WEBVTT - He lit up Perth's skies, sadly his light has gone out

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<v Speaker 1>Sad passing this week with a family patriarch of Cardillly Fireworks,

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Cardilly, brought fireworks to w A seventy years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>passed away sadly, aged eighty six on Monday, and Rob

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<v Speaker 1>Cardilly from the Cardivi Fireworks joins us. Now, gooday, Rom,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry sorry to hear of your family passing.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Simon. Yeah, it's never good and yeah, yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>still a bit bit fresh for us all. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's only been a few days, but we're getting through it. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know with great interest that jim he passed

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<v Speaker 1>his name onto one of your kids, didn't you.

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<v Speaker 2>I did, Yeah, my son and who's also involved in

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<v Speaker 2>the business, and he's he was so proud of his

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<v Speaker 2>grandfather and dad was off him. And Dad's got six

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<v Speaker 2>grandkids in title and he loved them all dearly, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's just it's the way things go, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll keep on going.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I appreciate you talking to us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Rob.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been andie's fairly fresh and raw for you. I

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<v Speaker 1>was reading this morning. I had no idea that the

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<v Speaker 1>Cardilli name goes back and fireworks and pyrotechnics as she

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<v Speaker 1>goes back to the eighteen eighties in Italy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's correct. Yeah, we're five generations, so great grandfather, grandfather, Dad,

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<v Speaker 2>myself and my son Jim. Yeah. So you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>the early days, there wasn't much. The business isn't what

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<v Speaker 2>it is today. Obviously things have developed and grown over

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<v Speaker 2>the years. And Dad was very keen, as I remember

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<v Speaker 2>as a kid, to push the industry here in Western

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<v Speaker 2>Australia to give fireworks throughout the state. And he wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to give everyone. You know, I really are really given

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<v Speaker 2>that experience and he did it. And I can remember

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<v Speaker 2>as a kid going all over the place with Dad,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've got some really fond memories.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, life will live, hey, And I hope I got

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<v Speaker 1>this pronunciation right. He's great, His dad, your girl grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>is a Gauitar. Is that he pronounced it?

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<v Speaker 2>That's correct?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah Gaetano, Yeah, yeah, he was the same, right.

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<v Speaker 1>He took him around as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, Gaetano came out from Italy and he learned

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<v Speaker 2>his craft over in Italy. Over in Europe there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of religious festivals and stuff, so that's where they

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<v Speaker 2>sort of you know, sort of learnt their craft down

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<v Speaker 2>in southern Italy and then he came here, my grandfather

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<v Speaker 2>and they were working in Osmond Park. They had a

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<v Speaker 2>market garden and my grandfather would go to the Ostmen

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<v Speaker 2>Park co op on Main Street and by the chemicals

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<v Speaker 2>that he needed to make fireworks. So it's an interesting story,

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<v Speaker 2>you know because back in the day they made everything

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<v Speaker 2>and and you know, like my dad had, his life

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<v Speaker 2>was not all roses because in the early days he

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<v Speaker 2>was making black powder, you know, as the propellant for fireworks.

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<v Speaker 2>And he had a big accident when he was making it,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was three months and in the hospital he

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<v Speaker 2>had skin grafts to his arms, his arms. Sorry, he

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<v Speaker 2>pulled through that. He was eighteen at the time and

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<v Speaker 2>he kept on going. So, you know, his vision was

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<v Speaker 2>so strong.

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<v Speaker 1>I would imagine when Rob card Dilli says, my granddad

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<v Speaker 1>had a big accident and he's working wing fireworks. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a that's a that's a big accident that involves an explosion.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well that's my dad. Sorry, but he was My

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<v Speaker 2>dad was making black powder. Yeah, yeah, at eighteen years

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<v Speaker 2>of age. So you know, he spoke about that. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't really bring it up a lot, but you know

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's you know, there's a there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>history that goes in behind it all, and and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're just so proud of him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and that's ultimately how he's I did see the

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<v Speaker 1>post on social media and that came through loud and clear.

