ROYAL SHOW PARKING - POLICE & CITIZENS' YOUTH CLUB.

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1962

Overview

B/W prints. Parking in Rowe Park , between Reserve Street and Langsford Street for the Royal Show. Cars are parked in double rows on the lawn. (a) The first cars on the end of the front two rows are an Austin A30 sedan and a Holden sedan. In the background is a large tuart tree, several other trees and a house and garage facing the adjoining street. Written on rear [Oct. 62/ Parking area]. (b) Cars parked in rows, with a station wagon and a large American style sedan in the front. Several Norfolk Island pines and trees in the background. Written on rear [Oct. 62 2ND or 3Rd/ Year/ 1st year/ approx 70 cars/ per Day./ 2 shilling/ per car.]

Historical information

The Calremotn Police & Citizens' Youth Club was originally run in a corrugated iron army hut which was rebuilt next door to the existing Scout Hall in Davies Road opposite the Claremont Oval, i.e. current site of Aquatic Centre. While the entrance was level with the road, the slope of the ground meant that the back was elevated on high stumps. The club later moved into the Swanbourne Picture Theatre in Railway Parade and then to old MTT bus depot adjacent to the Oval and bordered by Graylands, Lapsley and Davies Roads. In spite of name, girls participated in a number of activities even before the organisation became the Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) to reflect its wider membership and activities.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-108-a,b

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Year

1962

Claremont Museum

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