Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Wesley Mission Victoria and podcast through the Toorak Times.
Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with interviewees reflecting upon their lives from earliest memories. An underlying principal of the program is to promote the concept of positive ageing, reinforcing the principle that older people have & continue to make a valuable contribution to both their local & wider community.
In the final part of his story Fred Woods, who was born in 1918, is joined by his wife Marg who provides us with some of her background growing up in the early 1920’s in Canterbury. It’s a story in itself as to how she met Fred as her father was a Horse Master in the army, training officers to ride at Duntroon. In fact her father had served in the Queen’s Own Hussars. Certainly Fred’s story is really expanded with Marg’s contribution.
However, we find ourselves still fascinated by Fred’s stories of life in the bush where he was still felling trees at 72 years of age. Never one to shirk hard physical work, even though time had caught up with him, he still had a vitality about him and an edge that showed that despite the hardships of the life he chose he came through it all with a sharp mind if not, a keen sense of humor. This is a delightful story.
Click to hear Fred Woods – Part 2
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[Listen To Older Voices receives funding from the Commonwealth Government through the Commonwealth Home Support Program Program]
