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PHOTOGRAPH: KINGS HALL, SUBIACO

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1939

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Cinemas in Subiaco

Overview

The image shows the exterior of King's Hall in Rokeby Road with three shops at ground level. On the right hand side, separate from the King's Hall block at 144 Rokeby Road is 'Milady' Ladies Hairdressing. The two storey building has an iron roof with a bullnosed verandah. Carved into the concrete façade above the verandah are the words 'King's Hall'. Turned timber posts support an ornamental trellis-like timber section under the eaves.The lower half of the verandah is enclosed with timber rails and carved vertical posts. The lower level has turned timber posts supporting the verandah section. Mr John David Meldrum and his wife Emma and their grandchildren Ken and Joan lived in the caretaker's quarters behind the hemstitching shop on the right of the Hall's entrance (No. 142) and upstairs up to the first post from the right. The hemstitching shop was run by a Miss Durham. Next door is Hiddlestone Bros., Electrical Engineers and Contractors. Next to that is the Hall's main entrance. There was a large hall downstairs and a lesser hall upstairs. The shop on the left of the entrance charged its tenants expensive rates.

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cwa-org-43-1985.473.1

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Material

Photographic Paper

Keywords

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Hiddlestone Electrics

Family Histories

Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Rokeby Road [144], Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Local, business and family history
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Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

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Monday, 30 June, 2025

Completeness

83

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