Employee of A.E. Davies, Funeral Directors [oral history] / /nterviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorBurton, Leslie, 1913 -; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionInterview with Leslie Burton. Introductory summary -- Biographical details -- A. E. Davies, Funeral Directors -- Depression years and job at funeral parlours: Carpenters shop, corteges, aspects of respect shown, vehicles used -- Sir Frederick Samson's funeral -- Fremantle Prison -- Aborigines -- Still born children -- Masons -- Flowers -- Grave diggers -- Legal requirements -- Shipping Co. -- Death -- Seamen -- Army -- coffins -- structure of A. E. Davies firm -- Staff and owners -- Salary -- Union funerals -- Cremation -- Storage of cases -- Changes in: transport, methods, caskets, women's role as mourners, photographing, attitudes to deathImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1985Collation1 sound cassette (60 min.) + Guide to contents (8 leaves) + Collateral (23 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1985NotesSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photocopies of: Written answers to questionaire by Les Burton (18 leaves) ; Green family history notes (3 leaves) ; Photo of Australian Funeral Director's Association Convention 1941 (1 leaf) ; Certified copy of an entry in a register of birth [Wallace Arthur Harold Green] (1 leaf)Dewey ClassOH/BURAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000400733LocationOral History Collection

PeopleLeslie BurtonGreen FamilySubjectArthur E. Davies and CompanyDeath - Religious aspectsFuneral rites and ceremonies CollectionOral History Collection

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