Episode 4.1: Paddy Hanaphy

Friday, 10 February 2023 - 5:00pm

 Content Warning: this episode contains detailed discussion of workplace injuries and fatalities, as well as some strong language.

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 Series 4, Episode 1:

 For the first episode of Creatures of the Industry Series 4, Ralph interviews Paddy Hanaphy with his wife Eva about his time in the industry, from his beginnings as a bricklayer in Dublin, in scaffold and steel in Europe, and finally to Australia in 1968. He discusses his time here with particular focus on his time working on the Westgate Bridge, being one of the survivors of its disastrous collapse in 1970.


 The COTI podcasts are sponsored by the Concrete Gang in cooperation with 3CR Community Radio. 
 For a full list of episodes and access to all links, visit www.3cr.org.au/coti

 

 

Creatures of the Industry
Sunday 9:30am to 10:00am
A project by the Concrete Gang, recording the history of the building and construction industry in Melbourne since the 1960s, as remembered by those who built this city and helped establish the industrial landscape we work in today.

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Ralph Edwards

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