ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War / Bungalow w Federation Influences
No 25 Moss Street is a single storey house constructed in tuck-pointed brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a gable bay and a full width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts. The half-timbered gable features a bay window with double hung sash windows. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by a double hung sash window. The roofscape features several tall chimneys with rendered caps. There are string courses and dressings under the windows.
HISTORY
1915 Birth on September 12, at ‘Tranmere’, Moss-street, East Fremantle, the wife of John E. J. Ridgway—son (Hebert Alfred). Both well. (reference)
1917 Birth on November 20, at Tranmere, Moss-street, East Fremantle, the wife of John E. Ridgway—a son. (reference)
1925 Boys And The Land. To the Editor. Sir. The grave problem of the placing of boys and youths about to leave school has received the earnest consideration of the Parents and Citizens' Association for some time past, and the one solution suggested is the placing of boys on the land. Such a scheme, if practicable, would present a threefold advantage, for it would assist the youth to attain, eventually, a measure of independence, relieve such parents whose financial position does not permit of their articling or apprenticing their sons and finally benefit the State by developing citizens of a responsible and healthy type. That such a solution is practicable is the contention of Mr. T. Chandler, headmaster of the Perth Boys' School, and "Cares and Ambitions" are advised to attend a meeting of citizens to be held in the Fremantle Town Hall on August 6, at 8 p.m., when this scheme will be explained and discussed. Yours etc., John E. J. Ridgway, President Fremantle Boys' School Parents and Citizens' Association, East Fremantle (reference)
1927 Mr. John E. J. Ridgway Fremantle's popular tramway engineer. Born in 1880, he left his native city of Liverpool to come to West Australia 23 years ago, and shortly afterwards entered the service of the Fremantle Tramways as superintendent of rolling stock. He held this position for 19 years. In England he served an apprenticeship with the shipbuilding firm of John Laird and Sons, Birkenhead, and obtained his electrical ticket after serving with the British Westinghouse Company of Manchester. (see photo and reference)
1931 Two Injured In Collision. A motor cycle and a car collided at the corner of Pier-street and St. George's Terrace at 6.10 this evening. As a result the rider of the cycle, John McPhee (20), of Forrest-road, Hamilton Hill, sustained injuries to the ankle, and the passenger, Harold Ridgway (19), of 25 Moss street, East Fremantle, had injuries to the foot. McPhee was allowed to go home, while Ridgway was admitted. (reference)
1949 Death on October 14, suddenly, at Fremantle, Clifton Locke Fleming, of 25 Moss-street. East Fremantle, dearly beloved husband of the late Margaret Fleming, loved father of Effie (Mrs. E. Laycock, Adelaide), Ruth (Mrs. E. S. Inman, Mundaring), Nell Jenness (Mrs. A. Saunders), Joyce (Mrs. G. Franklin, Adelaide) and Carrle (Mrs. E. Rhodes), loved father-in-law of Ed, Allan, George and Eddie, grandfather of ten grandchildren, great-grand father of one great-grandchild; aged 76 years. (reference)
“Allan Percy Saunders ( son of Percy Saunders- baker of 56 Duke St) ran the bakery A.P. Saunders until the mid 1950s when it was bought up by Tip Top Bakery. Three grey Bedford vans, owned by the family, were used to deliver bread. Allan drove one van while his brother Edward (Ted) and son Gregory drove the other two.” (Correspondence from John and Margaret Gorham, Aubin Grove, Melbourne 2023) Margaret Saunders married John Gorham in 1958
RESIDENTS
1910 - 1912: Ferguson, Mrs. Emily
1913 - 1942: Ridgway, John E.
1942 - 1946: Saunders, Allan F. & Fleming, Clifton C.
1947 - mid 1950s: Saunders, Allan F.
