I began as a street lighting boy [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorWray, William Ernest, 1901 - 1986; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionBorn Suffolk St, South Fremantle -- Father a mayor of Fremantle 1914-18 -- Grandfather John Tapper -- Shipwrecks -- Other relatives -- Suffolk St backyard -- South Terrace Infants -- Compulsory Cadets during WW 1 -- Local government -- Pony and trap -- Property in Tuckfield St -- Naming of Wray Av. -- Childhood pranks -- Garden Island: crays, tamars, turkeys -- People and shops in Suffolk St: Myers, O'Hara, Barber, Brown -- Spaghetti factory -- Alfie Brown's boat building yard -- Other shipwrights -- Blacksmiths -- Farriers -- Fishing fleet -- The Watsons -- Biking -- Schooling -- Fremantle Boys' -- Teachers and friends -- Starting work as a street lighting boy for the Fremantle Trams -- Working the switches -- Apprenticeship -- Western Iron Works -- Workshop details -- Overheads maintenance -- Loops and tracks -- Wiring houses etc -- Ted Onions, Albert Pearce, Otto Kent, Wally Mongan -- First buses in 1939 -- Electrocutions -- Safety -- Arthur Head and the tunnel -- Coal hulks moored in the river -- Ferry -- Light pole erection -- Wages -- Building trams -- Buying shares in Fremantle Building Society -- Tramway Board -- The Lordships Larder -- Swimming after work -- Laurie Burns -- Charlie Spicer's charabancs -- Parlour Cars -- Red Reo -- Marion Bell buses -- Property investments -- Naval Cadet -- Air Force in WW II -- Depression years -- Mrs Pimms -- Hospital ships -- Bibra Lake -- White stone roads -- Religion and politicsImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1984Collation3 sound cassettes (165 min.) + guide to contents (3 leaves) + transcript (131 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1984Dewey ClassOH/WRAAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000443618LocationOral History Collection

PeopleWilliam (Bill) Ernest WraySubjectTransportTram servicesFremantle Municipal Tramways and Electric Lighting BoardTramway Car BarnShipwrights CollectionOral History Collection

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