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Subiaco Museum > Records

ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): BAKER, CLARENCE PATRICK 'PADDY'

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1983 - 1984

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Overview

Oral history of Clarence Patrick Paddy Baker.

Paddy arrived in Subiaco in 1916 and went on to have a successful career as a travelling picture man. He went on to become the owner and manager of the Regal Theatre between 1946 to 1986. In this interview he discusses his life in Subiaco and his career as an entrepreneur of the cinema, travelling through rural Western Australia with his projection equipment, showing movies at community halls.

Interviewee: Clarence Patrick 'Paddy' Baker

Date of Interview: 26 August 1983 and 16 April 1984

Interviewer: Donna Moore

Transcriber: Jo Draffin

Indexer: Shelley Campbell

Historical information

Paddy Baker was interviewed by Donna Moore on 26 August 1983 and 16 April 1984.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1986.301

Keywords

Regal Theatre

Entertainment

BAKER, Clarence Patrick Aka Paddy

Depression

Regal Theatre

Subiaco Early Description

Wests Theatre

Coliseum Picture Gardens

Decade - 1940s

BAKER, Clarence Patrick Aka Paddy

Decade - 1930s

Decade - 1950s

Kings Hall

Year

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Friday, 24 April, 2026

Completeness

83

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