GEDDES LEES (TED) RAMSAY

Interviewer: Rebecca Amundsen

Abstractor: Robyn Powley

Interview: 6 June 2014

TRACK 1

00:01 Interview introduction – identification – GEDDES LEES RAMSAY – born 2/2/1932 – Recording agreement

01:12 Born in CROMWELL – MAKARORA – MAUNGAWERA – North of WANAKA – father a FARM LABOURER – parents shifted in 1952 – TED moved out in 1950 – Details

02:05 Farm about 800 acres – SHEEP – father a SHEPHERD – SCHOOL started 1926 – closed 1946 – 8 or 10 pupils – SOLE TEACHER – 5 to 12 years age range – taught in GROUPS – then OTAGO BOYS HIGH from ‘45 to ’49 – BOARDER – own CRICKET TEAM – played RUGBY with DAY BOYS – left school at 18 – Details

05:05 Joined the FORESTRY – started at DUSKY - LABOURER – BALMORAL – pruning, planting, chopping down trees - TRAINEESHIP – in charge of men- GANG LEADER – EXTENSION OFFICER in SOUTHLAND – DUNEDIN – GERALDINE – FARM FORESTRY – GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE SCHEME to plant trees – Explains

08:08 Employer NZ FOREST SERVICE – job finished 1985 – PEBBLY – TUATAPERE – DUNEDIN – GERALDINE – SOUTHLAND – Details

09:12 Moved to GLENGARRY 1970 – LEVEN STREET – 2 months later GLENGARRY HOUSE available – built 1966 – CONWAY CRESCENT – very new, bare, no trees, no drives – STATE HOUSING – planted trees – WILLOW – FRUIT TREES – Details

11:40 HUNDREDS of CHILDREN – THOUSANDS - TRAMPOLINE – EGG TIMER – PARK adjacent – CHRISTMAS PARTY – FIREWORKS – NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT – Explains

15:00 End of Track 1

TRACK 2

00:07 WOMEN visited – gossiped – looked after the children – KINDERGARTEN – HAWTHORNDALE SCHOOL – LITHGOW – SCOUTS – GIRL GUIDES – Details

02:23 SHOPPING CENTRE – GLENGARRY WOOLWORTHS – Chemist – Milk Bar – Bootmaker – ‘LATE NIGHT’ THURSDAY – ‘Normal chaos’ – Describes

03:50 CHANGES in the area – FENCES, SHEDS, HOUSES – 2ND GENERATION – KIDS, BABIES, OLD PEOPLE – FIVE PEOPLE still in the Crescent for 50 YEARS – ‘TOP END’ – Recalls

06:17 SUPERMARKET closed – ‘Killed it’ – BANKS moved out – SMALL SHOPS closed – CHEMIST and HAIR DRESSER remain – STEPHEN at the GARAGE – 70s – Details

07:45 COMMUNITY – Man shot at the PARK – KINDERGARTEN PARTIES – Mentions

09:31 End of Track 2

TRACK 3

00:07 Recalls - The PUB – farewell, welcome home – WIFE and SHOPPING CENTRE – FRIDAY NIGHT SHOPPING – big shop FORTNIGHTLY on PAYDAY

01:33 WILLOW TREE tallest – chopped out - NO GARAGES initially – about 10 YEARS before garage built – NO FENCES initially – Recalls

03:20 Recalls - CHRISTMAS BBQ and FIREWORKS – CARAVAN CLUB – NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH – PLUNKET GROUP – BRIDE OF THE YEAR – held in GLENGARRY

06:57 Comparison of GLENGARRY – then and now – ‘PRETTY DEAD’ – No shops – GARAGE -BETTING – LOTTO – NZ POST – POST BANK and WESTPAC – all moved

08:28 NEIGHBOURS – ‘don’t know them much’ – Explains

09:25 End of Track 3