Abstract of William Patrick WATT (Bill) and Francis Hope Glenaray WATT , 2007
Item — Box: 8
Identifier: H00430003
Abstract
Bill and Glenaray Watt
Interviewer: Cathy Macfie
Abstract: Cathy Macfie
00:10 GW: First met playing TABLE TENNIS at GLENARAY HALL. Describes. Recalls beating MRS HAYMER ‘first time in history’. No dances as such.
02:15 BW: 1947 arrival at Glenaray. Six single men aware of ‘local talent’. Limited female company available. Table tennis first social opportunity.
03:09 GW: COURTSHIP Recalls MR PINCKNEY loaned hack so they could ride together. Describes picnic lunches, visits to station huts, ‘very innocent’. No TRANSPORT.
BW: ENTERTAINMENT. Took Waikaia Mail Car for occasional night out at WAIKAIA CINEMA. Usually a group; chartered bus back to Glenaray.
04:29 BW: Recalls very occasional dance at Glenaray Hall. GW: ‘Much more enjoyable going for a ride’.
BW: ENGAGED Labour Weekend 1948 then Glenaray went ‘down country’ to work at Mandeville. MARRIED June 1950 [at Waikaia]. GW: Recalls snow on ground. Describes WEDDING DRESS. TAXI from MATAURA got bogged. Describes pushing; taxi cleaned by MR CHRISTIE. FORREST matron of honour; shared same interests: ‘horses and dogs’.
07:45 GW: GLENARAY a ‘good place to live’. Describes. WEDDING RECEPTION at WAIKAIA HALL, now Museum. Men attended local RUGBY MATCH afterwards. BW: Ceremony timed to fit with rugby. GW: Describes TRANSPORT from Waikaia to Dunedin. BW: Reached CHRISTCHURCH but plans for WELLINGTON [OE] abandoned when Glenaray became ill. GW: Describes illness. Recalls DR ORCHARD and FEDERAL HOTEL.
10:25 GW: Describes return home. Preparation for new FARMHAND-TRACTOR DRIVER position at OTAMA. BW: Recalls travelling to Otama by marquette [Buick] GW: Recalls death of father a few weeks later. Inherited car. BW: ‘Mum Dillon’ had to leave Station house. Got position as housekeeper at Otama on neighbouring farm. Explains arrangements with car. GW: Mother a 20 minute walk away.
12:10 GW: Mother bought section and built house in GORE; describes storage arrangements. Enjoyed 3 years at OTAMA. Spent 8 months at TUTURAU then returned to GLENARAY. Explains.
BW: Job offer of SHEPHERD at Glenaray could not be refused. Explains. Describes nature of work at Tuturau.
GW: Son PETER born at OTAMA; daughter PATRICIA born 2 years later at GLENARAY.
14.02 GW: Patricia born at DALKEITH PRIVATE HOSPITAL, GORE. ‘Lying in’ there for 2 weeks. BW: ‘We were busy lambing’.
BW: Spent 2½ years at Glenaray as shepherd. Then worked for TOM MULQUEEN at BALFOUR. Explains circumstances. Describes financial advantages of live-in position, ‘fully found’ but loss of privacy. ‘Marvellous boss’. Stayed 9½ years. GW: Bought first new car. BW: FINANCIAL SITUATION. Explains. ‘Couldn’t do anything but save.’ Recalls kindness of Tom Mulqueen to children. GW: Both children attended BALFOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL. Patricia attended secondary school at LUMSDEN and Peter boarded at GORE HIGH SCHOOL. Explains. BW: By then [1964] moved to MOSSBURN.
17:30 BW: Explains successful application for position [Manager] at MOUNT HAMILTON STATION. GW: Explains each shift was a step up. Maintained LIFESTYLE. 2 ponies, one horse. Describes freedom of Mount Hamilton.
BW Recalls support from BILL PINCKNEY and letter of advice. ‘Make sure you get plenty of carbon paper and keep a copy of everything.’ GW Recalls advice from BILL PICKNEY in choosing staff.
19:57 BW: After 6½ years at Mount Hamilton, offered position as field officer in ‘town’ [Invercargill]. Recalls reluctance. Explains. GW: Explains dislike of ‘time payments’ or mortgage. BW: Describes COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS visit; persuaded to reconsider move. Describes purchase of house at GLENGARRY. GW: Peter working for J.E.WATSON, GORE. Patricia at LUMSDEN HIGH SCHOOL. Describes school arrangements.
22:50 GW: Reflects on GLENARAY. ‘The best place we’ve ever lived on.’ Details. Acknowledges change. BW: Describes changes; loss of camaraderie associated with mustering and other traditional farm practices. GW: ‘Only Forrest married outside Glenaray’ [a butcher from Gore]. ‘Glenaray just about built our family, didn’t it?’ But too isolated for present needs. Explains.
