Invercargill (N.Z.)
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STILES, Raewyn Dorothy interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0273
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview Raewyn talks in detail about her Grandfather, Willaim Holding, who came to New Zealand from England in 1923. William was a joiner and a sign writer as well as a talented painter and amateur photographer. He served in WWI and WW2. He did strongman acts and was a wrester. In 1954 he did a painting for the Queen's visit to Invercargill and Raewyn recounts the story of how he held up the painting from the veranda of a shop across...
Dates:
2016
STODDART, Edith Anne interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group
Identifier: H0030
Overview
Mrs Stoddart recalls in-depth her involvement in Civil Defence through training as a qualified instructor and the various situations she was involved with including the 1978 Mataura Floods, Mt Erebus disaster and the 1984 floods. She discusses the aftermath of the flooding practically as in the cleanup process, finding accommodation/clothing etc. and the importance of psychological help after such disasters.
Dates:
2010
Strang House
Digital Image
Identifier: D28550031_b
Dates:
2024
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Strang House
Digital Image
Identifier: D28550031_a
Dates:
2024
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
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