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Memories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995
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TitleMemories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995Date Created1995IntervieweeThomas ShapcottInterviewer Robyn BuchananAcknowledgementIpswich City Council
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City & StateIpswich, Queensland
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DescriptionFull text of interview with Thomas Shapcott on growing up in Ipswich and his memories of the town. Interview conducted by Robyn Buchanan.Full recording of interview is attached. Includes: Track 1: Family background. Track 2: Wartime; Cambrian Choir, Choral Society, Argonauts, Victory Eisteddfod. Track 3: Ipswich Grammar School, music, Neville Bonner. Track 4: Eisteddfod, changes in technology such as LP records, television. Track 5: Mobility with first car, State String Quartet. Track 6: National Service. Track 7: First publication of poetry, working as an accountant & decision to stop. Track 8: Value of experience as accountant-rich resource. Track 9: Ipswich as a theme in Thomas’s work; other writers. Track 10: Tom reading some of his Ipswich poems.
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Buildings & StructuresBelmontCommunity GroupsBlackstone-Ipswich Cambrian ChoirEventsWorld War II (1939-1945)Government & Non-Government OrganisationsNational ServiceOral History RecordingMemories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995 (audio)People & FamiliesShapcott familyThomas Shapcott (1935- )SchoolsIpswich Grammar SchoolSports GroupsIpswich Croquet ClubSubjectsAccountants PoetryAuthorsConscriptionEisteddfodsCurated CollectionsOral Histories
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