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Box 51

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Contains 28 Results:

Abstract of Valerie Joan (Val) ROBBIE, 2005

 Item — Box: 51
Identifier: H05550002
Abstract Interviewee: Valerie Joan (Val) Robbie Date: 31 October 2005Interviewer and abstracter: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony TCM 939Tape 1 Side A006: States she is VALERIE JOAN (ROBBIE née CUTHILL) and that she was born 1 MARCH 1924 at home in INVERCARGILL. 007: Replies that there were three CHILDREN in her family: one SISTER, NORMA, and one BROTHER, BOB (ROBERT).021: Her FATHER was JOHN...
Dates: 2005

Abstract of Thomas Andrew (Tom) ROBERTS, 2005

 Item — Box: 51
Identifier: H05540002
Abstract Interviewee: Thomas Andrew (Tom) Roberts Date: 27 October 2005Interviewer and Abstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony TCM 939Tape 1 Side A004: States his full name is THOMAS ANDREW ROBERTS and that he was born in INVERCARGILL on 24/AUGUST/1932.009: His FATHER, he says, was named JAMES EDWARD ROBERTS, born in BLUFF in 1901 and five years later living in TE ANAU with his PARENTS (TOM’S GRANDPARENTS). Adds...
Dates: 2005

Abstract of John Robert (Jack) MURRELL (Part 1), 2004

 Item — Box: 51
Identifier: H05530002
Abstract Interviewee: John Robert (Jack) Murrell Interview date: 23 August 2004Interviewer and abstractor: Morag ForresterPreamble by Jack Murrell: What is now “Murrell’s Grand View House”, a Bed and Breakfast Lodge, has undergone several styles of description, partly due to changes in language, partly to actual changes in what was offered to the public. Of necessity, it had to provide full accommodation and began life as “Accommodation House” which was used...
Dates: 2004

Abstract of John Robert (Jack) MURRELL (Part 2), 2004

 Item — Box: 51
Identifier: H05530003
Abstract Interviewee: John Robert (Jack) MURRELLInterview date: 05 OCTOBER 2004 Interviewer and Abstractor: Morag ForresterA third interview took place again in the lounge at GRAND VIEW.Tape 4 Side A starts003: Opens saying that OLD BOB had been appointed as the first CHIEF GUIDE on the MILFORD TRACK after the government took over control of it from the ROSS BROTHERS (JACK and DONALD) [However, DONALD ROSS had been appointed GOVERNMENT GUIDE...
Dates: 2004

Abstract of John Robert (Jack) MURRELL (Part 3), 2004

 Item — Box: 51
Identifier: H05530004
Abstract Interviewee: John Robert (Jack) Murrell Interview date: 26 OCTOBER 2004 Interviewer and abstractor: Morag ForresterA fourth interview took place at the same venue116: Responding to off-tape question about where his parents lived after they married, says his FATHER built a two-room log hut with vertical half trees which were split length-wise and nailed round the frame while the space between the logs was corked with sphagnum moss. The...
Dates: 2004

Abstract of John Robert (Jack) MURRELL (Part 4), 2004

 Item — Box: 51
Identifier: H05530005
Abstract Interviewee: John Robert (Jack) MURRELLInterview date: 2 November 2004Interviewer and Abstractor: Morage ForresterRecorded at Jack's home in ManapouriTape 8 Side A starts001: Continues discussing his jobs around NEW ZEALAND, saying his next move was towards WELLINGTON. 022: There, he says, he wanted to find a way to work his passage to ENGLAND (in the 1950s the mode of transport was by passenger ship). Recalls getting a...
Dates: 2004