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Abstract of Shona Joyce FORDYCE, 2021

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Abstract

SHONA JOYCE FORDYCE

Interviewer: Rebecca Amundsen

Abstractor: Robyn Powley

Interview: 14 June 2014

TRACK 1

00:25 Interview introduction – identification SHONA JOYCE FORDYCE – born in 1944 – Recording agreement

01:09 Parents – JOHN and HENRIETTA PRINGLE (sp) from COLAC BAY – SHONA born in RIVERTON - lived at COLAC BAY – youngest of a ‘big family’ – two brothers and two sisters still living – SHONA – has always lived in SOUTHLAND – Details

01:56 Recalls - Growing up in COLAC BAY – locals FARMED – worked in the BUSH – FREEZING WORKS – HOLIDAY MAKERS – many RELATIVES lived there – fun and happy CHILDHOOD

03:02 FATHER worked on the RAILWAYS – lived in the RAILWAY HOUSE – ‘right on the line’ – TUATAPERE – PICNICERS – sports games – WHITEBAITING – WAKAPATU – walk to the beach – PAVILION CAFÉ – fund-raising MUTTONBIRD SEASON – Explains

05:45 Walks to the RACE - LONGWOOD HILL – CHARLIE PORT – INVERCARGILL – WAKAPATU – walked up the railway line - biked to ROUND HILL - RIVERTON – SCHOOL ACTIVITIES – COMMUNITY – DAD - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD – MOTHER - TENNIS COURT – COLAC BAY – coached BASKETBALL – walked for MILES – ACTION SONGS and POI – 8-13 years old – Recalls

08:26 MAGIC POND – MINIATURE SHELLS – decorated jars – HOTEL – 6 o’clock closing – PINE-NEEDLE HOUSES – visited MAORI (full blooded) GRANDMOTHER who married a PAKEHA MAN from ENGLAND – MUM a HALF-CAST – MUM married a PAKEHA – SHONA a QUARTER-CAST – her BLOND children are 1/8th – MUTTON-BIRD ISLANDS – family members visited the islands - local farmer – holiday time - free labour - Explains

11:46 Recalls - MAORI CULTURE – FOUR years old when MOTHER died – BROTHER died –labour – forbidden to speak TE REO – NURSING – went back to the MURIHIKU MARAE – RIVERTON – bought the SCHOOL at COLAC BAY – TAKUTAI 0 TE TITI MARAE – means COAST OF THE MUTTONBIRDS

13:10 WHALES beached – BIRDS had feeding frenzy – thousands of SARDINES – some preserved or used for manure – SEA now sweeps in – SEA WALL ROCKED in 1956 - Explains

15:00 End of Track 1

TRACK 2

00:18 Sea coming under the rocks – PORPOISES – FLOUNDERING – Explains

01:34 VICE-CHAIR of RUNAKA (sp) – MARAE – sea ‘eating the road’ – Explains

03:03 NURSING – AIDING at RIVERTON MATERNITY HOME – December 1960 – 50 years – variety of nursing – MEDICAL – SURGICAL – RELIEVING – 1968 ward 1 – ALCOHOLIC – PSYCHIATRIC – EAR/NOSE/THROAT – MAIN SURGERY – SON born - NIGHT-SHIFT SUPERVISOR – PREM BABIES – second child 1971 – NIGHT-SHIFT 12½ - DAY SHIFT in OUTPATIENTS – 1990 SEXUAL HEALTH tutoring and clinics – left DECEMBER 2010 – Retired – Details

07:28 CITIZEN’S ADVICE – HOSPICE SHOP – Details

07:46 Recalls - ‘Where babies come from’ – LORRAINE – MAY’S baby – COUSIN a MIDWIFE – had to RE-SIT MEDICINE – favourite topic – CEASARS – nursed HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS – NORMAN MURRAY – HEAD MASTER – RAY CLARKSON – RIVERTON – HARGEST (HIGH SCHOOL)

13:05 Recalls – Singing – HIGH SCHOOL – self-taught pianist – early 60s – ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK – RAY CLARKSON took SENIOR STUDENTS to SHOWS – TRIPS – married SOUTHLAND GIRLS HIGH PRINCIPAL – retired to ARROWTOWN

