Fred Hughes interviewed by Chris Woodland for the Chris Woodland folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2138353
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hughes, Fred, 1906-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1992
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 66 min.)
- Series:
- Chris Woodland folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Fred Hughes speaks about his siblings; his father being a wharf labourer; the Bubonic Plague; meals from the City Mission Soup Kitchen (1917); his parents work; Briggs McCarthy; his brother's ability to play many instruments; his sister being a good singer; working at waterfront since the age of 14; travelling around the world with Frank Todd; life during The Depression, selling rabbits, fish and apples from a horse and cart; his brother singing and playing the piano in pubs and his sister singing at the Log Cabin in the Blue Mountains; fishing at ferry punts; cooking and heating technologies; his mother growing vegetables in a bath; the Maritime Services; discoveries of old hotels (pubs) from the 19th century; The Rocks being a focus point for Sydney, for trade and business; brothels; convict relics found at Argyle Place; the Hero of Waterloo having the coldest beer in Sydney due to the sandstone rock; notable streets in The Rocks; William (Billy) Patrick Fitzgerald, Lord Mayor of Sydney; wharf workers standing up for underprivileged people; nick-names; thefts at the Wharves; Clive Walsh.
Hughes talks about food eaten while working at the wharves; tricks used to avoid fares on the trams; spruiking newspapers and race books; selling newspapers after school; seeing Henry Lawson while working at The Bulletin; the lunchtime bell at the Wharves; industrial accidents at the waterfront, most workers having no first aid training, iodine used as main cure; the accidents caused from horse-drawn vehicles sharing the road with trams; the hard conditions for wharf labourers and clerks; pick-up days; wharf labourers being a broad mixture of people; the boxer James (Jimmy) Carruthers; Mick Hawkins; Les Darcy; Jack Hassen; changes to working conditions at the waterfront; the introduction of machinery, such as forklifts; his brother's injury; attending Saturday dances and going to the Louse House, Argyle Place; boxing tournaments; Jack Finney; his dancing experience and working as a dance judge.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 27 February 1992.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217252450
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Stevedores
- Other authors/contributors:
- Woodland, Chris, 1938-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Chris Woodland folklore collection.
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- Until 2062 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1992
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