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Manawatu Conversations 19-09-2023 - Episode 279 - Anne Eggers, Part 2 of 2


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Anne Eggers Part 2 of 2. Hitch hiking, truck from Alice Springs to Adelaide. Then Melbourne, went to Melbourne Cup. On track betting. Sydney, staying Glebe, then home in Opunake. Teaching at St Joseph’s. Teachers being graded. After 2 years, went to England on a ship, Northern Star. The sea journey and ports of call. Flatting in London. Impressions of Britain – terrace houses, cold weather, coal fire. Relief teaching. Steel playground fence, small concrete playground, school dinners. With Nigel, air traffic controller, in Plymouth. Teaching children who copied Kiwi accents. To Wales. Old-style curriculum. To Guernsey.
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