Overview H0254 JUNE STRONGInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 23 June 2016TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born 30 June 1925.01.50 When DIVORCED, self and sons went to LIVE WITH MOTHER. Then had a LIVE IN POSITION at the HOSTEL at AWARUA RADIO in the late 1950s. Cooked for all the single men, and some of the married men at lunch times. Cooked for up to 20 people.03.00 Was employed...

Abstract H0234JOHN THOMAS HALLInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 16 August 2015 TRACK One00:00 Interview identification00:45 Self born 14 August 1929. 01.20 Started at the POST OFFICE 6 September 1946. Didn’t know much about telephone cables or telephones. Not so many phones around. Started on cables on NORTH ROAD, when cables got wet. 02.30 Sent to a course at BURNHAM...

Overview Cyril David John KNIGHTInterviewer: Nancy BurnettAbstracter: Judith Christie(Daughter Maureen also in attendance.) First Interview: 25th November 2015TRACK ONE00.00 BORN 19 October 1924.01.50 MOTHER Olive Anne KNIGHT nee HARRIS, born in BOVEYTRACEY, DEVON, ENGLAND. Occupation POSTWOMAN. Describes. Prior to that, worked in a MUNITIONS FACTORY. 03.45 FATHER ARTHUR KNIGHT born 1895 in WINTON, resided...

Abstract Rosie Thomson Interviewer: Janice Templeton Abstracter: Courtney Ellison TRACK 1Introduction by interviewer (background to Riverton Hospital)TRACK 200:20 Nursing at Riverton Hospital, Home at Greenhills, Maiden name Wyatt (sp??), worked at H & Js in drycleaning department, came from family of 1001:30 Living at nursing home, homesick, 16 years old03:40 Friends with Roma Popem...

Abstract Rosie O’Connell Interviewer: Janice TempletonAbstracter: Courtney EllisonTRACK 1Introduction by interviewer (background to Riverton Hospital)TRACK 200:00 Came to Riverton Hospital in 1982, trained at Christchurch hospital, variety of training01:20 Married Southland man, mother spent time in the hospital, hospital short staffed, maternity ward closed down03:10 The annex, used for people who required...

Abstract H0235LESLIE JAMES (LES) COSTIGANInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 17 September 2015TRACK One00:00 By the time attendees passed out at Trentham, able to type 60 telegrams an hour by touch typing. Typed on to paper ribbon, five holes across ribbon and able to read alphabet. Describes01.15 Two positions available, one at Wellington Radio and one at Awarua. Preferred Wellington, but...

Abstract H0262 BRUCE ARNOLD GREANEYInterviewer: Gordon DustonAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 18 August 2016TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born 14 September 1939.01.30 Self’s FATHER ARNOLD GREANEY worked at AWARUA in 1930 and RETIRED in 1958. Lots of changes during that time. Before that, father worked for POST OFFICE, starting as a telegraph messenger boy in HOKITIKA in 1917 with salary of £40.00 per annum....