Usherette at Hoyts Theatre during W.W II [oral history] / / interviewer: Larraine Stevens

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AuthorWright Mavis Adelaide Harden, 1912 - 1988; Stevens, LarraineDescriptionFamily arrived in Western Australia from Victoria in 1920 -- Father chief steward with Stateships -- Education at Alma Street School and Princess May -- Writing, drawing, sewing lessons -- Banking -- Swimming at South Beach and bathers -- Annual Swim Thru -- Mulberry Gardens -- Week end activities -- First talkie -- Cooking lessons at Princess May -- Art correspondence course -- Usherette at Hoyts Theatre during World War II -- Fremantle during the war -- Working for Coles as a window dresser for 25 years, until retirement in 1972 -- Dancing and football matches -- Interest in Council affairs -- Vice-President of the Ratepayers Association -- 150th celebrations: costumes made, events attended -- Shopping and restaurants in Fremantle: Carters, Cabin Tea Rooms, Union Stores, Chinese vegetable store -- Singing around the piano -- Gymnastic classes -- Children's clothes -- Doctors and bronchitis -- Comments on Fremantle todayImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1981Collation1 sound cassette (90 min.) + Guide to contents (2 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1981NotesSupport material: See Stephens, Alan M. - The Stateships Story 1912-1977Dewey ClassOH/WRIAudio FormatCassette

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Barcode30118000473789LocationOral History Collection

PeopleMavis Adelaide Harden WrightStreetWray AvenueSubjectOriana TheatreWorld War, 1939-1945Princess May SchoolAlma Street Primary SchoolCollectionOral History Collection

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