Skatey...The life of Les Skate
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Biography of Les Skate edited and prepared for publication by volunteer biographer Lorraine Blythe on behalf of Eastern Palliative Care October 2019 Biography of Les Skate edited and prepared for publication by volunteer biographer
Lorraine Blythe on behalf of Eastern Palliative Care October 2019

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Skatey The Life of Les Skate Then I put my stumps on top of the sleepers. I jacked the walls up straight. Where they were rotten, I had to replace the wall plates. I had to do that right through. There was a lot of manual work … carting dirt out and carting timber in through a narrow passage. I did a lot of this on my own, but I did have some help from Rol, because by this stage he was working with me. That house worked out very nicely. Julie being a designer, knew what she wanted. We were able to change a few little things to suit her and made it Julie being a designer, knew what she wanted. more convenient and comfortable for her. She ended up with a nice little house there. She stayed there for few years too. Those houses, after three or four years, had jumped up to $75,000! Julie then bought an original house up at Mt Dandenong. More work! But not to such an extent as the first houses. Julie went on from there down to Fairfield. She bought another old villa which needed a bit of work done on it, but basically it was alright. It was a very handy block. She stayed there for a while. So, after doing that up a bit it was also a very nice little place. She designed a few things herself, lovely lead-light doors and things like that. The market was on the upand-up in those days which helped Julie a lot. She went from Fairfield to Bulleen, where I also did a lot of work on the house. It was on a slope and a lot of water was coming from the back, so I did a lot of landscaping and work on drainage. That worked out well too. So after doing that up a bit it was also a very nice little place. She designed a few things herself … lovely lead-light doors and things like that. From Bulleen she went down to Chelsea. She bought a nice little unit there and I did a few little things to improve it. It was right on the beach. It’s become a very valuable site and she still owns it. She’s been away on various jobs, to Mackay and now in Canberra. She rented there for a while and now she’s bought her own unit, so she’ll retire there, in Canberra and she’ll have the nice place to come back to in Chelsea, when she comes down for a stay. 42

Skatey The Life of Les Skate Lynne’s very happy where she is now. She worked for Caladenia, the Alzheimer’s place in Mooroolbark for a good many years as a coordinator. She retired from that, if you could call it a retirement. She still gets involved there for various things. (Joan’s also been very involved there as a volunteer. I did a few bits and pieces there too.) Les giving a demonstration of shearing to a group from Caladenia, where Lynne worked as co-ordinator More family assistance with Lynne’s shed. 43

<strong><strong>Skate</strong>y</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Life <strong>of</strong> <strong>Les</strong> <strong>Skate</strong><br />

Lynne’s very happy where she is now. She worked for Caladenia, the Alzheimer’s place in<br />

Mooroolbark for a good many years as a coordinator. She retired from that, if you could<br />

call it a retirement. She still gets involved there for various things. (Joan’s also been very<br />

involved there as a volunteer. I did a few bits and pieces there too.)<br />

<strong>Les</strong> giving a demonstration <strong>of</strong> shearing to a group<br />

from Caladenia, where Lynne worked as<br />

co-ordinator<br />

More family assistance<br />

with Lynne’s shed.<br />

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