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ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): DALTON, JACK AND SYLVIA BOOR

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1985

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Sylvia Boor was the niece of Daisy Fitzpatrick (nee Flynn) who married James Fitzpatrick, of 18 Chester Street, Subiaco. The lifestyle at Chester Street is described - billiards, family gatherings, Fitzpatrick pastoral interests. Miss Boor's father was a draper in Beaufort Street. Jack Dalton recalls the West Subiaco Flying Club in the early 1930s, glider construction, gliders being launched by car with catapault; Captain Charles Snook, Ittershagen; University of WA gave land to the West Subiaco Flying Club.

Interviewee: Jack Dalton and Syliva Boor
Date of Interview: 2 June 1985
Interviewer: Richard Diggins
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Jack Dalton and Sylvia Boor were interviewed by Richard Diggins on 2 June 1985.

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cwa-org-43-1986.339

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Subiaco Flying Club

Chester Street [18], Subiaco (Durack House)

DIGGINS Richard

West Subiaco Aerodrome

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Social history of Subiaco

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