The Fremantle Printing Company [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd
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AuthorWade, Ronald Clement, 1921 - 2004; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionGrandfather, a compositor by trade, started the Fremantle Printery in 1911 in the rented Phillimore Chambers building (Cr Cliff & Phillimore St) -- Father carried on, though more interested in the army -- Donald Toop and Ronald's mother take care of the business during WW II -- Whole family working after the war -- Building bought -- Company formed -- Busy war years -- Customs forms -- The Toops -- Other printers -- Fremantle Sentinel newspaper -- Staff and employees -- Paper ruling techniques -- Machinery -- Apprentices -- Social occasions -- Rushing orders -- Proof reading -- Costly errors -- Spelling -- Paper supplies -- Paper during the war -- Graphics -- Commercial work -- Presses -- Printing flour bags -- History of the Phillimore St building -- Selling out to Port Printing in 1981ImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1984Collation2 sound cassettes (72 min.) + guide to contents (2 leaves) + transcript (47 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1984Dewey ClassOH/WADAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000443659LocationOral History Collection
Request AccessPlease email the Fremantle History Centre: lhc@fremantle.wa.gov.au
Wade, Ronald Clement, 1921 - 2004; Howroyd, Margaret, The Fremantle Printing Company [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 09/02/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9513