15:00 End of Track 2

TRACK 3

00:12 Recalls - MARRIED 1965 – house not ready – EARL’S DAD a POLICEMAN – WANGANELLA – relieved on STEWART ISLAND – stayed in his house – moved into own home AUGUST 1966 – EARL’S brother BARRY – laid TILES – GRANDAD/AUNTS/UNCLES helped – SHONA cooked

02:09 Recalls - HOUSE PLANS – added to existing plan – DOUBLE GLAZED

03:58 Recalls – a few HOUSES – CHURCH and MANSE – ANGLICAN MINISTER – lots of young children – NURSERY HOUSE – STREET PARTIES – BBQs – WAINUI’S – McCRAE’S (sp) – ‘FAMILY HOME’ – HORSE paddock STABLES – CREEK – GLENGARRY KINDERGARTEN – HAWTHORNDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL – LITHGOW INTERMEDIATE – HARGEST

06:50 Recalls - LITHGOW always had a ‘name’ – ED KEW – ‘Roughs’ – ‘A BAD PLACE’ – GANGS – MURDER

08:47 Recalls – KIDS enjoyed the street – a lull – ALL GROWN UP – now ‘odd CHILD back’ – everyone looked out for each other – FED the NEIGHBOUR’S KIDS/BATHED them

10:11 Recalls - EARL – TRAIN SET – KIDS/CAT liked it – KIDS in his WAGON – always ON TIME

11:04 A mixture of folk living in the street nowadays – Details

13:24 Attitudes have changed – WIDOWED GROUP – Explains

15:00 End of Track 3

TRACK 4

00:15 Different stages of life - BETTY EDMONDS and HUSBAND – call out – CONWAY CRESCENT – BETTY BOYER – EARL a ‘Fix-it’ person – people in ‘CHURCH HOUSE’ teacher and nurse – EARL ‘always there for us’ – Explains

02:08 SWIMMING in the mornings – then WORK – children visit – CAROLINE comes for dinner – DEBBY – GREGORY – HANNAH – come SUNDAY NIGHTS – SISTER-IN-LAW and her DAUGHTER coming down to live – SUE – a doctor – Details

03:20 Recalls - KIDS ‘popping up in the windows’ – SECOND FAMILY (next door) – GREGORY – neighbour IRONED EARL’S socks – feeding CAROLINE – ‘You’ve got big mountains’ – NEIGHBOUR worked at the BANK – first NEIGHBOUR worked at the HOSPITAL BOARD

05:12 Recalls - Disaster - SHUTTING WOOLWORTHS – people gathered there – BANK – ‘lovely atmosphere’ – ‘Ruined a village – a community’ – FISH SHOP man

08:00 McCALLUM’S (sp) – SUPERMARKET – ‘a family grocer shop’ – after BADMINTON – no money – fed the kids – paid later – NEW OWNERS – had to pay up front – never went back (to the shop) – Explains

09:34 Recalls – loves the area – not moving – lots of paperwork to sort – NURSING – NEWSPAPER – MAORI STUFF – will re-file

10:56 Recalls – SUPERMARKET – other SHOPS – TWO BUTCHERS – WYETHS – ‘Cottons and Threads’ (shop) - ELECTRICAL SHOP – BOOK SHOP – CHEMIST SHOP – RICHARD PIPER – HABITAT – WOOLWORTHS – CAROLYN worked there after school – GREGORY worked at the other WOOLWORTHS – THOMPSON’S shoe shop

12:39 Recalls - ‘LATE NIGHT THURSDAY’S’ – good shops – nice people – ICE-BLOCKS

14:10 Recalls - STREET PARTIES – 4/5 years – PARENTS started moving away

15:00 End of Track 4

TRACK 5

00:03 Recalls - River – picnic - SPONTANEOUS – Mixing and Meeting – WAINUI’S around the corner – Pakeha/Māori – EDMONDS’S (sp) – around other corner – Island/Māori – TRENT STREET - ENVIRONMENTAL SOUTHLAND – Kids in their 40s

03:17 Recalls - THREE people in the STREET – lived there 50 YEARS – NEIGHBOURS

05:23 Recalls – people with big ELM TREE – their children similar age to SHONA’S children – had LUNCH together – KINDY – SHONA’S after school – worked beautifully – GRANDMA died – ROY(?) and PAM around the corner – CAROLINE – RETIRED NURSES HOME

08:03 Interview finishes

Dates

  • 2021

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