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Merredin Railway Museum > Records

IVORY PIPE

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Carved womens head bonnet ruffled collar no mouth piece Brown cardboard case hinge broken

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Pipe belonged to William Gerald Woolgar who on 15th Nov. 1924 as chairman of the Merredin Road Board laid the foundation stone for the brick frontage including a clock tower which is a memorialto local men killed in the 1914 -1918 war. The extensions included Road Board Offices & Boardroom .The new part of the Hall was opened on20th May 1925 by Mr. Harry Griffiths MLA .Unfortunately W.G.Woolgar died 2 months before the opening

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cwa-org-156-2016.1350

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Merredin Railway Museum

Merredin Railway Museum

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