Post by Jennison on Nov 12, 2008 21:00:38 GMT 10
Evening all,
I am able to make both some corrections and update some of the information I have put together on my grandfather , John Jennison ( the first one being that everyone apparently called him Jack!!).
I have managed to get in contact with my Uncle George who I haven't seen (apart from at a family funeral) for 40 odd years ,
since he and my aunty Shirl (JAJ's younger daughter) divorced - they initially met and married during the war.
He is fit, healthy and most importantly at 80 something, sharp as a tack!!! As I have said before, my mum has alzheimers, so some memories have been vague and a certain amt of detective work and licence to putting lines between the dots has occurred, as I put it all together.
George has read my transcript and seen the photos & I am pleased to say he is VERY pleased about it all. I only talked with him for 25mins or so but will be talking with him again as I think of more questions to ask. I will lay out what alterations/additions that I have so far in chronological order and leave it up to Donricardo how he swaps or rewrites it into the history thread.
1/ JAJ initially trained with Holdens in Adelaide as a toolmaker.
2/ My mother remembered Craig Burrell initially as a long term employee of JAJ but that is incorrect. JAJ met Craig Burrell when they both worked at the Lithgow small arms factory during WW2. They quickly became firm friends, and decided to go into partnership together after the war when JAJ reopened the caravan business. George mentioned his "shyness" which backs up my mothers comments and perhaps explains why he did not take over and push on with the the business after my grandfathers death.
3/Bob Sturrock was not an employee , but rather , a prominent local builder and good friend of JAJs' who leased part of a large warehouse(possibly the one in the photos) that he owned , to JAJ, where he built the Pathfinders. An interesting point is that Georges words were "one of the places where he built pathfinders" which gets back to previously discussed points re multiple pre and post war locations and workshops. Bob's wife , featured in the old photos for the 1948 brochure, ran the office for her husbands building firm at one end of the factory, which clarifies my mums confusion on that point. Right lady - wrong office!!
thats all for now , will update as I think of points to ask him regards jeff
I am able to make both some corrections and update some of the information I have put together on my grandfather , John Jennison ( the first one being that everyone apparently called him Jack!!).
I have managed to get in contact with my Uncle George who I haven't seen (apart from at a family funeral) for 40 odd years ,
since he and my aunty Shirl (JAJ's younger daughter) divorced - they initially met and married during the war.
He is fit, healthy and most importantly at 80 something, sharp as a tack!!! As I have said before, my mum has alzheimers, so some memories have been vague and a certain amt of detective work and licence to putting lines between the dots has occurred, as I put it all together.
George has read my transcript and seen the photos & I am pleased to say he is VERY pleased about it all. I only talked with him for 25mins or so but will be talking with him again as I think of more questions to ask. I will lay out what alterations/additions that I have so far in chronological order and leave it up to Donricardo how he swaps or rewrites it into the history thread.
1/ JAJ initially trained with Holdens in Adelaide as a toolmaker.
2/ My mother remembered Craig Burrell initially as a long term employee of JAJ but that is incorrect. JAJ met Craig Burrell when they both worked at the Lithgow small arms factory during WW2. They quickly became firm friends, and decided to go into partnership together after the war when JAJ reopened the caravan business. George mentioned his "shyness" which backs up my mothers comments and perhaps explains why he did not take over and push on with the the business after my grandfathers death.
3/Bob Sturrock was not an employee , but rather , a prominent local builder and good friend of JAJs' who leased part of a large warehouse(possibly the one in the photos) that he owned , to JAJ, where he built the Pathfinders. An interesting point is that Georges words were "one of the places where he built pathfinders" which gets back to previously discussed points re multiple pre and post war locations and workshops. Bob's wife , featured in the old photos for the 1948 brochure, ran the office for her husbands building firm at one end of the factory, which clarifies my mums confusion on that point. Right lady - wrong office!!
thats all for now , will update as I think of points to ask him regards jeff
