My mother always taught me [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd
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AuthorMorton, Francis Edmund, 1902 - 1990; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionFamily background -- Twelve children in Duke Street -- A religious household -- Helping his mother working as a midwife and nursing the sick; learning home nursing, first aid and hygiene in the process -- Diphtheria -- Mr Parry the chemist -- Visit from the Truant Inspector -- Telegrams during WW I and other wartime memories -- Junior clerk with an indent agent in East Fremantle -- Packing butter for transport -- Selling fruit to troop ships -- The first petrol pump installed in Fremantle -- Iron for the war effort -- Salesman -- Bread carter for Mitchell and Sons -- Tram conductor and driver after 1945 -- Curley Molyneux -- Old Katie selling newspapers -- Buses replace trams -- St John Ambulance officer -- President of the Southern Districts Marching Girls Association -- The ambulance -- Captain Townsend's funeral -- Fire at Wood and Sons -- Community concerts with Billy TalbotImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1984Collation2 sound cassettes (120 min.) + transcript (62 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1984NotesSupport material : family photos and papersDewey ClassOH/MORAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000425961LocationOral History Collection
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Morton, Francis Edmund, 1902 - 1990; Howroyd, Margaret, My mother always taught me [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 15/12/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9502
