ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): COTTRILL, EFFIE PHYLLIS
1984Mrs Effie Phyllis Cottrill, B.E.M. (nee Cousens) was inteviewed by Donna Moore. Tape 1; Born 24 January 1894 in Victoria, arrived WA in 1897, lived in Cue and Nannine; Star of the East; Jimmy Chester; Subiaco 1909; Goldsworthy Dance Academy; Kings Hall; apprenticed to dressmaker; married Walter in 1912; Subiaco 1909 versus Subiaco 1924. Ugly Mens' Assoc, sold business in 1931, purchased Joondana house, RSL. Tape 2: British Empire Medal for services to RSL and dependants, war years, old fire station hall, Mrs Daglish - Dorothy Club; Mayor and Mrs Richardson; Hansom cabs, services, clothes.
Interviewee: Effie Phyllis Cottrill (nee Cousens)
Date of Interview: 22 June 1984
Interviewer: Donna Moore
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Mrs E F Cottrill, BEM, was interviewed by Donna Moore on 22 June 1984. The original tapes are in the Battye Library. Transcription done October 2012.
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