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BRAND, Esther Mary interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving

 Record Group — Box: 8
Identifier: H0236
Overview In this interview Esther recalls family history, life and work on the family farm where her father initially milked 30 cows by hand before the purchase of the milking machine in 1927. She goes onto recall her education, games played and family entertainment which included picnics to Waituna Lagoon and Oreti beach being taken on the back of a truck her father had purchased. Esther goes onto to talk of her marriage to Ben, their family life and life on their 210 acre farm. Ben went to war and...
Dates: 2004

Abstract of Esther Mary BRAND, 2024

 Item — Box: 8
Identifier: H02360002
Abstract H0236 ESTHER MARY BRANDInterviewer: Margaret Ann IrvingAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 25 November 2004 TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born in 1915. Parents WILLIAM and EMMA BLONDELL, married in the south of England and came out circa 1870 with three children. Lived in a house in Invercargill near the water tower – all bush in those days.01.20 Father’s parents moved to a farm at LORA GORGE, neighbours of...
Dates: 2024

Abstract of Andrew Bain McLEOD, 2019

 Item — Box: 8
Identifier: H01410002
Overview ANDREW BAIN MCLEODInterviewer: Ann IrvingAbstracter: W. Brent CoatsFirst Interview: DISC 1: TRACK 100:03 Interview identification00:48 End of Track 1DISC 1: TRACK 200:02 [Interview Identification begins again]00:44 ANDREW BAIN MCLEOD born in 1924 in INVERCARGILL Father WILLIAM MCLEOD – Mother MARGARET SWALLOW BAIN – Lived on farm at DACRE – FARM was dairy, sheep and rabbits – Grew oats...
Dates: 2019

McLEOD, Andrew Bain interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving

 Record Group — Box: 8
Identifier: H0141
Overview In this interview Andrew describes and details his education, joining the Woodlands Rabbit Board, and later working at the Fortification saw mill; describing the workings of the mill and the living conditions. After the war he became a contractor which led him and Jack Scarlet to design an elevator to load fertilizer as well as a winch and crane to shift gear on the back of the truck. In 1952 he brought the family farm, farming dairy and sheep until 1977, when he sold up and went to work at the...
Dates: 2007

Abstract of Peter Fordyce GUTSELL, 2020

 Item — Box: 8
Identifier: H01260002
Overview Peter Fordyce GutsellInterviewer: Nancy BurnettAbstracter: Lindsay KingFirst interview: 26 May 2009DISC 1: TRACK 100.00 Interview identification00.43 PETER FORDYCE GUTSELL born in 194400.57 Interview agreement01.30 Living at 7 Mary Street, OTAUTAU at the time of the FLOOD - with wife and youngest son DAVID - Older son LINDSAY in Invercargill.2.08 Occupation BRICKLAYER - details...
Dates: 2020