Abstract Albert Ivan (Snow) WILLIAMSInterview Date: 14 November 2008Interviewer: Morag ForresterTape I Side A012: Born in 1928.020: Replies that his first initials A.I are for ALBERT IVAN (WILLIAMS) and that he was born in OAMARU and grew up in OTEKAIEKE (NORTH OTAGO). His preferred name of SNOW was coined because of his having very blonde hair as a youngster.028: His FATHER, he says, was JAMES CLEMENS WILLIAMS who was FARMER of a...

Abstract Interviewee: Mrs ROSE GRAHAMInterviewer: Joan HarveyAbstracted by: Joan HarveyFIRST INTERVIEW: 16 April 1997SIDE 10.30 EARLY YEARS. Birth at home. Description of house. Food preparation - recalled type of food eaten. HEATING in the home.2.40 WASHING DAY - lack of running of hot water - oil lamps. Use of copper for washday. Bathtime. BOILER.3.50 CHILDRENS CHORES in the home - gathering firewood - minding...

Overview William Smith was born in Lumsden in 1917. Gives details of his father's gold dredging in the Waikaka Valley. Describes a dredge, its operation and the shareholding of three companies - Lilysleaf, Rosedale and Star Dredging. Discusses associated industries including coal carting to feed the steam engines on the dredges. Mentions the coal came from the Waikaka Valley. Describes the dredge on Cummings' property owned by J A S Aitkin. Recalls the sound and smell of dredges. Describes the landscape...

Overview Stewart Rose was born in 1919. Recalls people talking about the flu epidemic of 1918. Mentions how his father was pushed into the job of funeral director. Gives details of his parent's origins and marriage at Owaka in 1917. Recalls being unwell as a child and his mother not being able to afford to take him to the doctor during the Depression. Describes living in Mataura opposite the freezing works and also living in Roxburgh and Pounawea. Recalls the Proficiency exam in Standard 6 at school....

Overview Bert Horrell was born in Gore in 1917. Describes how his grandfather emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s. Talks about their farm across the Mataura River and the difficulty of crossing it to get to school. Mentions how his father, as a child, had learned how to cross the river with a horse and dray full of school children. Talks about his father buying a farm at Mandeville. Describes going to Mandeville school, conditions, teachers Alan Prentice and Miss Barclay and sitting Proficiency....

Overview Rose Graham was born in 1916. Describes the family home, washday, children's chores, relatives, visitors and clothing including `liberty bodices'. Talks about Baldwin's shop (Premet), her mother's occupation as a tailoress, the Baldwin sisters, the workroom for tailoring and other shops and buildings in Gore. Describes the occupations of her three brothers and sisters. Mentions the water cart and the night cart. Discusses education at Gore Main School including a fire in 1921, being kept in,...