Trish Keiller - Caccia Birch Trust Board member. House uses, history display. Original purchase and clearing of land, building house and occupants/owners. Polo grounds, rifle range. Governor General living there. House called Woodhey. Billiard room, tennis court, sentry boxes. Army use in WWII. Convalescent home, swimming pool. Then rest home, but fire risk. Victoria University use until about 1976. 1980s bought by city council. Subdivision, Ryder-Cheshire property, etc.. Awhina room.

Tom Stoneley Part 2 of 2. Gwen left school in 1950. Office work. Tom had identical twin brother. Little social life. Worked long hours. Ewe fairs. Holding paddocks. Size of loads. Gwen’s work dress code. People building own machinery. Farming in 1950s, farm advisors. Community life. New home when married. Feilding Little Theatre. Churches. Schools, limited parent involvement. Ride to school, 6 on a horse. Giving teacher a hard time. Bad behaviour. Holidays. Gwen’s father died when she was 4. Later Gwen to boarding school, strong discipline. School milk. How young couples could buy a house in 1950s. Cost of petrol. Petrol stolen. Description of house in 1954.

Tom Stoneley - Part 1 of 2 - Stoneley Brothers general carriers 1951-1961. Type of vehicles, roads. Hours worked. Items carried. Stock crates. Loading goods by hand. Customers, orders. Driving plus business management, long hours. Interaction with other drivers. Police. Income. Adopted sons – adoption process. Early life, how ended up as a carrier. Dodging school. Lytton Street School, the PN Tech. Getting carrier jobs.

Cliff Simpson pt 3

Cliff Simpson pt 2

Cliff Simpson pt 1

Lorraine Holtham pt 5

Lorraine Holtham pt 4

Lorraine Holtham pt 3

Roger Berry pt 3