ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): NEEVAY, RUBY
2005Mrs Ruby D. Neevay (born 1925) recollects her childhood in Shenton Park. She was educated at Rosalie Primary School and Perth Girls High School. She worked for a florist after leaving school at 14. At 15 and a half years she commenced working for Bristile - later called Australian Fine China. She stayed with Bristile for 45 years, apart from breaks when her 3 children were born. She worked at Bristile (in every department) for the whole of the production period, including 'Wembley Ware', and learnt various processes on the job. She devised her own method of making china roses. She retired in 1986 but at 80 years (in 2005) she still made china flowers for monumental masons, working at home.
Interviewee: Ruby Neevay
Date of Interview: 4 November 2005
Interviewer: John Bannister
Transcriber: Unknown
Indexer: Anamaria Remete
Mrs Ruby Neevay was interviewed by W John Bannister in 2005. The 3 tapes have not been transcribed and are held in the Subiaco Museum
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Social history of Subiaco and working at Bristile/Brisbane and Wunderlich/Australian Fine China
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