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Subiaco Museum > Records

ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): POOR, WILLIAM CUTHBERT 'BILL'

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1984

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Overview

William Cuthbert Poor (Bill) was born on 9 May 1913 at home. This recording talks about his life and recollections of Subiaco. Childhood memories, the birth of Len Preedy (OH.86.32), Rosalie School and Park, Soccer club. Leadlight worker, diptheria and death of daughter, married 1936, Shenton Park Progress Association, expansion of Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, poor genealogy.
Interviewee: William Cuthbert Poor
Date of Interview: 15 November 1984
Interviewer: Donna Moore
Transcriber: Jo Draffin
Indexer: Shelley Campbell

Historical information

Bill Poor was interviewed by Donna Moore on 15 November 1984. The original tapes are in the Battye Library and have been transcribed, printed and bound.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1986.331

Keywords

POOR, William Cuthbert (Bill)

Social History

SLWA

Yilgarn Street, Subiaco

Shenton Park

Depression

Rosalie Primary School

Rosalie Park

Shenton Park Progress Association

CWA 2024

War Effort

War

Salvation Army

Salisbury Street, Subiaco

Sewerage

Transport

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Thomas Street, Subiaco

Railway Road, Subiaco

Horse

Subiaco Railway Station

Rankin Road, Shenton Park

Tennis

Subiaco City Council

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Subiaco Soccer Club

Soccer

Shenton Park Lake

PREEDY Charles Edward

PREEDY, Leonard Athol

Year

Statement of significance

Social history of Subiaco

Last modified

Monday, 17 June, 2024

Completeness

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