George Palmer

But when she came here, she came with virtually nothing.

And she worked and had to work to help support the family.

She worked in the local chewing gum factory.

which was nearby in Rosebury.

Hardly any English.

She worked, you know, on the production line.

Not at all.

My grandmother was a very strong and positive person.

And she made the best of everything.

And I remember the chewing gum factory so well because I remember sitting on the doorstep of the house in the afternoons waiting for her to come home.

We were very close, my grandma and me.

And she would arrive smelling of chewing gum.

And she always managed to have a little packet of chewing gum for me.

So my grandma working in the production line in the local...

chewing gum factory, Wrigley's Chewing Gum, coming home, smelling of chewing gum, the little chewing gum treat, was a very vivid memory to me.

Well, they loved being here from the moment they arrived.

We had wonderful next-door neighbours in Rosebury, next door, typical like fifth-generation Aussies, who made the whole family feel very welcome.

I was often there.

Their teenage daughters would babysit me.

Arriving there and finding such wonderful people who were so welcoming and