Growing up at the Swan Hotel [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson
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AuthorHyde, Hilda May, 1908 -; McPherson, MargaretDescriptionFather lessee of the Swan Hotel -- Hours -- People's attitudes about hotels -- Mother -- Sunday school lecture -- Swan St -- Pearse home and factory -- Hotel staff -- Description of hotel -- Horse and buggy -- North Lake Rd -- Wild flowers -- Education: North Fremantle ; catholic school in John St -- Musical family -- Going to the pictures -- Culley's birdnest -- Swimming and boating on the river -- Swimming lessons at South Beach -- Stones and sticks on Bloody Sunday -- Shops and Chinese gardens in North Fremantle -- Deaf chemist -- Road workers -- Gas street lighting -- Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 ; impact on family -- Father's funeral -- Fire in the hotel -- Fremantle shops -- Tonsils removal -- Sunday walks -- Sugar cane -- Rocky Bay -- Crabbing and fishingImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1998Collation1 sound cassette (60 min.) + guide to contents (3 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1998Dewey ClassOH/HYDAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Hyde, Hilda May, 1908 -; McPherson, Margaret, Growing up at the Swan Hotel [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 16/11/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9355
