AuthorPhillips, Hilda; Freeman, PhoebeDescriptionBorn at Nurse Sheedy's, Beaconsfield -- Swanbourne St -- Walking to South Terrace Infants school -- Christmas job at Economic store -- Dances at the hall in Tamar St -- Mrs Sweet the teacher : tennis, bush walks -- Princess May -- Looking after twins -- 6 siblings -- Outings to Point Walter with relatives -- Bicton baths -- Oyster beds -- Mulberry gardens in Westbury Crescent (Bicton) -- Father working as a butcher in Beaconsfield ; mother helping with meat cutting -- Hilda minding the twins in the double pram -- Death of father -- Meeting future husband at the Princess Theatre -- Long courtship -- Building a house in Bicton, mid 1930s -- Relatives and friends -- Palmyra Hall -- Early days' transport to and from Petra St -- Home deliveries -- Teachers -- Bush walking -- Christmas Eve in Fremantle : Uglieland -- South Fremantle Beach -- Bush picnics -- Christmas presents -- Car trip to CoogeeImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1998CollationMP3LanguageEnglishDate Published1998Dewey ClassOH/PHIAudio FormatDigitalDigital ItemYes
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Phillips, Hilda; Freeman, Phoebe, Interview with Mrs Hilda Phillips [oral history] / / interviewer: Phoebe Freeman. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 15/12/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9769
