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Eileen Curd Part 2, Life in New Zealand - Manawatu Conversations
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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 18th January 2022. Part 2 of 2. A chorus girl in the UK. A film extra with Richard Attenborough. Dancing, ballet and tap. Working in Wellington. Shipboard romances. Women getting pregnant before marriage. Moved to Palmerston North in 1960, quiet then. Lagoon in garden, later filled in. Early experience of earthquakes. Annual earthquake drills (New Zealand ShakeOut day). Her dog, perhaps her 5th. Place of a dog in the home. Earth from College Street used to fill the lagoon. Buying the section and building the house, still living there.
Identification
- Object type
- Audio
- Date
- January 18, 2022
Creation
- Created By
- Stuart Birks
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- By Attribution Alone
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- chorus girl
- earthquakes
- migrant
- oral history