Abstract of Ina Emily PANKHURST, 2023
Item — Box: 12
Identifier: H02860002
Overview
Ina Emily Pankhurst
Interviewer: Janice Templeton
Date: 6th June 2006
Abstractor: Ngaire Bartley
Track One
00.00 Interview identification. Full name given. INA EMILY PANKHURST. Born in 1918. Named after Grandmother EMILY WATSON. Born at home in LONGWOOD. Birth certificate shows HEKIA.
03.00 Father’s name JAMES ALEXANDER PANKHURST. Occupation farmer/locomotive driver for MORE’S MILL before marriage.
01.50 Mother BONA (?) WATSON. Explains name. Born WAIPANGO at Grandmother’s home ‘HILLTOP’. Lists Mother’s family. Explains building of family home ‘KINTAIL NARROWS’ by MR. ANDERSON.
04.49 Mother school teacher MANAPOURI. Taught MURRELL’S. Describes experience. Paid in gold sovereigns. Mother Born 1898. After Manapouri Mother taught at GUMMIES BUSH as Assistant teacher with MISS CARNACHAN (?) Taught HOPCROFTS. Mentions teaching experience.
07.06 Mentions engagement between Father and Mother. History of emerald engagement ring from WESLEY’S of OTAUTAU.
08.00 Mother’s education. Had to cross THE NARROWS and walk to school in RIVERTON. Had music lessons with MRS BEER in BAY ROAD, RIVERTON. Had to milk cows on return from school, then tea/homework/bed. Same each day.
10.21 Mentions experience of losing way in fog on the way to school ending up at cemetery. ALAN PRENTICE incident with teacher mentioned. MISS HAMILTON teacher at Riverton.
12.03 Mother and sister MAY didn’t go to teachers’ college. Classes held in Invercargill on Saturdays. Travelled on train to Invercargill and return, then to ‘KINTAIL’ by foot. Aunty May pupil/teacher at Riverton for a while.
13.05 Mother resigned from teaching after marriage. Ina grew up at Longwood. Describes house.
14.35 Food – plain. Home made bread. Vegetable garden
15.27 Clothes – few bought things. Mother made clothes. Treadle sewing machine.
16.15 Wore boots to school – three and half miles each way. ORAKI SCHOOL AT TIHAKA. MISS CARSON and assistant teachers.
17.58 Hand me down clothes from relatives. Describes. Mother biked to Riverton to ROBERTSON’S SHOP in Riverton. Graeme Robertson’s Father from Colac Bay delivered groceries, Thursdays. Mail car delivered bread. ERNIE DANIELS butcher delivered meat.
19.56 Played rounders, basketball at school. Detailed family members. Walked to school. Recalls companions.
23.50 Orchards on way to school on Grandparents property. Riverton people came for fruit.
24.30 Pankhurst Grandparents lived across from house. Formerly MARSHALL’S property. PANKHURSTS had been in area for a long time.
25.04 GRANDFATHER was the ‘first white boy born in Riverton. Had previously lived in CASTLE STREET. Married at OTAITAI BUSH.
26.30 Family were musical. Mother played organ and sang.
27.00 Ina learned piano at age 14. Brought piano out from Invercargill. Describes trip. Learned from ANNIE PLAYFAIR in RIVERTON teaching at the back of MORE’S HALL in 1936. Describes learning piano. After Annie Playfair taught by MISS CARMODY at the Post Office.
29.00 Went to O’BURN SCHOOL (?) Exams in town. Finished school at 13. No secondary education. Music exam every year. Associate ATCL achieved.
Track Two
00.00 Teaching music. First pupil HAZEL McKAY. Students at Longwood and later Riverton.
01.48 Milked cows, housework, cooking and gardening for parents.
02.31 Brother BILL married. Ina moved to Longwood Road.
03.01 Moved to Riverton. Father died 1957.
04.05 Working in Riverton. Describes working for DOCTOR DAWSON.
04.57 Biked to work. Aged 45 bought car. Learned to drive with PYE? McNAUGHTON. Describes driving lessons. MORRIS MINOR car.
06.00 Working for doctors in Riverton. DAWSON, YORK, HARRIS, HORWOOD – 20 years.
07.28 Describes working life.
13.03 Worked for BERT WOHLERS, MOORE BROS, EDDIE GRAHAM. Teaching music at the same time.
14.57 Details names of students recalled. Describes getting results in newspapers.
17.29 AUNTY AGNES WATSON took over job on retirement.
19.25 Explains that Mother had died. Had to run house and garden. Details favourite plants.
22.01 Church connections. Played organ for 60 years.
23.26 Recalls hobbies.
25.45 Interviewer question – What would you consider to be your special contribution to the story of Southland? – Wished she had taught people English. Would have liked to be a teacher.
