Notes (Please note that this is not a formal abstract but notes made by the interviewer during the interview)Edith ANNE StoddartInterview: 29 and 31 March 2021Interviewer: Judith ThomasInterview notes: Judith ThomasEarly years: siblings, polio, parents, schools, asthma.First job at Lands and Survey as a draughtsperson, First marriage married. Divorced after 13 years School jubilee banquet and ball, ...

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...