IVY MAY DICKSON

Recorded: 25 May 1991

Interviewer: Edith Ruddenklau

Abstracter: Unnamed (Retyped by Jean Hawkes)

NOTE: Extra details added by Jean Hawkes in parentheses

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIMINGS REFER TO THE ORIGINAL TAPES

Track 1

00:01 Introduction IVY MAY DICKSON (nee SPENCER) born 03 September 1894 (AVENAL NURSING HOME, INVERCARGILL)

00:06 [FATHER]: WILLIAM HENRY SPENCER – Born 09 August 1869 at AVENAL – Died 11 July 1962 Made and sold mine props – Bought land – Milked cows

00:21 [MOTHER]: MARGARET JANE McQUARRIE – Born at MARY STREET, INVERCARGILL 06 April 1871 – MABEL BUSH October 1956

[CHILDREN of WILLIAM and MARGARET]: JANE ('DOLLY' born 1892) – IVY MAY – WILLIAM (CLARENCE born 1902) – VICTOR (LESLIE HENRY born 1906) – CARMEN (ROY born 1908) – MARGARET (ALEXIE RUBY WINIFRED born 1910) – LINDA (AUDREY EDNA MAUD born 1915) – GEORGE ALEXANDER born 1913 00:41 [EDUCATION]: WAIKIWI and MAKAREWA SCHOOLS

00:47 Helped milk AYSHIRE cows while still at school

00:51 Teeth broken by cow kicking – Described

00:58 Turnips carted to cows by sledge – Water drawn from well for stock

00:79 Horse named JESS – Got into potato pit – Died of bloat

01:00 [TEACHERS]: Mr McKAY Head Teacher – Miss RIDDLEM (?RIDDLE/RIDDLER)

01:24 [EMPLOYMENT]: UNDERWOOD SUGAR OF MILK FACTORY (NESTLE'S HIGHLANDER CONDENSED MILK) Feeding the Fillers – Capping – Soldering caps on

01:65 Weekly pay around 1911 – Sixteen shillings (One dollar and sixty cents) Took milk to factory before starting work at 8am Mr MURRAY – Manager

02:16 Tonsils out when aged 20 – Dr HEWART'S surgery... Gargled all night with Boracic Acid and hot water

02:42 [ENTERTAINMENT]: Musical evenings – NO liquor

02:54 First washing machine BEATTIE – Armstrong before that (? does this mean ARMSTRONG as Brand or 'arm strong' as in hand washing) Used glass washboard

02:70 Grocer and Butcher came to door

02:82 Thinned turnips with a hoe

02:94 Self married WILLIAM JOHN (BILL) DICKSON – Born 28 May 1884 COUNTY DOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND – Died 27 November 1962 WILLIAM – Boilerman – Fireman MAKAREWA home burned in 1931 Four children

03:68 Own parents married FIRST CHURCH, INVERCARGILL 11 June 1891. Self and BILL married in St PAUL'S, INVERCARGILL 05 November 1919 – Bridesmaid was CATHERINE THOMAS of TOKANUI

04:00 End of Track 1

Track 2

04:02 Self – BILL – FAMILY to EDENDALE [CHILDREN]: JAMES MORRELL born 28 September 1930 (MBE) – DOUGLAS LLEWELLYN born 19 August 1922 – COLIN EARLE born 04 January 1928 – MARGARET ESTELLE born 09 October 1928 EDUCATION

04:50 Self knitted – Sewed on SINGER SEWING MACHINE

04:65 Biggest change in life-time – ELECTRICITY Use of candles and kerosene lamps – Described

04:93 CHRISTMAS DAY as a child

05:30 MOTHER'S parents from SCOTLAND

NOTE: IVY MAY DICKSON died peacefully at her home on 08 April 1992