Abstract of Dorothy May WARREN, 2017
Item — Box: 14
Identifier: H02800002
Abstract
Interviewee: Dorothy May Warren
Interviewer: Gil Poplur
Abstracter: Gil Poplur
Date of First Interview: 23 January 2017
Track 1
00.0 Recording agreement
01.38 Grew up in INVERCARGILL CITY; Attended MIDDLE SCHOOL to Standard 6 and then SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
03.00 Depression events
05.00 Food for household
07.00 Playthings
08.00 War news via radio, cinema
08.40 School desks, writing utensils
09.35 Class numbers
09.50 School trenches
10.48 Class divisions
11.20 SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
12.00 Expectations for girls
14.0 Applying for a job, hours of work
Track 2
00.0 Wages, travel to work, finances
01.02 Movies and dances, firemen’s roles
04.40 Marriage preparation, marriage, housing
06.20 BOWMONT STREET house, SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL
06.59 To WINTON, WINTON community
08.00 Farming, Dorothy’s hobbies: Antiques, Genealogy
10.00 Differences between raising family and following personal interests
12.00 Establishing and managing CENTRAL COLLEGE SCHOOL CANTEEN
Track 3
00.0 CENTRAL COLLEGE SCHOOL CANTEEN
02.00 Interest in lifelong learning
03.30 20 years running farmlet (5 day week) while husband worked on STEWART ISLAND
06.00 Values that help her in her life
06.50 DOROTHY’S interest in MAORI history and colonisation
Track 4
00.0 Chores when she was a child growing up
Track 5
00.0 WORLD WAR II highlights as a child
02.00 Rationing of goods
02.30 WILLY’S WHIPPET car owned by DOROTHY and husband; community sharing
05.50 Neighbour’s peg leg story
08.30 CONON STREET SWIMMING POOL
09.40 BROWN OWL RESTAURANT and clothing to wear there
10.40 DUTCH migration to SOUTHLAND
13.20 POLIO outbreak
14.30 Mentioned husband involved in MANAPOURI POWER STATION
14.40 GAP ROAD FLAX MILL one of the last to close
Track 6
00.0 GAP ROAD FLAX MILL
00.38 1978 Plight of sheep in INVERCARGILL
02.10 100 YEAR FLOOD
03.00 DEE STREET MATERNITY HOSPITAL
03.40 Flood in early 1940s
05.22 BIG FREEZE IN INVERCARGILL
07.18 New KEW HOSPITAL compared to old hospital. DOROTHY favours the latter
Date of Second interview: 2 February 2017
Track 7
00.0 Recording information
00.29 Dorothy’s ancestry
06.40 Earliest childhood memories of family home
07.45 Games played
08.24 School bankbook saving
09.04 Teachers note
10.45 Family life and celebrations. BLUFF REGATTA. BLUFF YACHT CLUB
13.24 family discipline, punishments
Track 8
00.0 Discipline continued
00.19 SUNDAY events and religion generally
03.12 School discipline
05.12 School choral concerts
07.15 School trenches during World War II
08.22 Air raid shelter built by father for civil defence
10.43 Meeting husband and honeymoon
13.00 Houses Dorothy lived in
14.00 Late primary school manual training
Track 9
00.0 Manual training continued
00.59 Working as a teacher aide
02.40 How Dorothy came to the teacher aide position
03.37 FAITH TE AU – A MAORI PRINCESS. Friendship with her. The rainbow village at TI WAI
Interviewer: Gil Poplur
Abstracter: Gil Poplur
Date of First Interview: 23 January 2017
Track 1
00.0 Recording agreement
01.38 Grew up in INVERCARGILL CITY; Attended MIDDLE SCHOOL to Standard 6 and then SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
03.00 Depression events
05.00 Food for household
07.00 Playthings
08.00 War news via radio, cinema
08.40 School desks, writing utensils
09.35 Class numbers
09.50 School trenches
10.48 Class divisions
11.20 SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
12.00 Expectations for girls
14.0 Applying for a job, hours of work
Track 2
00.0 Wages, travel to work, finances
01.02 Movies and dances, firemen’s roles
04.40 Marriage preparation, marriage, housing
06.20 BOWMONT STREET house, SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL
06.59 To WINTON, WINTON community
08.00 Farming, Dorothy’s hobbies: Antiques, Genealogy
10.00 Differences between raising family and following personal interests
12.00 Establishing and managing CENTRAL COLLEGE SCHOOL CANTEEN
Track 3
00.0 CENTRAL COLLEGE SCHOOL CANTEEN
02.00 Interest in lifelong learning
03.30 20 years running farmlet (5 day week) while husband worked on STEWART ISLAND
06.00 Values that help her in her life
06.50 DOROTHY’S interest in MAORI history and colonisation
Track 4
00.0 Chores when she was a child growing up
Track 5
00.0 WORLD WAR II highlights as a child
02.00 Rationing of goods
02.30 WILLY’S WHIPPET car owned by DOROTHY and husband; community sharing
05.50 Neighbour’s peg leg story
08.30 CONON STREET SWIMMING POOL
09.40 BROWN OWL RESTAURANT and clothing to wear there
10.40 DUTCH migration to SOUTHLAND
13.20 POLIO outbreak
14.30 Mentioned husband involved in MANAPOURI POWER STATION
14.40 GAP ROAD FLAX MILL one of the last to close
Track 6
00.0 GAP ROAD FLAX MILL
00.38 1978 Plight of sheep in INVERCARGILL
02.10 100 YEAR FLOOD
03.00 DEE STREET MATERNITY HOSPITAL
03.40 Flood in early 1940s
05.22 BIG FREEZE IN INVERCARGILL
07.18 New KEW HOSPITAL compared to old hospital. DOROTHY favours the latter
Date of Second interview: 2 February 2017
Track 7
00.0 Recording information
00.29 Dorothy’s ancestry
06.40 Earliest childhood memories of family home
07.45 Games played
08.24 School bankbook saving
09.04 Teachers note
10.45 Family life and celebrations. BLUFF REGATTA. BLUFF YACHT CLUB
13.24 family discipline, punishments
Track 8
00.0 Discipline continued
00.19 SUNDAY events and religion generally
03.12 School discipline
05.12 School choral concerts
07.15 School trenches during World War II
08.22 Air raid shelter built by father for civil defence
10.43 Meeting husband and honeymoon
13.00 Houses Dorothy lived in
14.00 Late primary school manual training
Track 9
00.0 Manual training continued
00.59 Working as a teacher aide
02.40 How Dorothy came to the teacher aide position
03.37 FAITH TE AU – A MAORI PRINCESS. Friendship with her. The rainbow village at TI WAI
Dates
- 2017
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Poplur, Gill (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
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