Lois Fay Crisp H0174

Date: 16 October 2012

Interviewer: Rebecca Amundsen

Abstracter: Gil Berg

Track 1:

00.36 Father Walter Smart Roberts born in Dunedin.

00.46 Mother Myra Beatrice Pigeon and parents met at Church at North Invercargill Baptist Church.

01.08 Father worked for John Edmonds. Details

02.10 Family were living at 55 Short Street when Self was born. Self, lived there until her marriage.

02.25 Grandparents: - Fathers parents had passed by the time Self was born. Mother’s parents lived in King Street. Describes/Explains

03.42 Grandfather was Walter Henry Pigeon and Grandmother was Elizabeth Cox.

04.10 Earliest childhood memory first day going to school. Family walked everywhere Details

04.50 Man up the Street started his own private bus service which they used.

05.14 Tram in Sydney Street which cost 1 penny for a child and pram. Explains.

06.17 Purchased groceries at the grocery store in Bambrough Street. Details

06.57 Milkman came with cart. Explains

07.16 An Uncle was a butcher. Explains

07.50 Childhood pass times and games. There were a lot of children in Short Street. Details.

09.19 Friend, Margaret Filopinis (sp?), lived across the road and they were friends all their lives. Explains

10.50 Gives the history behind siblings and own names. Explains

13.09 Attended North School after starting at Surrey Park School. Explains.

End of track 1.

Track 2:

00.05 Continues recalling North School – Teachers and experiences. Explains

02.15 During afternoon activities at school was taught how to Tat. Describes.

02.47 Enjoyed school and playing hockey and recalls School Jubilee. Thinks it was the 120th.

04.43 Biked to High School. Describes.

05.55 Biked home for lunch which was always cooked. Night meal was a lighter meal. Explains

07.43 Father had a good vegetable garden. When Self married, she had a good vegetable garden which covered nearly a third of their quarter acre section. Had fruit trees. Details.

10.04 When Self left school she worked in the office of Petros (?sp) Tile Company who were connected to McSkimming’s. Explains.

11.31 Tells a story of over paying and employee 4s6d and going to his home to retrieve it. Describes.

12.35 Church going family and was part of the Youth Group activities. This is where Self met her husband. Explains.

End of Track 2

Track 3:

00.08 Continues with story of meeting husband, courtship, engagement and marriage. Details.

04.38 Memories of the war. Was 4 at the outbreak. Father was in the ground force of the Air Force. Detail’s memories of blackouts, listening to the news, ration books.

07.57 Bells ringing and cars tooting when the war was over.

08.36 Goes back to talk about wedding day the guests, the breakfast, and how her mother paid for it. Describes.

11.27 Honeymooned in Queenstown staying in the Bottle House. Details.

14.08 Husband Noel had saved enough to purchase a section in Eden Cres. Where they built their first home. Describes.

End of track 3.

Track 4:

00.01 Walked to Church. Had 6 children. They brought a car when their son was a baby.

01.05 Walked once a week to mothers in Short Street.

01.31 Interviewed paused as phone rang.

End of track 4

Track 5:

00.08 Continues talking about walking and then getting driver’s license. Husband brought her a car. Details.

02.26 Lived in Eden Cres. For 8 years then shifted to Isabella Street. Explains reasons for shift.

04.06 Started going to Glengarry Baptist Church when North Invercargill Baptist Church was condemned. Around 1969/1970?

05.57 Chose Glengarry because friends were going and it was closer to home.

06.56 Glengarry not very popular in those days. Didn’t really use the Shopping Centre. Had groceries delivered from friends shop on corner of George and Wilton Streets. Explains.

08.05 Went to the library. The family were great readers.

08.43 Pastor at Glengarry Church was a young fellow called Peter Hornbow (?sp) who resigned to be a Chaplin in the Air Force. There was a time when there were no Pastors and Husband Noel arranged for relieve Pastors.

10.47 Remembers Pastor Irwin as he had taken parents funerals. Discussion with interviewer over the various Pastors over the years. Explains.

12.16 Church held different evenings e.g., films of people life’s, to encourage people to come to Church. Describes.

13.30 When they transferred to Glengarry Church Husband became the treasurer. Explains their involvement in the Church.

End of Track 5

Track 6:

00.02 Continues talking about Church Camps at Omaui and Tautukau (?sp) and what was involved with these. Explains.

01.48 Sunday School was taken by 2 girl Waldron’s. Grandchildren loved it. Explains.

02.43 Started going to Central Baptist with a friend and granddaughter. Explains. 03.39 Talks about some of the services provided by the Church e.g., Soup kitchens, Budget Advice, distribution of recipe books and excess food. Explains.

08.20 Social evenings at Eastside. Details

09.04 When living in Isabella Street the children went to Surrey Park School and onto Lithgow. Older son attended Rosedale. Explains.

10.33 20 years ago Self, taught Bible in Schools at Middle School. Explains

12.59 The old buildings of Middle School were going to be demolished and a committee was formed to get a petition running to prevent this. Details.

End of track 6.

Track 7:

00.03 Continues talking about the petition and the outcome.

01.44 Asked if she could recall how long she attended Glengarry Church. Was there when the name was changed to Eastside Baptist Church. Has a discussion with the interviewer about Glengarry and how it got its name.

End of track 7.