Retail and service

• Cec Anstey - Cessnock entrepreneur. Recorded 16 May 1978 - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Cec Anstey - Cessnock Bowling Club Secretary Manager. Recorded 25 April 1984 - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Dot Avison - Kurri Kurri dressmaker. Recorded 8 March 1983 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Stella Bradstreet - Wife of Theo Bradstreet, owner of a car dealership in Cessnock. Recorded 15 June 1981 - Part 1 | Part 2
• Aub Brown - Cessnock resident in retail - Part 1 | Part 2

• Joe Dixon (1908-1996) -- Ambulance officer, Cessnock. Recorded 9 November 1984.
• Athel D'Ombrain (1901-1985) - Maitland optical dispenser, naturalist, photographer. Recorded 12 July 1983 - Part 1 | Part 2
• Jack Duggan (1918-2005) - Cessnock Grocer. Recorded 31 March 1981 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Mrs Freda Edmonds (1897-) - Operated a mixed business at Neath. Recorded c. 1983.
• George Edwards - Jeweller. 17 February 1984 - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

• Jack Gehrig - Barber. Recorded 8 March 1978 - Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3

• Allan Hungerford (1913-1999), Butcher. Recorded 4 December 1982.

• Bob Inglis (1906-1983) - Shopkeeper. Recorded 4 May 1979 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Cec & Helen Jurd - Shopkeepers. Recorded 28 February 1983 - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

• Arthur Kempe (1916-) - Cessnock accountant & entrepreneur. Recorded 13 Aug 1982 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Jeff Leggett - auctioneer. Recorded 4 August 1982.

• Mick Morris - Barber. Recorded 12 October 1978.
• Norman Morton (1905-) - Carpenter. Recorded 30 March 1981.

• Ted Navin (1896-1983) - Cessnock baker. Recorded 14 June 1978.

• Peter O'Neill (1917-) - Owner Lifeguard Tyres. Recorded 11 December 1980 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Les Pitcairn (1896-1985) - Greta/Branxton funeral director. Recorded 16 October 1984 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Dorothy Reay née Barrett (1900-1988) - worked in several businesses in Cessnock. Recorded 15 April 1983 - Part 1 | Part 2
• George Robinson (1898-1988) - Mine worker and insurance agent - Part 1 | Part 2
• Sam Robinson (c. 1910-1992) - Managed cinemas. Recorded 12 June 1982 - Part 1 | Part 2
• Walter "Darby" Roe (1906-1983) - Mineworker, horse bus & ambulance driver. Recorded 5 June 1981 - Part 1 | Part 2
• Grace Roxby née Walton (1907-1999) - Pelton Postmistress. Recorded 12 April 1983.

• Mary Smith, née Johns (1890-1984) - Dressmaker, Cessnock & Kurri Kurri. Recorded 22 June 1983 - Part 1 | Part 2
• Stan Smyth (1913-1996) - Funeral director. Recorded 2 November 1981 - Part 1 | Part 2
• Bill Stephenson (-1984) - Town Clerk, City of Greater Cessnock Municipal Council. Recorded 21 July 1982 - Part 1 | Part 2

• Earl Sternbeck (1896-1984) - Shop proprietor, Cessnock.
  • Recorded 14 April 1978 - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
  • Recorded 4 November 1982 - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

• Gladys Wade née Ling (1904-1992) - Ling family of Kurri Kurri. Recorded 6 December 1980.
• Cyril Williams (1903-1984) - Cessnock ice manufacturer. Recorded 1 December 1984.

• Fred Yeatman (1915-2004) - Baker, Cessnock. Recorded 26 February 1981 - Part 1 | Part 2.