Kennedy, Irene Margaret

Overview This interview covers Irene's early life in Browns and her time in the Women's War Service Auxiliary working in a flax mill in Tapanui. After the war she remained in Tapanui and worked first in the hospital and then in the Post Office where she worked as the local postie for 18 years. Irene was very keen on fishing, she fished actively for over 50 years and enjoyed meeting interesting people along the riverbank. Irene was Area Representative for Student Travel Schools.

Dates: 2010

Found in: Southland Oral History Project / KENNEDY Irene Margaret interviewed by Joy Lietze

Linen Flax Mill at Tapanui (Blue Mountains in the background)

Digital Image

Identifier: DH00310010

Dates: c.1943

Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Linen Flax Mill at Tapanui (Blue Mountains in the background), 1940s

Item — digital-archive: SOHP

Identifier: H00310010

Dates: 1940s

Found in: Southland Oral History Project / H0031, KENNEDY Irene Margaret interviewed by Joy Lietze

Ron and Irene Kennedy and Irene's sister and husband

Digital Image

Identifier: DH00310007

Dates: 1946

Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Invercargill Archives

Dates

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Irene Kennedy - the keen fisherwoman of the Pomahaka River, West Otago (river in background)

Irene Kennedy - the keen fisherwoman of the Pomahaka River, West Otago (river in background), 1970s

Irene Margaret Kennedy: Tapanui's Postwoman (on bike)

Irene Margaret Kennedy: Tapanui's Postwoman (on bike), 1970s

Irene Margaret Kennedy: Tapanui's Postwoman (outside post office)

Irene Margaret Kennedy: Tapanui's Postwoman (outside post office), 1970s