Manawatu Conversations

Manawatu Conversations-23-03-2021 - Episode 152


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Betty-Anne Lawler-Wishnowsky Part 1 of 2. 1940s, children born in Palmerston North nursing homes. Rostrata Maternity Home. Changes to Palmerston North (trees in Ruahine Street). Milson as a railway settlement (“country kids”). Dux of Milson School, teachers. Moved into town. Cycled or walked everywhere. Played cricket and rugby. Country school activities. The Queen came. Husband was a vet. Difficult adjustment to town living. Much larger school. Misbehaving at school. Detention. Subjects taken. Teachers’ College, career choices, boys’ options.
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