Interview with Alan Owen Trott [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd
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AuthorTrott, Alan Owen, 1912 - 1992; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionFather, Harry Trott, was a waterside worker, delivered meat for Baker Bros (Fremantle), drove East Fremantle Council truck for 25 years. Family homes -- Siblings' occupations -- Cricket and leisure activities during the Depression -- Rev. Nye's soup kitchen -- Education at Plympton and Fremantle Boys schools -- Left school because money was needed -- Making sausage skins at Robbs jetty -- Other jobs -- Apprenticed to C.V. Chapman, painter (North Fremantle) at 16 -- Transferred to Harvey & Waterman -- Painting hotels -- Wandi and Black Paddy -- Working hours and study -- Mills and Ware 1st permanent painter -- Own business : Griffiths & Trott ; A.L. Trott & Son -- Contracts from builders -- Post war housing -- Meetings and renovations at the P&O Hotel -- Painting industry after WW II -- Marriage at the Registry Office -- Relations with other painters -- Reliable clients -- Changes in painting methods and fashions -- Sporting interests -- Retirement plansImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1985Collation1 sound cassette (60 min.) + guide to contents (3 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1985Dewey ClassOH/TROAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000474225LocationOral History Collection
Request AccessPlease email the Fremantle History Centre: lhc@fremantle.wa.gov.au
Trott, Alan Owen, 1912 - 1992; Howroyd, Margaret, Interview with Alan Owen Trott [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 15/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9354
