Growing up in Fremantle in the 1950s [oral history] / / interviewer: Alice Smith
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AuthorVickridge, Geoff, 1942 -; Smith, AliceDescriptionBorn at St Helen's Hospital, East Fremantle -- Miller family home in the High St -- House renovations -- Lead -- Father working for Joyce Bros in Josephson St after WW II -- Foundry furnaces -- Delivering a meal to father -- Description of the home -- Sir Fred Samson the neighbour -- Home deliveries -- Mr Howson -- Attending East Fremantle Primary School -- Teachers: Miss McLennan, Mrs Hanrahan, Miss Simonett, Harold Roberts, Mr Ward, Bert McCarthy -- Playing in the tea trees after school -- Caves at Arthur Head -- Selling newspapers -- Left over stock from Culleys -- Sailing on Sundays -- Canoes -- Mussels -- Crayfish dinners -- Fishing -- Tony Cicerello -- Hair cuts -- Mr Cook and Mr Wrightson, barbers -- Quarry in Montreal St -- Sea Scouts -- Billy cart races -- Ellen St -- First stereogram -- Hoyts Cinema Children's Club -- Trams and car barn -- Repairing books at Miller's library -- Trains and public transport -- Port Beach -- The baths at South Beach -- Fremantle reputation -- Sports and the YMCA -- Radio theatreImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1998Collation2 sound cassettes (75 min.) + transcript (17 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1998Dewey ClassOH / VICAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000443709LocationOral History Collection
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Vickridge, Geoff, 1942 -; Smith, Alice, Growing up in Fremantle in the 1950s [oral history] / / interviewer: Alice Smith. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 14/11/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9519