26.45 Importance of music. Mother wanted to be a singer. MR. GREY Teacher in Invercargill. Explains.
28.35 Describes arrival of piano into house.
29.11 Recalls Grandma’s hopes for daughters. Red Velvet dresses. ‘HERE COMES WATSON’S RED’.
Interviewer: Janice Templeton
Date: 6th June 2006
Abstractor: Ngaire Bartley
Track One
00.00 Interview identification. Full name given. INA EMILY PANKHURST. Born in 1918. Named after Grandmother EMILY WATSON. Born at home in LONGWOOD. Birth certificate shows HEKIA.
03.00 Father’s name JAMES ALEXANDER PANKHURST. Occupation farmer/locomotive driver for MORE’S MILL before marriage.
01.50 Mother BONA (?) WATSON. Explains name. Born WAIPANGO at Grandmother’s home ‘HILLTOP’. Lists Mother’s family. Explains building of family home ‘KINTAIL NARROWS’ by MR. ANDERSON.
04.49 Mother school teacher MANAPOURI. Taught MURRELL’S. Describes experience. Paid in gold sovereigns. Mother Born 1898. After Manapouri Mother taught at GUMMIES BUSH as Assistant teacher with MISS CARNACHAN (?) Taught HOPCROFTS. Mentions teaching experience.
07.06 Mentions engagement between Father and Mother. History of emerald engagement ring from WESLEY’S of OTAUTAU.
08.00 Mother’s education. Had to cross THE NARROWS and walk to school in RIVERTON. Had music lessons with MRS BEER in BAY ROAD, RIVERTON. Had to milk cows on return from school, then tea/homework/bed. Same each day.
10.21 Mentions experience of losing way in fog on the way to school ending up at cemetery. ALAN PRENTICE incident with teacher mentioned. MISS HAMILTON teacher at Riverton.
12.03 Mother and sister MAY didn’t go to teachers’ college. Classes held in Invercargill on Saturdays. Travelled on train to Invercargill and return, then to ‘KINTAIL’ by foot. Aunty May pupil/teacher at Riverton for a while.
13.05 Mother resigned from teaching after marriage. Ina grew up at Longwood. Describes house.
14.35 Food – plain. Home made bread. Vegetable garden
15.27 Clothes – few bought things. Mother made clothes. Treadle sewing machine.
16.15 Wore boots to school – three and half miles each way. ORAKI SCHOOL AT TIHAKA. MISS CARSON and assistant teachers.
17.58 Hand me down clothes from relatives. Describes. Mother biked to Riverton to ROBERTSON’S SHOP in Riverton. Graeme Robertson’s Father from Colac Bay delivered groceries, Thursdays. Mail car delivered bread. ERNIE DANIELS butcher delivered meat.
19.56 Played rounders, basketball at school. Detailed family members. Walked to school. Recalls companions.
23.50 Orchards on way to school on Grandparents property. Riverton people came for fruit.
24.30 Pankhurst Grandparents lived across from house. Formerly MARSHALL’S property. PANKHURSTS had been in area for a long time.
25.04 GRANDFATHER was the ‘first white boy born in Riverton. Had previously lived in CASTLE STREET. Married at OTAITAI BUSH.
26.30 Family were musical. Mother played organ and sang.
27.00 Ina learned piano at age 14. Brought piano out from Invercargill. Describes trip. Learned from ANNIE PLAYFAIR in RIVERTON teaching at the back of MORE’S HALL in 1936. Describes learning piano. After Annie Playfair taught by MISS CARMODY at the Post Office.
29.00 Went to O’BURN SCHOOL (?) Exams in town. Finished school at 13. No secondary education. Music exam every year. Associate ATCL achieved.
Track Two
00.00 Teaching music. First pupil HAZEL McKAY. Students at Longwood and later Riverton.
01.48 Milked cows, housework, cooking and gardening for parents.
02.31 Brother BILL married. Ina moved to Longwood Road.
03.01 Moved to Riverton. Father died 1957.
04.05 Working in Riverton. Describes working for DOCTOR DAWSON.
04.57 Biked to work. Aged 45 bought car. Learned to drive with PYE? McNAUGHTON. Describes driving lessons. MORRIS MINOR car.
06.00 Working for doctors in Riverton. DAWSON, YORK, HARRIS, HORWOOD – 20 years.
07.28 Describes working life.
13.03 Worked for BERT WOHLERS, MOORE BROS, EDDIE GRAHAM. Teaching music at the same time.
14.57 Details names of students recalled. Describes getting results in newspapers.
17.29 AUNTY AGNES WATSON took over job on retirement.
19.25 Explains that Mother had died. Had to run house and garden. Details favourite plants.
22.01 Church connections. Played organ for 60 years.
23.26 Recalls hobbies.
25.45 Interviewer question – What would you consider to be your special contribution to the story of Southland? – Wished she had taught people English. Would have liked to be a teacher.
26.45 Importance of music. Mother wanted to be a singer. MR. GREY Teacher in Invercargill. Explains.
28.35 Describes arrival of piano into house.
29.11 Recalls Grandma’s hopes for daughters. Red Velvet dresses. ‘HERE COMES WATSON’S RED’.
Dates
- 2023
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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: Templeton, Janice (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository
