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Radford, Walter George

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1919 - 2013

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

RADFORD, Walter George interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 49
Identifier: H0537
Overview George's introduction to Te Anau coincided with his involvement in the development of the Te Anau glow worm caves in 1948. The town was still village-sized when he and his wife Alma decided a year later to set up a small grocery shop amid the handful of cribs that existed between the manuka scrub on the lakefront. George has been a founding member of a few organisations in the town and instrumental in forming the Te Anau Volunteer Fire Brigade which in 2004 celebrated its 50th anniversary. In...
Dates: 2004