Overview This interview is part of the "Discovering Glengarry’s Community Spirit" project. In this interview Kay recalls family life including father’s occupation, gardening, entertainment, Sunday School/girls Brigade. She goes onto talk about life in Glengarry and the commercial outlets there e.g., Thompson’s Footwear, Post Office, Chemist etc. Kay recalls school life through to James Hargest and the passing of her father while she was still at school.

Overview H0226 Kay HarperInterview date: 3rd February 2015Interviewer: Rebecca AmundsonAbstractor: Barbara GillamTRACK 10.30 Date of birth given1.10 Father, worked at PHOSPHATE. Had a big VEG garden.2.00 Mum stayed at home.3.10 Dad had a flower garden.3.20 Would listen to music on a GRAMOPHONE on a Sunday.4.00 AFTER SCHOOL CLUB at Baptist church.4.20 Sunday...

Overview Nola Patricia McFarlane (nee Bishop)Interviewer: Cathy MacfieAbstractor: Cathy MacfieInterview: 30 November 2020TRACK 100.05 Interview identification00.43 NOLA PATRICIA McFARLANE born in 192900.57 Interview agreement01.29 End of Track 1TRACK 200.03 Sister DORIS OLA [10.10.1930] born just over a year after Nola. Serious event after birth. [Daughter MARGARET McFARLANE...

Overview In this interview Nola shares childhood memories of family, education, sports, the depression, employment, games and interests e.g., playing the bagpipes. She details meeting her husband, planning their wedding and mountaineering honeymoon. They built their first house in Joseph Street, before shifting to Otatara and building there on a life style block. Nola also shares a story of husband, Jim, joining the Nepal Expedition with Sir Edmund Hillary and an accident Jim had there and his...