Box 62
Container
Contains 29 Results:
WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Beth Cairns
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0470
Overview
In this interview, Warren, who was born in Invercargill in 1921, recalls his childhood in the suburb of Heidelberg and his schooling. He mentions local small farms, Chinese gardeners, rabbiting and ferrets. Warren discusses home deliveries of bread, fish and milk. He talks about playing cricket and being a junior representative. He describes going to the Dunedin Exhibition in 1926. Warren talks about the drowning of his brother Len in 1925 while rowing on the estuary. He also mentions that his...
Dates:
1998
Photocopy of two photographs: Warren at the time of the interview; Warren at Burnham, dated 12th April 1942, 1998
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H04700004
Dates:
1998
Warren Gilbert WARBURTON [Colour photograph taken at the time of the interview], 1998
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H04700003
Dates:
1998
Oral History Interview of Warren Gilbert WARBURTON by Beth CAIRNS [10 and 24 August 1998], 1998
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H04700001
Dates:
1998
LINDSAY, Edna Jane Smith interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0448
Overview
In this interview, Edna, who was born in Myross Bush in 1923, gives details about her parents and their occupations. She discusses school, punishment, going to town (Invercargill), first Pakeha settlers, the Fergusons, Reverend Bethune, sports days at John Kerr's, the Post Office at Mrs Baird's, church and Sunday School, the bus service and food supplies. She talks about draft horses, ploughing matches, harvesting, rabbits, card evenings, the community ball, building the Memorial Hall, the...
Dates:
1998
Oral History Interview with Edna Jane Smith LINDSAY by Madeline McGILVRAY [20 May 1998], 1998
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H04480001
Dates:
1998
Abstract of Edna Jane Smith LINDSAY, 1998
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H04480002
Abstract
H0448 Edna Jane Smith LINDSAYInterviewer: Madeline McGilvrayAbstractor: UnknownInterview Date: 20th May 1998PLEASE NOTE THE THE TIMINGS RELATE TO THE ORIGINAL TAPE COUNTER7 Parent’s names, address and occupations27 Father’s garden33 Old coal range42 School days70 School punishments77 Town days83 Tramcars and Invercargill Shops (Brown Owl, Wachner’s shoe shop...
Dates:
1998
Photocopy of two photographs of Edna Jane Smith Lindsay: one around the time of the interview at Myross Bush Memorial Hall; one as a young lady walking by the Bank of New Zealand in Invercargill, 1998
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H04480003
Dates:
1998
KILLEEN, James Columbian interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0446
Overview
In this interview James gives details of his parents' backgrounds, the village in Galway, Ireland where he was born in 1906 and why he came to New Zealand. James describes leaving Galway in 1929 and his impressions of Invercargill on arriving in 1930. He describes working at the Fortification sawmill before labouring on buildings in Invercargill. He describes working on the Te Anau to Milford highway in very difficult working and living conditions. He notes that three hundred men worked on the...
Dates:
1999
