My mother was a lady's maid: my father, a gentleman's gentleman [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorLee, Muriel (nee Robinson), 1904 - 1995; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionFamily background -- Arrival in Fremantle aboard the Omrah -- Tinned food -- Mrs Green the nurse -- Dampness in Swan Street in North Fremantle -- Dr Birmingham -- Chinese market gardens -- Winter floods -- The haunted house in Bellevue Street -- Dermont Duffy's -- Grapes -- Rented accommodation -- Mrs Thomas and St John Ambulance -- Sunday school -- Pillars of the Church -- Shops in East Fremantle -- Commonwealth Bank agency -- Lost bank books -- Castlemaine Brewery -- Swimming in the river or at the baths -- Mr Gourley's sugar cane -- Regan's in Sewell Street -- "The children must have bread" -- Princess May School -- Knitting and visiting wounded soldiers at the Base Hospital -- Learning Braille with Mrs Griffin -- Copying children's books into Braille -- Teachers at Princess May -- Making newcomers welcome -- School friends -- Playing tennis -- Jimmy Four Eyes the knife sharpener -- The Chinese bringing fruit and vegetables -- The sanitation cart on Sunday nights -- Clerical course at night at Fremantle Tech -- Office work at Fisher Beards store -- Cash tubes -- Balancing the till -- Shop assistant at Pellews -- In charge of Roland (Roley) Hancock's bookshop in the High Street for 9 years -- Customers -- Hancock's lending library -- Supplying books to the jail -- Stock acquisition -- Mail boats -- Mail order business -- Working hours -- Christmas bonus -- Girls' Friendly Society -- Dancing on Friday nights -- Elocution lessons -- Lionel Logue -- Married Frederick Lee in St John's Church after a 2 year engagement in 1928 -- Military Drill Hall in Queen Street -- The Lee family -- Wood Sons [Wood and Sons] -- Fred Lee on the East Fremantle Council -- Rationing during World War II -- Red Cross committee -- Royal visits -- Going to the races -- East Fremantle Bowling Club -- Changes in East Fremantle -- Politics and religion -- Social changeImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1984Collation2 sound cassettes (90 min.) + transcript (71 leaves) + guide to contents (2 leaves) + support material (10 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1984NotesSUPPORT MATERIAL: Copies of Registry of Birth extract, Certificate of Marriage and Declaration before marriage -- Letters and certificates relating to Frederick Lee, her husbandDewey ClassOH/LEEAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425219LocationOral History Collection

PeopleRoland HancockMuriel (Betty) Lee (nee Robinson)SubjectGirls' Friendly SocietyG. Wood, Son and CompanyFisher Beard'sCollectionOral History Collection

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