Interview with L. G. (Micky) Clifford [transcript] Interviewer: Rob Linn

Micky (Leila Glen) Clifford was born at Langhorne Creek in 1919, the daughter of Albert and Dorothy Potts. In 1936, her father became the Managing Director of Bleasdale. Micky went to St. Scholastica's College at Mount Barker and the art school in Adelaide. Her father too was an enthusiastic amateur painter. Before her marriage, Micky taught art for one year at her old school. In 1945, Micky started work in the sales shed and remained there until 1998. She enjoyed meeting people. Bulk wines were most of the sales with a few bottled wines for weddings etc. Bleasdale used Italian prisoners of war as grape pickers. They were excellent. The winery never had an official winemaker apart from her uncle Allen, known as Diddy. Micky described in general terms, the grapes being delivered at harvest time, hand labelling, bottling line, corking, washing flagons with which she was involved. Micky's real interest was in the history of Bleasdale, which is not so popular with customers these days. She lived through the expansion of the winery buildings, the mechanisation of pruning and the arrival of bus tours. Her father used to tell visitors the history of Bleasdale and Langhorne Creek. Micky really concentrated in this interview on her relationship with her father

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