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Wickham in the 1910s - Doris Piper - 13 July 1988

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The Margaret Henry Oral History Archive is a collection of audio tapes, transcripts, summaries and essays that were part of the Oral Histories Open Foundation Course (1986-1989). Margaret Henry was a history lecturer at the UON in the 1980s.

The oral history tapes have been digitised by Special Collections, UON Library and made freely available to the wider global research community thanks to the generosity of The Vera Deacon Regional History Fund.
The wider collection of Margaret Henry Oral History Archive – over 220 in total and with many stories of Newcastle, the Hunter Valley and its surrounds and records voices describing the Regions cultural, intellectual and social life. It is an incredible legacy to Margaret Henry.

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SummaryInterview by Margaret Probert in 1988 with Doris Piper about Wickham in the 1910s. Doris was born at Wickham in 1905 and grew up in Albert Street, her parents were Phillip and Lydia Moore. Her father was an architect and master builder and Doris describes the many buildings her father built. She provides a "vivid mental image" of the houses, buildings, shops and people of Wickham, she describes Hannell Street in the 1910s. Doris worked at a produce merchant in Steel Street, Newcastle West, she recalls the large Chinese population of the area and many were employed as market gardeners. Doris married Boyce Piper in 1926, her husband was the grandson of James Piper former Mayor of Tamworth and his maternal grandfather was William Arnott founder of the Biscuit factory. People would take their pillow cases to fill with broken biscuits. Doris describes a man who is likely to be the infamous 'Black Harris' who used to "shanghai the men for these boats, I can't think of his name, he was notorious, he was a character in Newcastle and he was there for years and years, he just used to shanghai these fellows, drunk or whatever they might be and give them to the Captains of the boats for a price."PersonPiper, DorisCollectionMargaret Henry Oral History ArchiveIdentifierA7463 (iii)_Piper

A7463 (iii)_Piper.mp3

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