Abstract of Reginald George Alexander MCLEOD, 2014
Item — Box: 31
Identifier: H02240002
Abstract
Reginald George Alexander MCLEOD
Interviewed by Gill Poplur
DISK 1
Track 1
03.08 Snippets from the 1940s: Ash cart and dustman
04.28 Corporation horse yard
04.48 milkman
05.27 meat safe
06.04 milk monitor
08.18 Pleasure Bay activities
09.46 old fisherman and sewerage
11.57 Free coal
13.33 Policeman
13.52 Joinery factory
Track 2
00.0 Policeman and police cells
01.20 Air raid shelter. Trenches
03.08 Shop on the corner of Clyde and Crinan Streets
04.28 First day and 1947 day at school
07.30 Games
08.30 Bullying
11.06 Rugby, Pirates Club 1946ish
13.38 How Reg became an electrician
Track 3
00.0 1952 Beginning as an electrician
04.38 1956 4ZA radio station
07.40 Praise for boss, rewiring Southland Times. Time out.
08.48 Bluff Island Harbour work
11.20 Mataura Paper Mills work 1960s
12.30 High voltage distribution. Work philosophy
14.12 Fan heaters in bathrooms
Track 4
00.0 Fan heaters and common sense
01.40 school incidents Unintentional arson
03.34 Fatalities
10.41 Steps to becoming chief inspector at 28 yrs old
DISK 2
Track 1
00.0 Helping police, CIB, drug squad with their work 1988-1996
Track 2
00.0 Helping police (continued) Talk at Electrical Institute
06.35 Electrical Inspectors
07.47 Disciplined as electrical apprentice
10.40 Pirates Rugby 1969ish. Helping children
Track 3
00.0 Pirates Rugby (ctd) Reasons for team’s demise
03.20 Affects of women on club
06.10 Difficulties with committee, professionalism
07.34 Bluff oysters 1940s
09.02 Train to Gore, Balfour wartime. Finding cigarettes
11.48 Celebrations end of WW2 12.22 Invercargill – Gore train, bus
13.10 Swaggies
13.47 buses
Track 4
00.0 Gore. Getting into trouble with Gran
03.00 Electrician for sawmill Story re Japanese after 2nd WW.
05.23 Blood donor
DISK 3
Track 1
01.50 Farming: Binders, Haystacks, traction engine. Burning gorse, Draught horses. Damming to make house water supply.
13.12 Gas producers 2nd WW
Track 2
00.0 Gas producers continued
01.46 school
03.05 Maori oven
04.50 Estuary concrete breakwater
06.35 Fishing. ‘Mud’ from tile making
08.50 gravel contractor
12.07 story re yacht ‘overturning’
Track 3
Reg’s time as an electrician/inspector
Track 4
00.0 Fan heaters, school heaters. Electricial accidents to attend
11.00 Steps in Reg’s electrical career
Track 5
00.0 Loosening railway carriages. School discipline. Spelling. Trade drawing. Standards
08.20 Rugby. All Black contacts
12.48 Neon Signs
DISK 4
Track 1
00.0 Neon signs continued
04.50 Biggest electrical changes TRS TPS
Track 2
Gran’s discipline. Swing bridge, bees, jam covers
Track 3
1984 Flood Electrical workers’ incidents during
Track 4
00.0 Completion of 1984 flood
10.30 Kingston Flyer steam engine travelling. Railway prices
Track 5
Kingston Flyer engine being rescued (continued from track 4)
Interviewed by Gill Poplur
DISK 1
Track 1
03.08 Snippets from the 1940s: Ash cart and dustman
04.28 Corporation horse yard
04.48 milkman
05.27 meat safe
06.04 milk monitor
08.18 Pleasure Bay activities
09.46 old fisherman and sewerage
11.57 Free coal
13.33 Policeman
13.52 Joinery factory
Track 2
00.0 Policeman and police cells
01.20 Air raid shelter. Trenches
03.08 Shop on the corner of Clyde and Crinan Streets
04.28 First day and 1947 day at school
07.30 Games
08.30 Bullying
11.06 Rugby, Pirates Club 1946ish
13.38 How Reg became an electrician
Track 3
00.0 1952 Beginning as an electrician
04.38 1956 4ZA radio station
07.40 Praise for boss, rewiring Southland Times. Time out.
08.48 Bluff Island Harbour work
11.20 Mataura Paper Mills work 1960s
12.30 High voltage distribution. Work philosophy
14.12 Fan heaters in bathrooms
Track 4
00.0 Fan heaters and common sense
01.40 school incidents Unintentional arson
03.34 Fatalities
10.41 Steps to becoming chief inspector at 28 yrs old
DISK 2
Track 1
00.0 Helping police, CIB, drug squad with their work 1988-1996
Track 2
00.0 Helping police (continued) Talk at Electrical Institute
06.35 Electrical Inspectors
07.47 Disciplined as electrical apprentice
10.40 Pirates Rugby 1969ish. Helping children
Track 3
00.0 Pirates Rugby (ctd) Reasons for team’s demise
03.20 Affects of women on club
06.10 Difficulties with committee, professionalism
07.34 Bluff oysters 1940s
09.02 Train to Gore, Balfour wartime. Finding cigarettes
11.48 Celebrations end of WW2 12.22 Invercargill – Gore train, bus
13.10 Swaggies
13.47 buses
Track 4
00.0 Gore. Getting into trouble with Gran
03.00 Electrician for sawmill Story re Japanese after 2nd WW.
05.23 Blood donor
DISK 3
Track 1
01.50 Farming: Binders, Haystacks, traction engine. Burning gorse, Draught horses. Damming to make house water supply.
13.12 Gas producers 2nd WW
Track 2
00.0 Gas producers continued
01.46 school
03.05 Maori oven
04.50 Estuary concrete breakwater
06.35 Fishing. ‘Mud’ from tile making
08.50 gravel contractor
12.07 story re yacht ‘overturning’
Track 3
Reg’s time as an electrician/inspector
Track 4
00.0 Fan heaters, school heaters. Electricial accidents to attend
11.00 Steps in Reg’s electrical career
Track 5
00.0 Loosening railway carriages. School discipline. Spelling. Trade drawing. Standards
08.20 Rugby. All Black contacts
12.48 Neon Signs
DISK 4
Track 1
00.0 Neon signs continued
04.50 Biggest electrical changes TRS TPS
Track 2
Gran’s discipline. Swing bridge, bees, jam covers
Track 3
1984 Flood Electrical workers’ incidents during
Track 4
00.0 Completion of 1984 flood
10.30 Kingston Flyer steam engine travelling. Railway prices
Track 5
Kingston Flyer engine being rescued (continued from track 4)
Dates
- 2014
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Poplur, Gill (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository
