Market gardener, Westralian Soap employee, S & S Markets and Craft Decor employee, Spearwood Building and Agricultural Supplies; Lancaster House [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorSrhoy, John, 1933 -; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionBorn Fremantle of Yugoslav parents -- Family market garden in Barrington St (Spearwood) -- Intensive labour -- Learning English -- Leaving school at 14 for economic reasons -- Truck driver for Westralian Soap -- Deliveries -- Peak and Relax soaps -- Trusol -- Employees -- Supplies for soap manufacture -- Stan Slattery the owner -- Wages -- Milk run in East Fremantle -- Washed potatoes -- S&S fruit markets and Sam Sardelic -- Despatch foreman -- Market gardens and land subdivision -- Building a warehouse -- Hardware and tractors -- Sale of the business -- Lancaster House : an office building with many tenants -- Dalmatia villas -- Cockburn Bowling ClubImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1995Collation2 sound cassettes (75 min.) + guide to contents (6 leaves) + support material (17 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1995Notes"market gardener ; Westralian Soap employee 1952-66 ; S & S Markets and Craft Decor employee ; 1978-86 Spearwood Building and Agricultural Supplies ; Lancaster House". Support material: photocopies of photos, Metropolitan Stone Merchants Association membership list (1951)Dewey ClassOH/SRHAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425599LocationOral History Collection

PeopleSimun (Sam) SardelicJohn (Jack) SrhoySubjectWestralian SoapsYugoslavsMarket GardensCollectionOral History Collection

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