Showing Collections: 1 - 2 of 2
ASHWELL, Reginald George interviewed by Pat Christiansen
Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0368
Overview
Reginald Ashwell was born in Bluff in 1914. In this interview, Reginald iscusses his children, parents, grandparents and kaumatua. He mentions that his wife Peg worked in the Bluff Theatre. He talks about being in the army and World War II. Reginald discusses oysters, muttonbirding and the Irwin's (Urwin's) Fishing Company. He talks about the Stewart Island ferries, the harbour and Bluff shops in the 1920s and discusses his hobby of making walking sticks and woodwork.
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Verna Fraser (Bailey) Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0683
Processing information
This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
It contains family photographs and records from the Bailey family of Bluff and around Southland. Includes WWII records from Leon Herbert Bailey (1921-2012), Bluff and Invercargill South school class photos, and Ocean Beach Freezing Works photos.
It contains family photographs and records from the Bailey family of Bluff and around Southland. Includes WWII records from Leon Herbert Bailey (1921-2012), Bluff and Invercargill South school class photos, and Ocean Beach Freezing Works photos.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1910s - c.1950s
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Repository
- Invercargill City Libraries and Archives 1
- Southland Oral History Project 1
- Subject
- Genealogy 1
- Meat industry and trade 1
- Muttonbird Islands (N.Z.) 1
- Oral history 1
- Photographs 1
Request an Item | 
|