JUDITH ANNE (Judy) MURRAY

Interviewer: Seona Craig

Abstractor: Robyn Powley

Interview: 10 November 2015

TRACK 1

00:11 Recalls - Lived at WALLACETOWN – ST JOHN’S WEEKLY BOARDER - Nine when shifted to DACRE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL – had PONIES – 19 when DAD died – in WELLINGTON with RELATIONS – missed the FUNERAL – MOTHER never discussed it – YOUNG SISTER traumatised

01:31 1948 – decided to become a NURSE – trained in CHRISTCHURCH PUBLIC – MATRON – MISS WILLIAMSON – TRAINING – CLASSROOMS during the week - WARDS at weekends – 7 DAYS a WEEK – THREE YEARS – MOTHER sent her NURSING – GRANDMOTHER a NURSE 1st WORLD WAR - Explains

03:19 Recalls - WORKED at CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL – came home to RIDE a HORSE on days off – loved the country – WORKED on the FARM at DACRE – job at WHITCOMBE and TOOMBS – boarded in TOWN – ISLINGTON STREET – MITCHELL STREET

05:07 Recalls – FRIDAY NIGHT – LOUNGE at GRAND HOTEL – drinks – fish-n-chips – under the counter

07:19 Recalls – THE BROWN OWL – ESK and DEE STREETS – BIRTHDAY PARTIES at the BROWN OWL

08:03 Recalls – 1955 – MARRIED – children – SOUTHLAND – CANTERBURY – SHEEP FARMING – TONY – INTELLECTUALLY HANDICAPPED – two children have CEREBELLAR ATAXIA – SON died from it – DAUGHTER ‘will eventually kill her’ – CHRISTCHURCH – ‘sat and did nothing all week’ – ‘has left her body to science’

11:16 Recalls – desperate for a JOB – POST OFFICE – MAIL GIRLS - BONUS BONDS CENTRE – ERNIE – DIVORCED

12:51 End of Track 1

TRACK 2 00:02 Recalls – About ’85? – met ALAN ’82? – back to SOUTHLAND – farmed at MYROSS BUSH – bought a farm at OTAUTAU

01:25 Recalls – TATHAMS (sp) bought DONKEYS – OTATARA – imported from AUSTRALIA – bought a JENNY and a JACK – BREEDING – MINIATURES

02:33 Recalls – SHOWED the DONKEYS – WYNDHAM – INVERCARGILL – GORE – ROXBURGH – 1ST prize – ‘PRETTIEST FACE’ – JUDGES – TULLOCH’S TRANSPORT – CHRISTCHURCH SHOW – big FLOATS

04:13 Recalls – Sold one to CHRISTCHURCH – tiny FLOAT – MATAURA – TULLOCH’S FLOAT – TOP STOREY

05:25 Recalls – OTAUTAU – about 1998 – DONKEYS – TONY – Residential Home MARYLANDS – CHRISTCHURCH – IHC – Fly Home – TV ‘all day’

07:24 Recalls – back to INVERCARGILL – 2001 – rented at ELSTON LEA – kept ONE DONKEY – JOAN RABBIT’S (sp) – BERNADETTE – neighbour at MYROSS BUSH

09:06 Recalls – RIDING FOR THE DISABLED – involved for 25 YEARS – the CART – STEVE LE0NARD – BILL CARSON – ALAN from MERSEY STREET - pooper scooper – WORKSHOP in KELVIN STREET – MARGARET HUNTER – ASCOT PARK – ‘lovely cards’

12:26 Recalls – RDA – started at MYROSS BUSH – HARNESS DRIVING HORSE – bought a property at OTATARA

13:09 Recalls – BAINFIELD ROAD – GRANDFATHER – SIR WILLIAM DUFFUS HUNT – owned the property that is now BAINFIELD PARK REST HOME – COWS milked three times a day – KNIGHTED for ‘services to mankind’ – public spirited

14:38 TWO children had CEREBELLAR ECLAMPSIA – son and daughter – HEREDITARY – Explains

15:00 End of Track 2

TRACK 3

00:59 Recalls – SCOTLAND – IRELAND – ‘wonderful people’ – 1995 – visited AUSTRALIA – flew INVERCARGILL - MELBOURNE - ADELAIDE to PERTH – SURFERS’ PARADISE – AYERS ROCK – EDINBURGH TATTOO – met JACKIE (sp) her DAUGHTER – two/three days in SCOTLAND – IRELAND – DUBLIN – GALWAY BAY – SODA BREAD

07:33 Recalls – FARMS tiny – WATERFORD FACTORY – PUB ‘drunk’ singing

09:26 Interview finishes