Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 16th June 2020. Tom and Colleen Romley, Part 3 of 5. Apprenticeship as a fitter-welder in early 1950s. Making horse shoes. Wagon wheels, forge welding. Training at PN Tech. Driving test. 5 year apprenticeship. Building structures, woolsheds, etc.. Going to Australia, Melbourne working in the docks (unions, strike), then glass manufacturers, having a tradesman’s assistant (foreigners). Snowy River dam scheme working underground, living in a camp, shift work (dinner at 7am).


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Tom Romley Part 3 of 5, fitter-welder 50s - Manawatu Conversations
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- Object type
- Audio
- Title
- Tom Romley Part 3 of 5, fitter-welder 50s - Manawatu Conversations
- Relation
- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Born Digital
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Stuart Birks
- Place
- Ashhurst
- Date
- June 16, 2020
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