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<v Speaker 1>How proud of him was he just in the phot

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<v Speaker 1>didn't like a really big bloke, Rob like a little blokes,

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<v Speaker 1>a little feller.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't he wasn't too tall. Yeah, he had a

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<v Speaker 2>great sense of humor. He started out with the Ostend

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<v Speaker 2>Park Agricultural Society. He went to them and he said, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to put fireworks on and they told to

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<v Speaker 2>go away. It was Ron Beaver actually. Then he went

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<v Speaker 2>back the next year and Ron Beaver said, okay, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>go in tonight and we'll give you. I think mum

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<v Speaker 2>and Dad. I think I can ask my mum, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was like a shilling on the gate.

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<v Speaker 2>It was something silly, you know, after six o'clock, and

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<v Speaker 2>Dad did it, and the crowds grew and everything grew,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, like Dad went from there and built

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<v Speaker 2>some really strong relationships and they're like family to us,

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<v Speaker 2>Like the Royal Aguacultural Society. Dad's been there for seventy years.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Wanna roue Osbond part show, the Claremont Speedway

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<v Speaker 2>with the Migros, the it just goes on and on

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<v Speaker 2>kelm Scott Show, Cannington Show. It's just endless. All the

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<v Speaker 2>Crown Wester Strating Troding Association. Dad brought in the first

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<v Speaker 2>five weeks for New Year's Even Perfect at Gloucester Park

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<v Speaker 2>with Rob Bovale, you know, and it grew to be

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<v Speaker 2>so big that they had to close the gates when

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<v Speaker 2>I was in my teenage years because the crowds were

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<v Speaker 2>so massive, you know, and everyone would go to the

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<v Speaker 2>trots on Newyear's Eve, you know, it was so big

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<v Speaker 2>and sorry, no, you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to say, when when Gaetano was involved

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<v Speaker 1>with fireworks in Italy, I'd imagine they'd been very different

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<v Speaker 1>to it. Because a lot of your stuff now is

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<v Speaker 1>electronic timing and sequencing, a digital type work, which you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for ignition sequencing purposes. I'd imagine it'll be very, very

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<v Speaker 1>different in the eighteen eighties in Italy it.

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<v Speaker 2>Was and even as a kid growing up, we all

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<v Speaker 2>we still Dad fired to fireworks manually with what we

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<v Speaker 2>called a portfio, which was like a it's like a

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<v Speaker 2>long cigarette with a flame at the end. So and

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<v Speaker 2>that's and that's what Dad knew. And it's only the

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<v Speaker 2>last twenty odd years, I suppose, or you know, or

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five years that we've gone this other way with computers.

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<v Speaker 2>And obviously it's it's just changed the industry one hundred percent,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, so what you can do now. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Dad always was old school as well, and and fireworks

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<v Speaker 2>for a funny industry, you need that bit of old

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<v Speaker 2>school with you all the time. And you need the

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<v Speaker 2>and you need the new, and you need and you

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<v Speaker 2>mix it with the technology and you just create, just create,

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<v Speaker 2>wondering the sky, you know. And that's and that's what

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<v Speaker 2>he did. And even until last week, my dad would

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<v Speaker 2>we were talking. He was in Charlie Gardner's and we'd

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<v Speaker 2>still talk a little bit of shop a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. We'd ask me about certain things and I

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<v Speaker 2>tell him I'm going to a meeting and he and

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<v Speaker 2>he wasn't well, but he was always you know, asking

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<v Speaker 2>me what's going on and how we're going, And in

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<v Speaker 2>his blood, it's just it's in his blood. It's just incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. I know we've all got dads and we

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<v Speaker 2>all love them dearly, and parents and siblings and it's

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<v Speaker 2>but it just really hits his home, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, of course, Hey, thanks for chatting this us today

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<v Speaker 1>and again, sorry for your loss and it's and I

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<v Speaker 1>have I have heard you talk about the family connection,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't realize it was so it was so

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<v Speaker 1>long running and the tradition started back in the home country, Rob,

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<v Speaker 1>So take care, give give James Jimmy a cuddle for us,

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<v Speaker 1>and look after yourself. Thanks for chating to us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks, Simon, appreciate it. Thank you very much,