Abstract of Enid Ann McCAULEY, 2021
Item — Box: 43
Identifier: H04550002
Notes
(Please note that this is not a formal abstract but notes made by the interviewer during the interview)
MCCAULEY, Enid Ann
Interview: 14 May 2021
Interviewer: Judith Thomas
Focus of interview is Enid’s life – a hard life – sight impaired – always almost totally blind.
Born – early memory old house (describes) – help – swing bridge – river – shop – George Street.
Mum – five of us in a bed – airing beds. Dad a farm manager – horses and sugar. Stephen sick. Mum sick – bike – Doctor – knitting – butter from house cow – baby brother Stephen.
School – sight not good. Grandmother – sale yards – trucks – noise – no sport – knitting – secondary school.
Lamond Motors. First Church – missing at both ends of the day. Waianiwa shop for sweets.
St Catherine’s – sewing frocks (June Mum’s pet) – brother Stephen.
Clinton – Dunedin Hospital. Cataracts – Italian doctor – first time being able to see. Operations meant fifteen years of good sight.
Work at Railway Hotel in Otautau – owners’ family – circus – sports day at Otautau – feeding the crowd. Work hours 2/3 years Crown Hotel – meals, polishing cutlery jobs. Drunk cook with wooden leg (hotel family).
Meeting Geoffrey – pictures – barn dance – Uncle Jim’s car – Uncle Sylvy – three bridges – first footing – dances – ‘not going over bridge’ – engaged – Aunty Rose Lawson – marriage – church rules/lessons. Priest and Riverton nuns.
Aunties – Peg and Kitty - mince and tatties.
Wedding day – catering – Hall Otautau - honeymoon Te Anau – “Just Married” – pots of confetti.
Queenstown – mini bus trip to Skippers – children – Douglas (eldest child) – maternity home – ‘playing house’. Milk run/truck – Spinners Guild.
Subsequent children: Grant, Mark, Beverley, Tania.
Lands and Survey ballot – farm at Tuatapere – lambs and cows – the digger – managing boys – managing her eyesight. “I’m busy”.
Long drop. Steve Kokay’s (Hungarian) hut. Washing water. In-laws’ house – an ‘awful life’ – another old house (describes).
Geoff died – Dr Elder – cat – (Geoff asthma, died at 42).
When Enid 34 – shift to town. McQuarrie Street – Glengarry – piles checked – walked everywhere.
Peter McCauley – driver for Blind Foundation – friends – proposed – Kirkwood Lane – 22 years with Peter – a great help.
Beverley found a room at Peacehaven “the big room’ – moving in with help from grandchildren. Douglas in Hamilton – Grant and Mark in Australia. 80th birthday at Peacehaven Hall.
Explains Retinitis pigmentosis
Walker relatives. Thompson – Thwaites bootmaker. Herons Brothers Honey. Names grandchildren and great grandchild.
MCCAULEY, Enid Ann
Interview: 14 May 2021
Interviewer: Judith Thomas
Focus of interview is Enid’s life – a hard life – sight impaired – always almost totally blind.
Born – early memory old house (describes) – help – swing bridge – river – shop – George Street.
Mum – five of us in a bed – airing beds. Dad a farm manager – horses and sugar. Stephen sick. Mum sick – bike – Doctor – knitting – butter from house cow – baby brother Stephen.
School – sight not good. Grandmother – sale yards – trucks – noise – no sport – knitting – secondary school.
Lamond Motors. First Church – missing at both ends of the day. Waianiwa shop for sweets.
St Catherine’s – sewing frocks (June Mum’s pet) – brother Stephen.
Clinton – Dunedin Hospital. Cataracts – Italian doctor – first time being able to see. Operations meant fifteen years of good sight.
Work at Railway Hotel in Otautau – owners’ family – circus – sports day at Otautau – feeding the crowd. Work hours 2/3 years Crown Hotel – meals, polishing cutlery jobs. Drunk cook with wooden leg (hotel family).
Meeting Geoffrey – pictures – barn dance – Uncle Jim’s car – Uncle Sylvy – three bridges – first footing – dances – ‘not going over bridge’ – engaged – Aunty Rose Lawson – marriage – church rules/lessons. Priest and Riverton nuns.
Aunties – Peg and Kitty - mince and tatties.
Wedding day – catering – Hall Otautau - honeymoon Te Anau – “Just Married” – pots of confetti.
Queenstown – mini bus trip to Skippers – children – Douglas (eldest child) – maternity home – ‘playing house’. Milk run/truck – Spinners Guild.
Subsequent children: Grant, Mark, Beverley, Tania.
Lands and Survey ballot – farm at Tuatapere – lambs and cows – the digger – managing boys – managing her eyesight. “I’m busy”.
Long drop. Steve Kokay’s (Hungarian) hut. Washing water. In-laws’ house – an ‘awful life’ – another old house (describes).
Geoff died – Dr Elder – cat – (Geoff asthma, died at 42).
When Enid 34 – shift to town. McQuarrie Street – Glengarry – piles checked – walked everywhere.
Peter McCauley – driver for Blind Foundation – friends – proposed – Kirkwood Lane – 22 years with Peter – a great help.
Beverley found a room at Peacehaven “the big room’ – moving in with help from grandchildren. Douglas in Hamilton – Grant and Mark in Australia. 80th birthday at Peacehaven Hall.
Explains Retinitis pigmentosis
Walker relatives. Thompson – Thwaites bootmaker. Herons Brothers Honey. Names grandchildren and great grandchild.
Dates
- 2021
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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: Thomas, Judith (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
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