June and Ron Wilkes

Interviewer: Rebecca Amundsen

Abstracter: Lindsay King

Interview: 27 August 2014

TRACK 1

00:00 Interview identification

00:26 JUNE WILKES (JW) born in 1935 – RONALD WILKES (RW) born in INVERCARGILL in 1931

00.47 Interview agreement

01.36 RW first day pupil SURREY PARK SCHOOL – 1940 – explains

02.26 RW first teacher RUBY HENDERSON, then JACK HANSEN then CV (sp.?) JACKMAN Headmaster – attended from standard 1 – 4

03.10 Air raid practice at school – TIGER MOTHS and SPITFIRES flew over

04.15 RW first day of school – LONGBUSH SCHOOL – story about going to girl's toilet – lived at LONGBUSH – RWs father biked to INVERCARGILL every day for work at the RAILWAYS – describes

05.45 RW and JW built house in GLENGARRY after marrying – 51 ADAMSON CRESCENT – PADDY JONES the builder – details

07.13 Neighbours in ADAMSON CRESCENT – PADDY JONES next door – details

08.16 No fences in the neighbourhood – kids and pets roamed freely – built own garage – RW used company car for COLGATE – all young families – community life - describes

11.15 JW: wives got together, all good friends – story about condensed milk exploding in kitchen – story about their son who played with matches – exchanged babysitting – recalls

13.33 Children played BADMINTON and, in the PARK

14.19 Moved from ADAMSON CRESCENT to YARROW STREET- explains

15.00 End of Track 1

TRACK 2

01.02 Neighbours have come and gone – been in house 44 years – friendly area – events in GLENGARRY - describes

03.50 GLENGARRY SHOPPING CENTRE – shops included ALAN LEWIS, SOUTHLAND SAVINGS BANK, BAKER, FOOTWEAR, LAUNDRY, TAB – details

05.02 RW bought a shop in GLENGARRY – sold fruit and vegetables, milkshakes, ice creams – describes

06.20 RW opened shop in 1966 – WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKET opened same year – other shops opened over the years – explains

07.11 RW discusses GLENGARRY SHOPPING CENTRE plans – open late Thursday nights and weekends – rules around products sold in the weekends – describes

10.27 WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKET in GLENGARRY

11.09 JW driving since she was 15 years with no license – got license later – explains

12.11 JW used the SHOPPING CENTRE – nice walk with pram – meet friends at COFFEE BAR – describes

13.37 RW sold his shop to SAVINGS BANK in 1975

14.15 SHOPPING CENTRE changed after closure of WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKET

15.00 End of Track 2

TRACK 3

00.00 SHOPPING CENTRE changed after closure of WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKET continued – explains

00.11 Lot of poor people in the community – fed a lot of children in the shop – JW: story about lost shoes – describes

01.16 RW - story about cigarette customer

02.07 Stories about children visiting the shop – bottle drives – lemonade bottles brought in for money – collected then sent to THOMPSONS – explains

04.41 One break in during time owning shop

05.07 PUB 6 o’clock closing – parents gave kids money to buy treats – children in the community – explains

06.15 JW and RW’s children went to SURREY PARK SCHOOL – friends with Principal – friends from the SCHOOL COMMITTEE – recalls

07.35 Negative perception of GLENGARRY – explains

08.39 JW attended CHURCH OF CHRIST in YTHAN STREET – new CHURCH built in GLENGARRY – MINISTERS same age as JW and RW – BILL and BARBARA ADCOCK mentioned – full every Sunday back in the day - recalls

11.56 No negative comments about GLENGARRY from friends outside the area – fortunate now especially with the STADIUM so close – explains

13.00 Future of GLENGARRY – the CHEMIST, HABITAT shop – explains

14.22 End of Track 3