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Oral history of Thomas Stanley (Stan) Beal
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Stan Beal (with input from his wife Muriel) of Hancott Street Ryde took place on 7 May 1997. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Stan Beal (with input from his wife Muriel) recalls his early married life and accommodation in emergency housing until they were able to get a Housing Commission house in Ryde. There are details of his working life and especially his involvement in Goulding Hill preschool where he was Chairman of the Management Committee for 25 years while Muriel worked there as a teacher's aide for twenty years
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Date Recorded7 May 1997IntervieweeThomas Stanley (Stan) BealMuriel BealInterviewerPauline Curby b.1949
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionThomas Stanley (Stan) Beal, b.1923--InterviewsThomas Stanley (Stan) Beal, 1923-Muriel BealGoulding Hill Pre-School Inc (Ryde, NSW)Ryde High School (Ryde, NSW)St Anne's Anglican Church (Ryde, NSW)Bradfield Park Airforce Barracks (Lindfield, NSW)Lane Cove Road (Ryde, NSW)Hancott Street (Ryde, NSW)Trade unions--Officials and employees--New South Wales--Ryde RegionEducation--New South Wales--Ryde RegionHousing development--New South Wales--Ryde RegionPublic housing--New South Wales--North RydeRyde (NSW)--HistoryRyde (NSW)--Social life and customsCollectionA-BPlaceSt Anne's Anglican Church
Oral history of Thomas Stanley (Stan) Beal. Ryde History Hub, accessed 05/12/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6357




