Family grocery business to supermarkets. [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorStammers, Jack Garbutt, 1913 - 2005; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionBorn East Fremantle -- Nurse Mary Garbutt (midwife) -- Parents set up a small grocery business (cr Petra St and Canning Highway) in 1917 -- Cole & Stammers Bullfinch newsagency -- Store at the corner of Wray Av. & Hampton Rd -- The first employee -- Credit -- Depression years -- Outdoor relief scheme -- Chit credit contract -- Thursday business -- Chit orders -- Family business: all involved -- Canvassing for business -- Book keeping -- Suppliers -- Ken Stammers -- Impact of WW II on the family business -- Theo Brennan & Pop Peeny -- Docket books -- Self service -- The first complete supermarket in WA. -- Supplying the quarantine station -- Cricket and football -- Other sport interests -- Suburban shopping centres -- Friday night shopping -- Parking problems in FremantleImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1985Collation1 sound cassette (60 min.) + guide to contents (4 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1985NotesSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photocopy of ledger entries (8 leaves), William Joseph Stammers, 1918-Dewey ClassOH/STAAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425581LocationOral History Collection

PeopleJack Garbutt StammersSuburbNorth FremantleSubjectSupermarketsRetail tradeWorld War, 1939-1945 - Social aspectsStammersDepression, 1929CollectionOral History Collection

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