Awarua Communications Museum Oral History Collection, 2014-
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
LANKSHEAR, Peter Maurice interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box 25
Identifier: H0403
Dates:
2019
LIDDELL, Adrian Rex interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box 35
Identifier: H0319
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. Adrian starts his interview describing his apprenticeship as an electrician before joining the Post office where he worked setting up and maintaining exchanges e.g., in Christchurch, Milford Sound and Stewart Island. He details the Stewart Island exchange.
Dates:
2017
McKAY, Sydney Paul interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box 15
Identifier: H0293
Overview
Recorded as part of the Awarua Communications Museum Collection. In this interview Paul tells of his family history and life first in South Invercargill and later in Woodlands where he began his career with the Post Office where he worked in various areas e.g., switch board operator, Telegraph and Motor registration. Moving between townships eventually becoming the Post master of Riverton and Winton offices, during this time he specialised in the conversion of the Telephone Exchanges from...
Dates:
2017
MILLER, Peter Albert interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box 37
Identifier: H0352
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Peter recalls his work at Awarua Radio Station as a technician before moving to Wellington to work in a radio lab. He then joined the broadcasting service and this interest combined with sound engineering eventually led to working in television at Avalon Studios. He describes getting around Wellington on a Vespa Scooter as well as the various shifts he worked. While working for Awarua Radio he...
Dates:
2018
OSBORNE, Marie Olive interviewed by Seona Craig
Record Group — Box 32
Identifier: H0239
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. Marie talks of family history and happy family life at Awarua where her father was the Station Agent. They lived in a railway house there. She tells of her education, employment and marriage. She and her husband built a house in Dipton Street. Her husband was a technician with the Post Office for 40 years. Marie worked for an accounting firm and when her husband retired she recalls the extensive overseas trip they had.
Dates:
2015
STRONG, June Marie Elizabeth interviewed by Seona Craig
Record Group — Box 32
Identifier: H0254
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview June recalls her time in a live in position at the hostel at Awarua Radio in the late 1950s. She discusses in detail her duties which included catering for the men’s breakfasts and dinners as well as organising the laundry to go off site to be processed. She describes the cottages that were built by German Prisoners of War.
Dates:
2016
WEST, Victor Clyde interviewed by Seona Craig
Record Group — Box 31
Identifier: H0233
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum Collection. Victor recalls his employment as a telephone repair person with the Post Office. He gives a history of the move from manual phones to push button phones as well as a detailed description of the cleaning and repair process.
Dates:
2015
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