Daughter of Edward and Rebecca Martha
Olive lives in Tamworth throughout her married life. Two years ago she suffered a stroke which restricted her mobility and necessitated her living at the McKay Nursing Home, Tamworth. She died on 29 July, 1992.
Recently she recalled.
‘In my teenage years I did a bit of shearing – mainly removing the belly wools. The machine had to be turned by hand to keep the shearing going, so it took two to shear a sheep.’
Olive spent much of her young life working in Tamworth, where she met her husband Henry (k/a Harry) Ingham.
They were married on 25 January 1930 and continued to live in Tamworth. Olive and Harry had a family of five children – Jim, Dot, Marcy, John and Barry (died at three months).