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ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): HIDDLESTONE, CECIL

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1983

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Mr Cecil Hiddlestone was interviewed by Donna Moore on 19 August 1983. He was born in 1909 and recalls shopkeepers in Subiaco, Aborigines, Lime Kiln track, Whittakers, 'Paddy' fire cart horse, the plague 1918, Tigers Well, Jolimont Swamp, Voluntary Fire Brigade, Subiaco School, internees - Goethe, Police 'Smiler' sports, grocery shop at corner Barker/Denis streets, making ice-cream, going into the electrical business, the Depression.

Cecil Hiddlestone is deceased.

Interviewee: Cecil Hiddlestone

Date of Interview: 19 August 1983

Interviewer: Donna Moore

Transcriber: Donna Moore

Indexer: Shelley Campbell

Historical information

Cecil Hiddlestone was interviewed by Donna Moore on 19 August 1983. The original tape is in the Battye Library. Transcription done April 2020.

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cwa-org-43-1986.320

Keywords

Hiddlestone Electrics

HIDDLESTONE, Cecil Forest

Businesses - Subiaco

People File (white)

Subiaco Primary School- Education

Education - Subiaco Primary School

Tiger Well Camp

Pandemic - 1918 Influenza

Recreation Activities

Axon Street Bridge

Sporting Groups- Associations, Clubs And Societies (minus Football)

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Coghlan Road, Subiaco

HETHERINGTON, Thomas William

Hay Street, Subiaco

Hamersley Road, Subiaco

Leisure Activities

Year

Statement of significance

Social and business history of Subiaco

Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

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