25:50 Both describe scanned photos of Glenaray Station.
00:10 GW: First met playing TABLE TENNIS at GLENARAY HALL. Describes. Recalls beating MRS HAYMER ‘first time in history’. No dances as such.
02:15 BW: 1947 arrival at Glenaray. Six single men aware of ‘local talent’. Limited female company available. Table tennis first social opportunity.
03:09 GW: COURTSHIP Recalls MR PINCKNEY loaned hack so they could ride together. Describes picnic lunches, visits to station huts, ‘very innocent’. No TRANSPORT.
BW: ENTERTAINMENT. Took Waikaia Mail Car for occasional night out at WAIKAIA CINEMA. Usually a group; chartered bus back to Glenaray.
04:29 BW: Recalls very occasional dance at Glenaray Hall. GW: ‘Much more enjoyable going for a ride’.
BW: ENGAGED Labour Weekend 1948 then Glenaray went ‘down country’ to work at Mandeville. MARRIED June 1950 [at Waikaia]. GW: Recalls snow on ground. Describes WEDDING DRESS. TAXI from MATAURA got bogged. Describes pushing; taxi cleaned by MR CHRISTIE. FORREST matron of honour; shared same interests: ‘horses and dogs’.
07:45 GW: GLENARAY a ‘good place to live’. Describes. WEDDING RECEPTION at WAIKAIA HALL, now Museum. Men attended local RUGBY MATCH afterwards. BW: Ceremony timed to fit with rugby. GW: Describes TRANSPORT from Waikaia to Dunedin. BW: Reached CHRISTCHURCH but plans for WELLINGTON [OE] abandoned when Glenaray became ill. GW: Describes illness. Recalls DR ORCHARD and FEDERAL HOTEL.
10:25 GW: Describes return home. Preparation for new FARMHAND-TRACTOR DRIVER position at OTAMA. BW: Recalls travelling to Otama by marquette [Buick] GW: Recalls death of father a few weeks later. Inherited car. BW: ‘Mum Dillon’ had to leave Station house. Got position as housekeeper at Otama on neighbouring farm. Explains arrangements with car. GW: Mother a 20 minute walk away.
12:10 GW: Mother bought section and built house in GORE; describes storage arrangements. Enjoyed 3 years at OTAMA. Spent 8 months at TUTURAU then returned to GLENARAY. Explains.
BW: Job offer of SHEPHERD at Glenaray could not be refused. Explains. Describes nature of work at Tuturau.
GW: Son PETER born at OTAMA; daughter PATRICIA born 2 years later at GLENARAY.
14.02 GW: Patricia born at DALKEITH PRIVATE HOSPITAL, GORE. ‘Lying in’ there for 2 weeks. BW: ‘We were busy lambing’.
BW: Spent 2½ years at Glenaray as shepherd. Then worked for TOM MULQUEEN at BALFOUR. Explains circumstances. Describes financial advantages of live-in position, ‘fully found’ but loss of privacy. ‘Marvellous boss’. Stayed 9½ years. GW: Bought first new car. BW: FINANCIAL SITUATION. Explains. ‘Couldn’t do anything but save.’ Recalls kindness of Tom Mulqueen to children. GW: Both children attended BALFOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL. Patricia attended secondary school at LUMSDEN and Peter boarded at GORE HIGH SCHOOL. Explains. BW: By then [1964] moved to MOSSBURN.
17:30 BW: Explains successful application for position [Manager] at MOUNT HAMILTON STATION. GW: Explains each shift was a step up. Maintained LIFESTYLE. 2 ponies, one horse. Describes freedom of Mount Hamilton.
BW Recalls support from BILL PINCKNEY and letter of advice. ‘Make sure you get plenty of carbon paper and keep a copy of everything.’ GW Recalls advice from BILL PICKNEY in choosing staff.
19:57 BW: After 6½ years at Mount Hamilton, offered position as field officer in ‘town’ [Invercargill]. Recalls reluctance. Explains. GW: Explains dislike of ‘time payments’ or mortgage. BW: Describes COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS visit; persuaded to reconsider move. Describes purchase of house at GLENGARRY. GW: Peter working for J.E.WATSON, GORE. Patricia at LUMSDEN HIGH SCHOOL. Describes school arrangements.
22:50 GW: Reflects on GLENARAY. ‘The best place we’ve ever lived on.’ Details. Acknowledges change. BW: Describes changes; loss of camaraderie associated with mustering and other traditional farm practices. GW: ‘Only Forrest married outside Glenaray’ [a butcher from Gore]. ‘Glenaray just about built our family, didn’t it?’ But too isolated for present needs. Explains.
25:50 Both describe scanned photos of Glenaray Station.
Dates
- 2007
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Macfie, Cathy (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository
