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Memories of Ipswich and Ipswich Railway Workshops, an oral history with Robert Sneyd, Ipswich, 1995
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TitleMemories of Ipswich and Ipswich Railway Workshops, an oral history with Robert Sneyd, Ipswich, 1995Date Created1995IntervieweeRobert SneydInterviewer Robyn BuchananAcknowledgementIpswich City Council
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City & StateIpswich, Queensland
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DescriptionFull text of interview with Robert Sneyd and working at the Railway Workshops. Interview conducted by Robyn Buchanan. Full recording of interview is attached. Includes: Track 1: Early life in Ipswich. End of World War 1, the Fountain, Memorial Hall. Track 2: Living in Roderick Street. Track 3: Bossie Martoo's picture theatre. Track 4: Ross & Keith Smith's engine. Starting work at Ipswich Railway workshops. Tool & Gauge shop. World War II. Track 5: Selection as an apprentice in 1923. First jobs at the workshops. Track 6: The Time Office, lunch break, daily routing. Making boiler valves and steam nozzles. Track 7: The Railway ambulance and competitions. Tool boxes, Workshops jokes. Track 8: Devil's Gully, the baths, Cribb & Foote. Track 9: More about Cribb & Foote and other shops. Electricity in Ipswich.
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Buildings & StructuresBlackall MemorialGovernment & Non-Government OrganisationsNorth Ipswich Railway WorkshopsOral History RecordingMemories of Ipswich and Ipswich Railway Workshops, an oral history with Robert Sneyd, Ipswich, 1995 (audio)People & FamiliesRobert SneydSubjectsBathhousesShopsTheatres & cinemasEmploymentCurated CollectionsOral HistoriesChinese Community in Ipswich
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Reference ID14 robert sneyd oral historyAsset TypeTranscription - PDFCopyright NoticeThis work was created after 1st January 1955. It is protected by the Copyright Act 1968. Copyright duration is for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
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This work is protected under the Copyright Act 1968
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The creator retains ownership of the copyright of this work. The creator has granted Picture Ipswich a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use and reproduce this work.
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