BETTY ISABEL EDMONDS

Interviewer: Rebecca Amundsen

Abstractor: Robyn Powley

Interview: 14 January 2015

TRACK 1

00:23 Interview introduction – identification BETTY ISABEL EDMONDS

01:12 Born in INVERCARGILL – 1945 – 4 inches of SNOW – Private HOSPITAL – TWEED STREET – parents lived at GORDON STREET – SOUTH INVERCARGILL – dad GEORGE WYBROW – MUSICIAN – in a BAND – mum PHILLIS (SP) JORDAN – dad played VIOLIN – PIANO – ‘kids’ taught OLD FASHIONED SONGS – enjoyed singing – Explains

03:14 FATHER played SATURDAY NIGHT DANCES – GEORGETOWN HALL – WINDSOR HALL –21st’s – WEDDINGS – paid ‘under the table’ – Details

03:50 Recalls – 16 when she went to the FARM – ORETI PLAINS – NIGHTCAPS – ‘something different to do’

04:31 Recalls - MARRIED – 1965 – MOVIES with sister FAY – met him that night – MAKAREWA FREEZING WORKS – ‘grew on me after a while’ – married at METHODIST CHURCH – ELLES ROAD – moved to GLENGARRY 1966 – house on a section, no fences, scrub – many empty sections – ALLEYWAY from GLENGARRY CRESCENT to YARROW – now HOUSES

07:27 Recalls – large families – LAVENDER and WALLY KING – 7 children – MARGE and PETER ERSENDORF (sp) – 7 children – met in the NURSING HOME

08:12 Recalls – ANDREW HOUSING house – agreed with the PLAN – CAPITALISED FAMILY BENEFIT – “A way to get a home”

09:14 Recalls – SHOPS – MILKBAR – TAB – NEWS AGENT? – MR THOMPSON’S SHOE SHOP – first sale ‘husband’s RUGBY BOOTS – WOOLWORTHS – ROUND TABLE COFFEE BAR – CHEMIST – HARDWARE SHOP – CAKE SHOP where ITM is now – BANK – RON WILKES – FRANK ROSE – ASCOT – FOUR SQUARE SHOP – groceries delivered

10:53 Recalls – first VEHICLE – HARRY at TIWAI – kids went SWIMMING and MOVIES – ATHLETICS – SURREY PARK – no vehicle for many years – BUSES – TOWN every THREE WEEKS

12:03 Recalls – GROCERY STORE at ASCOT SHOPPING CENTRE – SUPERMARKET – ‘fantastic’ – ‘Out of the norm’ – INVERCARGILL’S FIRST SUBURBAN SUPERMARKET

12:53 Recalls – NEIGHBOURS - “A lot of people come and go” – ALINA FROST – first ones – TED RAMSAY – HOOPERS – HAWKES – HOLLINGWORTH’S (sp) – a lot of CHILDREN – 60’S – LITHGOW SCHOOL – HAWTHORNDALE – SECONDARY SCHOOL

14:52 Recalls – KIDS – HIGH JINKS

15:00 End of Track 1

TRACK 2

00.10 Recalls – KIDS didn’t watch much TV – HOPSCOTCH – MARBLES – STILTS - BAKING POWDER TINS – TAG GAMES – RACES on the LAWN

01:22 Recalls – 43 KIDS – different nationalities – 00SENDORFS (sp)

03:30 Recalls – Children LEFT SCHO0L – JOBS – some MOVED AWAY – some KEPT IN TOUCH – different INTERESTS

03:59 Recalls – RAMSAY’S – TED RAMSAY - GUY FOX NIGHT – PARK up the ALLEY – CONWAY CRESCENT - CRACKERS – MARILYN and TED’S – sausage sizzle – drinks on a SUNDAY – CHRISTMAS TIME - kids used to show neighbours what they got for Christmas

05:36 Recalls – SHOPPING CENTRE changed – WOOLWORTHS closed – son SHANE - BUTCHERING APPRENTICESHIP – RON COLSTON – GROCERIES – TROLLEY – no CAR – KIDS returned TROLLEY- BUTCHER gave kids SAVALOYS

06:51 Recalls – SHOPS CLOSED – ‘attached to the area’ – ‘Castle is my home’ – GANGS long gone

08:30 Recalls – CONNECTION – familiarity – staying power – ‘Couldn’t live anywhere else’

09:25 Recalls – HAWTHORNDALE SCHOOL – LITHGOW – Baked for FAIRS/SCHOOL BIZAARS - TOFFEE APPLES – SPORTS DAYS – ST PAUL’S ATHLETIC CLUB – INTERSCHOOL SPORTS – SOUTHLAND CHAMPS

10:26 Recalls – PUB – shut 6.00 pm – ‘went home and had parties’ – ‘THE SIX O’CLOCK SWILL’ – then 10 O’CLOCK closing – then ‘whenever’ – BANDS – GARDEN BAR – CLEANED (at the Pub) for TEN YEARS

12:29 Recalls – CLOSURE of SUPERMARKET IMPACT – ‘affected a lot of people’ – VAN – ‘made best of a bad situation – ‘We stayed put’

14:04 Recalls – ‘Negative perception of GLENGARRY’ – BLACK POWER – MONGREL MOB

15:00 End of Track 2

TRACK 3

00:18 Recalls – didn’t affect the kids – BURGLARIES before GANGS – HOLLINGWORTHS – Lawnmower ‘pinched’ – ‘burnt each other’s houses down, and left’ – (GANGS) ‘A couple of years’ – MONGREL MOB HOUSE – BLACK POWER HOUSE – retaliation – stigma

02:28 Mentions – Glengarry – ‘A good place to live and bring up your children’

02:41 Recalls – Older people – SHOPPING CENTRE ‘sad’ – people like the area – ANN McDONALD – raised her children ‘here’

04:04 Recalls – Children on the street now – FOUR in OOSENDORPS (sp) ‘old house’ – a ‘handful of children’ – was NOISY – played outside – used to ’YELL OUT’ to get kids home – HORSE PADDOCK - MR SHIRLEY

05:21 Recalls – OLDER PEOPLE in the street now – FRASER’S – BRANK’S (sp) – WAINUI’S – FORDYCE’S – SPOONER’S

06:36 Recalls - RENTER’S – HOME OWNERS – TRENT STREET – ‘a few renting’ – CONWAY CRESCENT – STATE HOUSES

07:19 GLENGARRY’S future – SHOPS – HABITAT – PUB – SPCA – BUTCHER SHOP – DRAPERY SHOP – LAUNDR0MAT – FISH n CHIP SHOP – HAIR DRESSER – TILE WORK – DOG GROOMERS – TOY LIBRARY – DRAPERY SHOP – MR SHUTTLEWORTH - Details

10:55 Interview finishes