Abstract of Elizabeth Carolyn (Liz) MILLER, 2015
Item — Box: 31
Identifier: H02310002
Abstract
ELIZABETH CAROLYN (LIZ) MILLER
Interviewed by Gil Poplur
DISC 1
Track 1
1.40 A family with a background of reading
3.36 Places family lived.
4.50 Involvement in church
8.40 Working for her brother
9.54 A reading household
10.29 Nearly self-sufficient family.
14.04 Liz sent on important errands
Track 2
0.00 Continued story of errand to H&J Smiths
1.16 Childhood recreational activities 14.20 Wartime restrictions
Track 3
0.00 Wartime restrictions (continued)
5.00 Punishments meted out at home
8.00 Sister had a baby very young and the consequences
11.03 Family birthdays and Saturday picnics
Track 4
0.0 Looking after those less well off at home and in the community
8.14 An all day bike ride
9.26 Food they ate
10.43 Avoiding burns
12.12 Very big garden, Saturday morning pictures, Mother cooking for a millionaire and for those less well off
Disc 2
Track 1
0.003 Brought up with no prejudices
3.46 Trained as teacher/speech therapist. Feelings around use of strap.
10.19 Finished teaching. Answered advert for children’s librarian
Track 2
0.0 Kindergarten age. How to behave with an intimidating dog.
1.22 Primary and Middle schools. Developed a very strong love of reading
9.04 High school uniform and behaviour restrictions. Lessons on the use of pills.
Track 3
0.0 Completes migraine story and describes cave a little that her Mother lived in
2.16 Reading oblivion got her locked in school
4.20 Dunedin Training College. Story re demonstration of Rock ‘n Roll
6.10 Religious teachings questioned
11.30 Storyteller since 1990. Her grandmother was fey.
Track 4
0.00 Completes psychic instances from last track. Relates how mother’s childhood punishment affected her adult to child punishments.
4.38 How her parents furthered her education through their activities and morals.
9.22 World War 2 memories
Track 5
0.0 Completing war memories
Track 6
0.00 About being a waitress to the Queen when she was in Invercargill early 1954
DISC 3
Track 1
0.0 Saturday night dancing
4.35 Uptown shopping and Peter Pan Café
7.33 War time memories
12.20 Punishments to fit childhood misbehavior
Track 2
0.0 Attitudes to male/female relationships, accidents and safety
Track 3
0.00 Description of a natural schist, originally Chinese-built cave that her parents lived in during the Depression
10.00 Gathering wood, gardening near the cave
14.10 Embarrassment during bathing. Attitudes to nudity and conception
Interviewed by Gil Poplur
DISC 1
Track 1
1.40 A family with a background of reading
3.36 Places family lived.
4.50 Involvement in church
8.40 Working for her brother
9.54 A reading household
10.29 Nearly self-sufficient family.
14.04 Liz sent on important errands
Track 2
0.00 Continued story of errand to H&J Smiths
1.16 Childhood recreational activities 14.20 Wartime restrictions
Track 3
0.00 Wartime restrictions (continued)
5.00 Punishments meted out at home
8.00 Sister had a baby very young and the consequences
11.03 Family birthdays and Saturday picnics
Track 4
0.0 Looking after those less well off at home and in the community
8.14 An all day bike ride
9.26 Food they ate
10.43 Avoiding burns
12.12 Very big garden, Saturday morning pictures, Mother cooking for a millionaire and for those less well off
Disc 2
Track 1
0.003 Brought up with no prejudices
3.46 Trained as teacher/speech therapist. Feelings around use of strap.
10.19 Finished teaching. Answered advert for children’s librarian
Track 2
0.0 Kindergarten age. How to behave with an intimidating dog.
1.22 Primary and Middle schools. Developed a very strong love of reading
9.04 High school uniform and behaviour restrictions. Lessons on the use of pills.
Track 3
0.0 Completes migraine story and describes cave a little that her Mother lived in
2.16 Reading oblivion got her locked in school
4.20 Dunedin Training College. Story re demonstration of Rock ‘n Roll
6.10 Religious teachings questioned
11.30 Storyteller since 1990. Her grandmother was fey.
Track 4
0.00 Completes psychic instances from last track. Relates how mother’s childhood punishment affected her adult to child punishments.
4.38 How her parents furthered her education through their activities and morals.
9.22 World War 2 memories
Track 5
0.0 Completing war memories
Track 6
0.00 About being a waitress to the Queen when she was in Invercargill early 1954
DISC 3
Track 1
0.0 Saturday night dancing
4.35 Uptown shopping and Peter Pan Café
7.33 War time memories
12.20 Punishments to fit childhood misbehavior
Track 2
0.0 Attitudes to male/female relationships, accidents and safety
Track 3
0.00 Description of a natural schist, originally Chinese-built cave that her parents lived in during the Depression
10.00 Gathering wood, gardening near the cave
14.10 Embarrassment during bathing. Attitudes to nudity and conception
Dates
- 2015
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Poplur, Gill (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository
