GROSSE, Victor Rudolph
The Public Service,
Accession Number 002438
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 9
Total Reels
- Jason Lim (Dr)
Interviewer
- 04:23:25
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 9
Metadata
- 29 Sep 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:31
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
(0:00:23) Family and personal background.
(0:04:34) Recounted his childhood memories in Waterloo Street.
(0:05:10) Talked about Japanese businesses along Waterloo Street, Bencoolen Street and Middle Road.
(0:07:01) Family moved to Katong when he was 12.
(0:08:00) Described their relationship with the Chinese Babas.
(0:08:50) Recollection of schooling days at St. Joseph's Institution from 1928 to 1933.
(0:10:56) Recalled Christian Brothers boys who were in the top echelons of government.
(0:12:23) Recalled the teachers from St. Joseph.
(0:14:55) He was involved in sports.
(0:19:40) Transferred to St. Patrick's School in 1933 and graduated in 1937.
(0:20:14) Recalled the teachers from St. Patrick's School.
(0:25:49) Recalled schools attended by his siblings.
(0:26:45) Did his Cambridge School Certificate in 1937.
(0:27:47) Completed commercial education through the London Chamber of Commerce in 1938.
(0:30:20) Criteria to enter Government Service and Raffles College.
Family and personal background. Japanese businesses along Waterloo Street, Bencoolen Street and Middle Road. Family moved to Katong when interviewee was 12. Recollection of schooling days at St. Joseph's Institution from 1928 to 1933. Roman Catholic churches in 1930s. Transferred to St. Patrick's School in 1933 and graduated in 1937. His siblings and schools they attended. Completed commercial education through London Chamber of Commerce in 1938. Criteria to enter Government Service and Raffles College.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 9
Metadata
- 13 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:05
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
(0:00:23) His role as a stenographer in Allen & Gledhill from 1948 to 1950.
(0:01:00) Talked about the partners in Allen & Gledhill.
(0:01:45) Described other law firms in Raffles Place.
(0:03:38) Talked about the "Bonham Building lawyers" who were not earning very much.
(0:07:10) Salaries and generous bonuses of lawyers and staff at Allen & Gledhill.
(0:12:02) Cases when clients tipped him for work done.
(0:14:27) Organisation of Pitman's shorthand classes for stenographers in a room at Empress Place.
(0:16:25) Salary increments after he passed the Government Shorthand Allowance Examination in 1948.
(0:18:57) Further elaboration on shorthand writers' classes from 1948.
(0:21:12) The classes stopped after the war.
(0:21:23) They revived the association, but he was unsure whether it was still going.
(0:27:17) Reasons for leaving Allen & Gledhill for the University of Malaya (in Singapore) in 1950.
Worked as stenographer in Allen & Gledhill from 1948 to 1950. Law firms in Raffles Place. The "Bonham Building lawyers". Salaries and bonuses of lawyers and staff at Allen & Gledhill. Worked for Brash. Cases when clients tipped him for work done. Organisation of Pitman's shorthand classes for stenographers in room at Empress Place. Salary increments after he passed Government Shorthand Allowance Examination in 1948. More on shorthand writers' classes from 1948. Reasons for leaving Allen & Gledhill for University of Malaya (in Singapore) in 1950.
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