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BUCKINGHAM, Kenneth James interviewed by Kathryn Summers

 Record Group — Box: 33
Identifier: H0251

Overview

In this interview Kenneth talks of his family history and Grandparents journey to NZ in the 1860s and eventually settling in the Waikawa Valley. He talks of the importance his grandfather put on education and details the education of his father and himself and his love of playing sport. He goes on to discuss travel he has undertaken and farming methods of the time e.g., dairying, the use of horses and gelignite. He talks of living conditions and how his father had the only car in the district at the time and how he often brought mothers and new borns home from the hospital. He goes on to talk of holidays and his family’s involvement in the community. Kenneth tells of food preservation before refrigerators which included: corning meat, preserving eggs and home-made butter. He finishes with the discussing introduction of rabbits and possums and their effect on the environment and the formation of Rabbit Boards.

Dates

  • 2016

Creator

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Extent

1 folder(s)

Language of Materials

English