Box 34
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Contains 30 Results:
WILSON, James Gordon Ivon interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 34
Identifier: H0272
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview James recalls going to the Grand for meals as a boy through to drinking there as an adult. He recalls the various bars, the change in closing times and recounts events that happened at the hotal, including the protests for the Springbok tour of 1981.
Dates:
2016
Oral History Interview of James Gordon Ivon WILSON by Rebecca AMUNDSEN [31 July 2016], 2016
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H02720001
Dates:
2016
Abstract of James Gordon Ivon WILSON, 2024
Item — Box: 34
Identifier: H02720002
Abstract
H0272 James Gordon Ivon WILSONInterviewer Rebecca AmundsonAbstractor: Barbara GillamInterview date: 31st July 20160.00 Introduction0.21 Family moved to Invercargill 1936. Lived in THE CLUB HOTEL. GRAND HOTEL was well known.1.45 JAMIE THOMPSON lived at the Grand Hotel. Owned THOMPSON's CORDIAL2.03 HARRY BLAKE at Grand2.50 FINE DINING at the Grand Hotel4.00 Go to the Grand for meal when he...
Dates:
2024
REES, Jocelyn Lavinia (Joy) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 34
Identifier: H0276
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview Joy recalls working in the Snack Bar at the Grand Hotel. She decribes the food, the bar area and the kinds of people who came there. She also recalls some of the other bars in the hotel.
Dates:
2016
Oral History Interview of Jocelyn Lavinia (Joy) REES by Rebecca AMUNDSEN [18 August 2016], 2016
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H02760001
Dates:
2016
Abstract of Jocelyn Lavinia (Joy) REES, 2024
Item — Box: 34
Identifier: H02760002
Abstract
H0276 Jocelyn Lavinia (Joy) REESInterviewer: Rebecca AmundsonAbstractor: Barbara GillamInterview Date: 18th August 20160.19 Worked in the SNACK BAR at The Grand Hotel1.30 Workers would come in for meals. Railway workers also.2.00 PEA PIE AND PUD for 1 Shilling. Also on menu CHOPS for 4 Shillings.2.50 SHEILA WELLS worked there as a barmaid.3.00 VERN HARGRAVES also worked there....
Dates:
2024
STILES, Raewyn Dorothy interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 34
Identifier: H0273
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview Raewyn talks in detail about her Grandfather, Willaim Holding, who came to New Zealand from England in 1923. William was a joiner and a sign writer as well as a talented painter and amateur photographer. He served in WWI and WW2. He did strongman acts and was a wrester. In 1954 he did a painting for the Queen's visit to Invercargill and Raewyn recounts the story of how he held up the painting from the veranda of a shop across...
Dates:
2016
Oral History Interview of Raewyn Dorothy STILES by Rebecca AMUNDSEN [13 August 2016], 2016
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H02730001
Dates:
2016
Abstract of Raewyn Dorothy STILES, 2024
Item — Box: 34
Identifier: H02730002
Abstract
H0273 Raewyn Dorothy StilesInterviewer: Rebecca AmundsenAbstractors: Barbara Gillam and Rosie StatherInterview date: 13th August 20160.01 Raewyn Stiles. GRANDFATHER was WILLIAM BENJAMIN HOLDING. Maternal Grandfather. From BOOTLE ENGLAND. Arrived 19231.24 Was a JOINER, worked for GEORGE POOLE.1.40 Changed occupation and became a sign writer. 1.51 Was a self-taught PAINTER.2.20 Painting done on his...
Dates:
2024
DUMBLE, Myrtle Eileen interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box: 34
Identifier: H0263
Overview
In this interview Myrtle tells of her time training and working at Riverton Hospital. She gives a description of her training, the set up of the wards, patient numbers, beds, wages and living conditions. She also looks at life and social life on days off.
Dates:
2016