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Building The Claremont Police Boys Club Rooms

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c. 1950

Overview

North side and western end of building. Three men fixing corrugated iron sheets to roof, another working inside wooden framed structure. Side partly clad with corrugated iron and two corrugated iron shutters visible.

Historical information

Originally run in a corrugated iron army hut which was rebuilt next door to the existing Scout Hall in Davies Road opposite the Claremont Oval, i.e. current site of Aquatic Centre. While the entrance was level with the road, the slope of the ground meant that the back was elevated on high stumps. The club later moved into the Swanbourne Picture Theatre in Railway Parade and then to old MTT bus depot adjacent to the Oval and bordered by Graylands, Lapsley and Davies Roads. In spite of name, girls participated in a number of activities even before the organisation became the Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) to reflect its wider membership and activities.

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cwa-org-28--5-530-

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Life of creator +70 years

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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