Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection.

Abstract HO230PAUL JOHN COTTER AND BARRY RUSSELL MUNROInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 18 June 2015(Abstractor note: It was difficult to distinguish between the two interviewees voices, and to know who was speaking. Names have been identified only when it was clear who was speaking)TRACK ONE00.00 BARRY RUSSELL MUNRO born on 3 August 1937. PAUL COTTER born 28 May 1948 years....

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Jack recalls and describes his employment. First as a telephone operator at Waimahaka Post Office before transferring to the Lines Department in 1950 During the war he spent 3 years in the Air Force ass a radio operator. As an employee of the Lines department Jack worked in various areas of Southland becoming a foreman after 6 years. He enjoyed his work and details what it in entailed e.g., putting up...

Abstract H0230 GORDON JOHN (JACK) CRIGHTONInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 17 July 2015Please note that the volume of the recordings is low and sometimes difficult to hear.TRACK ONE00.00 Self started straight from school as a telephone operator at WAIMAHAKA POST OFFICE, cycling from home. Did switchboard operating and counter work, then transferred to LINES in 1950. Three years in the AIR FORCE as a...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum Collection. Victor recalls his employment as a telephone repair person with the Post Office. He gives a history of the move from manual phones to push button phones as well as a detailed description of the cleaning and repair process.

Abstract H0233VICTOR CLYDE WESTInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith Christie Interview: 2 July 2015TRACK One00:00 Born 27 February 193901.30 BECAME BLIND in late teens, went to AUCKLAND to train, and then commenced work at the POST OFFICE in August 1967. No training given for Post Office work, shown the job by a senior telephone repairer. Work involved taking the phones apart and replacing broken parts, and then...