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Retail Trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:

WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Beth Cairns

 Record Group — Box 62
Identifier: H0470
Overview In this interview, Warren, who was born in Invercargill in 1921, recalls his childhood in the suburb of Heidelberg and his schooling. He mentions local small farms, Chinese gardeners, rabbiting and ferrets. Warren discusses home deliveries of bread, fish and milk. He talks about playing cricket and being a junior representative. He describes going to the Dunedin Exhibition in 1926. Warren talks about the drowning of his brother Len in 1925 while rowing on the estuary. He also mentions that his...
Dates: 1998

WILKES, June Alice and Ronald Stormont interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box 30
Identifier: H0216
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project. In this interview Ron talks about his memories of school where he was a first day pupil at Surrey Park School. Then he and June recall building their home in Glengarry, their neighbours and the community, which was made up mostly of young families. They recall their memories of the Glengarry Shopping Centre and a shop Ron opened there selling fruit, vegetables, milk shakes etc.
Dates: 2014

William Preston's, Dyer, Tay Street

 Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_088

W.P. Porter's Drapery Store, Esk Street

 Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_050