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Horrell, Albert Edwin John (Bert)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1917 - 2001

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

HORRELL, Albert Edwin John interviewed by Avis McDonald

 Record Group — Box: 55
Identifier: H0621
Overview Bert Horrell was born in Gore in 1917. Describes how his grandfather emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s. Talks about their farm across the Mataura River and the difficulty of crossing it to get to school. Mentions how his father, as a child, had learned how to cross the river with a horse and dray full of school children. Talks about his father buying a farm at Mandeville. Describes going to Mandeville school, conditions, teachers Alan Prentice and Miss Barclay and sitting Proficiency....
Dates: 1998