Kay Jones from Tally's Cottage Homestay in Raleigh Street, Oberon had some special guests stay for three days last week.
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Robyn Sochacki, Leonie Winter and Sue Logue are daughters of May Logue, nee Cunynghame, who was born in Tally's Cottage in 1922. May passed away in April, 2018 aged 95.
Robyn Sochacki, from Albury, said it was fitting for the sisters to stay at Tally's Cottage to reminisce about their mother's life in the country.
“Mum always said her time in Oberon was the happiest days of her life,” Robyn said.
“Tally’s Cottage was built by my mother's grandfather, Charles Whalan Cunynghame. She described the cottage as having four bedrooms, lounge, dining room and a wash house with a wood fuelled copper to boil the clothes in. Mum said in summer they would bathe outside in a tub and in winter they would bath in front of the open fire.”
May Logue was a daughter of Louisa Jane, nee Bernard, and Leonard Garfield Cunynghame. Her siblings were Ernie, Biddy, Tommy, Effie, Colin, Harold and Reginald.
Robyn said her mother told them stories about playing in the snow, walking to their father's slaughterhouse to deliver lunch and dinner and her love of horses.
“Mum said at school she loved physical culture, athletics and dancing,” Robyn said.
“She said she also enjoyed history and poetry but did not continue her education past the age of fifteen as it was not considered important for a girl to receive an education. When mum was 20 she married Leslie Logue and they had six children - Dennis, Robyn, Peter, Suzanne, Leonie and Janice.
“They moved to Albury. Dad was a shearer and mum looked after us.
“In the late ’60s Mum decided to follow her now grown daughters to Sydney. From there she got her first job and worked at Woolworths at Town Hall, roasting and serving hot chickens. She made some lifelong friends, enjoyed reading and travelling. Eventually my mother returned to Albury to help me look after my family.”
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Robyn said her grandfather sold his butcher business in Oberon to his son Ernie and they built a lavish shop in the centre of town.
“The business was known as Cunynghame Brothers Butchery. The butchery shop is still there and is now known as Oberon Farm Meats.”
Robyn said they saw an advertisement in the local tourist booklet with a photo of Tally's Cottage as a homestay.
“We knew we had to meet in Oberon and stay in the house our mother was born in. We have mum’s ashes with us and we will spread them over her parent's graves at the local cemetery. It was fitting to bring mum back to Oberon as she often spoke highly of her wonderful childhood.”
