Bousfields Menswear [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson
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AuthorBousfield, Maxwell, 1937 -; McPherson, MargaretDescriptionForsyth ancestors -- Bousfield family -- T.P. Bousfield and his car -- Learning the business at Moores and Boans in Perth -- Wanted to be an electrician -- Modernisation of equipment in the business -- Collection of bad debts -- Advertising -- Customer service -- Queen's visit -- Helping battlers -- Shop hours -- Collecting memorabilia -- Leaving the firm in 1980s to become a gardener -- Hobbies in retirement -- Other Fremantle clothing shopsImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 2001Collation1 sound cassette (44 min.) + 1 mini disk + guide to contents (4 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published2001NotesSupport material : Photocopies of photos of Fremantle taken by Mr Bousfield during 1950s to 1960s (4 leaves)Dewey ClassOH/BOUAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000216170LocationOral History Collection
Request AccessPlease email the Fremantle History Centre: lhc@fremantle.wa.gov.au
Bousfield, Maxwell, 1937 -; McPherson, Margaret, Bousfields Menswear [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 17/12/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9305
