Shirley Symons interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3602471
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Symons, Shirley, 1923-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 3 sound files (ca. 87 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Shirley Symons born 1923, Echuca, Victoria, talks about her grandfather's background; her father's background; purchasing a pharmacy; how she became a pharmacist; attending a pharmacy college (1942); living in a hostel at St. Kilda; her study and working hours; a family history book; buying a business with her husband Phillip in Echuca; her husband's involvement with river boats; her son Robert a pharmacist; early days of the wharf; life in Echuca; Wells' Timber Yard; WW Moore; river boats; her schooling; settlement at East Echuca; recreation in the town; rollerskating at the Old Drill Hall; dance at St. Marys Hall; pharmacist doing the work of a doctor; dispensing medicine; packaging of drugs; working as a pharmacist (1960s); using leeches; today's medicine; procedures of using sealing wax and red string; running accounts; computerising accounts; payment of accounts; Matron Baker; her husband's passion for boats; family life; being offered work in Camberwell; returning to Echuca; her husband in council, influential in rebuilding of Echuca; changes within the pharmacy; buying Amcal (1973); the competition in the business; removal of verandahs in town.
- Full contents:
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- Tells stories about: Her aunt
- Afghans in town
- her son
- Matron Baker.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Accompanying material: photograph of interviewee.
- Recorded on September 30, 2005 at Echuca, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Pharmacists
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Until 2075 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2005
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