Then, we used to go to the picture show on the weekend, and in the front of the picture theatre, in that building itself, there was a canteen there. It had a sort of milkshakes and everything, and he was a Hungarian. He came out about six or seven years before with a circus, and he stayed here, he didn't go back anymore. And he said to me, as we come to talk, he said, "I come from Hungary", he said to me, "there is a Hungarian family here, I'll introduce you to them." And he did. He was Czechoslovakian, and she was from Hungary. But he spoke good Hungarian, just like a Hungarian bloke. They were Jews, but they were the nicest people I have ever met, honestly. That woman had a heart of gold. And she used to invite me to their place on the weekend, and she said to me (you know, I was a tailor), she said, if I want to buy a sewing machine, I can leave it at their place, and I can sew if I want to, on the weekend. And I did!

And they had a little boy, Tommy was his name, about seven or eight years old. I used to go with him to the swimming pool. I think he was less than seven, he was about five or six I think. Kathy used to say to me, "Michael, why don't you lay down in the afternoon, have a bit of a nap, you'll feel much better." So I used to go in the kid's room, I used to lay on the bed, and little Tommy was sleeping with me. And he woke up. And he didn't wake me up. He was sitting next to me, waiting for me till I wake up. <chuckle> I couldn't believe that kid. Anyhow, I knew them till the very end, till I left Young. I was there for about 12 months.

And then, while I was working with Kathy, while I had the sewing machine there, I used to buy some fabric. There was one large store in the main street at Young. I got some fabric there. The owner was an elderly man, and he was asking me a lot of questions and everything, what I'm going to do with the fabric, and I explained it to him, and he said, "Oh, that's very nice!" And he said, "What are you going to do when you finish with the PMG?" And I said, "Um, I don't know." And he said to me, "Michael, I'm getting old, I've got a young daughter", she was about 19 or 20 he said, "and I would like you, if you would be interested in, to take over the shop and carry on, because I want to get out, and my daughter..." She was such a lovely girl, but I was <chuckle> I was too young. I wasn't ready to settle down, that was the whole problem.

Anyhow, I went out with her a couple of times, but then, the PMG, I think the lines were just about getting towards the end, and Mr Lynch, the inspector said to me, "About 18 blokes are going to be retrenched, because there is no more work, that's about it." So, there were blokes leaving just about every week. And I always wanted to go to Sydney, so I said to Mr Lynch, "Am I among the 18 fellas, the ones that are going to go?" And he said, "No, you're not." I said, "I would like to be, if it's possible, if you can do it, you know, that I am among those 18." And he said, "Well, I didn't want to let you go yet, but, if it's your wish, alright, I'll grant you that."