money in the overhead flying fox to the office. Grace Jackson, in the office, would return it with the change. Jim Martin and Dawn Blunt would ride their bikes to collect grocery orders, then go back to deliver them by horse and cart. Heads of department were: Groceries – Darb Cullen; Menswear – Lloyd Chapman- later Manager; Hardware – Ross Davis; Drapery – Mrs Dot Milton. Mr George Lang was manager in the 1940’s. Storage of most groceries was in the cellar. The cellar stairs were under the counter in the Grocery section. To sell bacon etc, a leg of bacon was sliced in the food slicer, which was turned by hand, and then weighed into ¼, ½, and 1 pound lots. Cheese was cut into sections from bulk. Bags of sugar and flour were stored in a section behind Grocery, as well as onions, potatoes, and other bulk produce. Photos of the staff members and the original store were taken in the late 40’s. Many men from WW2 came back to work in the store. Mrs Springbett, from Williamstown, would come in with sponge cakes, and Mrs Tucker from Reeves Plains would come in with fruit cakes for us all to eat.]] |
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