North Fremantle Telegram Boy to Postmaster [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorDean, Allan Ronald, 1935-; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionInterview with Allan Dean. Identification and introduction -- Biography -- North Fremantle School -- Post Ofice North Fremantle 1949 -- Delivered telegrams -- 3 boys delivering -- Hours worked -- Morse Code -- Post Office training -- Changes in North Fremantle -- Railway Station -- Street names -- North Fremantle Post Office building now demolished -- Description -- Post Office in Police Station at North Fremantle -- Talk of closing this Post Office -- Community reaction -- Allan retired 1993 -- Post Office now privatised -- Harry Carr Postmaster died recentrly, Postmaster in 1949Imprint1993Collation1 sound cassette (52 min.) + Guide to contents (5 leaves) + Collateral (17 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1993NotesInterview conducted by Margaret Howroyd on 18th August 1993 Access: OpenContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photocopies of: Newspaper clippings: "North Freo turns 100", "North Freo Post Office lease signed", "Farewell to North Freo", "Sale gets stamp of approval", "Local notches 40 uears of service" (5 leaves); Ticket to a party on board the ship of The Ships Companies of the Royal Naval Flotilla at Fremantle (1 leaf); Photographs of Brown family and home (3 leaves); Obituary [Mrs M. C. Brown] and Handwritten notes on family genealogy (4 leaves); Declaration before Minister or District Registrar [John William Backshall and Margaret Janet Brown] (1 leaf); Certificate of Marriage [John William Backshall and Margaret Janet Brown] (1 leaf); Certified copy of Register of Birth [Edith Elizabeth Backshal] (1 leaf) ; Post Office - North Fremantle [list of Postmistresses and Postmasters 1884-1901] (1 leaf)Dewey ClassOH/DEAAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000424808LocationOral History Collection

PeopleAllan Ronald DeanSuburbNorth FremantleSubjectNorth Fremantle Post OfficePostal ServiceCollectionOral History Collection

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