AUDREY RICHMOND

Interviewer: Jenny Campbell

Abstracter: Jean Hawkes

TRACK 1

00:00 Interview identification

00:40 [WAR YEARS]: No bought dolls – Made own toys – No 'girlie' things. Making toy boats – Described Lived on a farm – fun times – Family to play with – Fishing in creeks NEIL and ACK, ADELE, GIBSON, RALPH SOPER – Mentioned

02:31 Self's maiden name SOPER

02:39 Three of GRANDAD SOPER'S family stayed on farm – Married and settled together.

02:57 GRANDMA SOPER lived in ATHOL fed children while they were at school.

03:17 Great farming – Had draught horses Self's incident with draught horse – Described.

04:48 Later GRANDAD had a motorized truck – Taken by Army

05:17 Walk to school – Described. Winter experiences – Use of warmed rocks – Described

06:26 ATHOL SCHOOL – about 30 children NEVILLE and DAVE PARKER and self in one class – GIBSON in class on his own Girls played football

06:57 [SPORTS]: Football – Softball – Swimming EYRE CREEK – Mentioned

07:33 Self's experience in DUNEDIN swimming pool – Described

08:04 [SCHOOL CLOTHING]: Black stockings – Slacks – Use of hand-me-downs – Pixie hats – Gumboots – Slippers

09:03 [EPIDEMICS]: Diphtheria – One hospital ward filled with ATHOL people – School closed – Polio – School closed again – Self due to go to High School. Measles – Mumps – Chickenpox – Mentioned BOB LAWRENCE of DUNEDIN – Mentioned

10:46 [IMPACT OF WAR]: Well aware – News on radio – Collecting cards of military men – No memory of seeing cards with women. 2

11:53 Method of Military call-up – Notification of non-return – Described 12:21 Volunteers for Army and Navy. Mother's three brothers and other men keen to serve Send Offs for men – Described

13:10 Departure of UNCLE BILL and UNCLE GEORGE – Described EDENDALE – Mentioned

13:40 Self never played with a doll – Dutch doll not able to play with After war shipment of new toys – Mother wrote away for a doll – Self aged about 12 – Disappointment at quality

14:50 Volunteers probably in late twenties...

15:00 End of Track 1

TRACK 2

00:07 Return of servicemen – Described

00:43 Staying connected with men while overseas – Letters – Parcels – Described. Parcel of rice – Described UNCLE BILL – Mentioned

01:42 Letters received [by family] condensed – later lost in a flood

02:14 Contents of parcels – Described.

02:46 Knitted items – Women's Division involved

03:04 [COUPONS]: Limited allocations – Farming families less restricted – Explained Restricted items included... Clothing – Meat – Sugar – Butter etc Farmers meant to have limited amount of butter – Inspectors AUNTY VI – Mentioned

04:30 House cows – Road side grazing at ATHOL Milk consumed – Butter made Cheese factories – Self visited

05:44 DAD and GRANDAD kill [farm animals] once fortnight – Meat cut to supply ATHOL GRANDMA wrapped and priced meat – Children delivered it. LUMSDEN – Mentioned

06:23 Storage of meat and milk – Described UNCLE GEORGE – Mentioned

07:19 Keeping warm – Open fires – Coal range – Delivery of coal – No heaters Winters quite severe – Frozen pipes RIVERVIEW – Mentioned

09:13 GARSTON SKATING RINK – Explained

10:02 Daily meals – Described Lunches supplied by GRANDMA

11:21 Self remembers when H & J SMITH LTD stopped putting cream on tables. Re-action of farmers – Described

12:13 Family celebrations – Picnics Christmas and Easter – Jelly – Fruit Salad – Trifle

12:53 Christmas – Ginger ale for children – Ginger beer Each family had own dinner then went visiting – Goose not turkey

14:00 Presents – Family of self had to much – Happiness

14:28 Memories of poorer people – Mother's way of helping – Explained

14:57 Coupons from government collected at post office...

15:00 End of Track 2



TRACK 3

00:01 … Coupons in little books – Tea – Sugar Difficulty purchasing meat and tinned fruit

00:57 Swaggers – Described RIVERVIEW – Mentioned

01:40 [TRANSPORT]: Train to GRANDMA SIMONSEN who moved from ATHOL to EDENDALE – Car to town 02:37 ROADS – Gravel – Creek to ford near FIVER RIVERS

03:09 [COUPONS]: For petrol – Father handled them

03:34 Effects of war on older people – General interest GRANDAD SOPER – Mentioned

04:13 [NEWSPAPERS]: All had newspapers – Auckland Weekly (also known as WEEKLY NEWS) – Re-action of self to photographs

05:26 Farming families less affected by war-time restrictions – Explained Preserved fruit and vegetables 06:08 Self's tasks – Making butter – Picking peas – Described

07:10 [EDUCATION]: Liked school – Favourite subjects painting and drawing Subjects – Mentioned. Use of pot belly stove to toast sandwiches BUTSON family – Mentioned

08:39 [TEACHERS]: Miss SMITH – Miss LINNETT – Mr DENNIS – Male teacher who went on to teach at SOUTHLAND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL Punishment for spelling errors – Described

10:39 [ENTERTAINMENT]: Dances – Bring and Buys – Card Evenings Fund raising to replace local hall

11:38 Many local dances – Mother travelled to NOKOMAI – Explained

12:15 Plunket ball at LUMSDEN

12:27 Little support for women from women Mother sick on several occasions – family 'farmed' out

13:00 Loss of babies – No support for mother DALLAS (child) – Mentioned

13:52 Babies born at LUMSDEN Sick persons taken to LUMSDEN

14:08 Self took poison when aged 4 years – Travel to RIVERVIEW – Described Admitted to old hospital (?DEE STREET)...

15:00 End of Track 3

TRACK 4

00:01 … Accidents – Things left lying around Self swallowed FORMALIN – Situation – Explained

00:35 [CHURCH]: Presbyterian and Anglican Churches at ATHOL – No Catholic Church Catholic and Presbyterian churches at GARSTON – No Anglican Self occasionally attended Presbyterian church – Described

01:36 Self not aware of how building of Anglican Church funded. Attended Sunday School – Bible Class – Described AUNTY FREDA – STANLEY WOOD (minister from WINTON) – ROSEBANK – Mentioned

02:48 [SHOPS]: Store owned by Mr PIZEY – Described Gifts for mother – Described

03:54 Self do not have pocket money – Reason explained

04:10 [CHORES]: Care for siblings – Never made beds – Carry coal

04:53 Mother compulsive worker – often forgot to eat causing sickness – Days quiet and lonely

05:41 [WASHING]: Had a copper – Washing machine early in life – Self's memories of wash day.

06:56 End of Track 4