Abstract NOEL DENIS JOYCEInterviewer: Gordon DunstonAbstractor: Robyn PowleyInterview: 31 July 2019DISC 1: TRACK 100:00 Interview introduction01:34 Born INVERCARGILL – in 1945 – oldest of four - Lived in BOWMONT ST – Details02:27 Prior to his birth parents lived in EARNSLAW ST – Situated about opposite where BORSTAL FLATS used to be – Site taken over by PGG WRIGHTSON02:58 Father was a LABOURER – Worked for...

Abstract H0377 Ellen Mary Wenham Collinson (Nellie)Interviewer: Edith RuddenklauDate: 1993Abstracter: Maree HaggertyTrack 100.00 Introduction00.15 Discussion on letter Nellie wrote to her mother. It was the only letter Nellie ever wrote in her life. Nellie reads out content of letter. Mentions helping her Aunty Eddie, Mrs Winning (?) down at WYNDHAM and having a holiday with her. She went to tennis and into town where she had...

Overview Nellie was 95 at the time of this interview. She talks about her parents coming to New Zealand from the UK and arriving in Bluff. Her father was involved in the building part of the hospital in Invercargill when it was sited in Dee Street, the Mataura freezing works and the Royal Mail Hotel in Lumsden. Her mother, Grace Wilson, was very good at needlework. Nellie talks about her school days and games played as a child. On leaving school, Nellie went to work for H&J Smiths. She then nursed...

Overview In this interview Noel tells of his family history, fathers employment and his own education at St Joseph’s and Marist Brothers. He goes on to detail his employment as a technician with the automatic exchange and wool stores e.g. switch room, PABX, and cable jointer. He tells about the Invercargill floods in 1978 and 1984 and the effects on lines etc. Noel tells in detail his fascination with trams and his life and work on the Manapouri Power Scheme.