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Description

Interview with Vallis Peet and Dennis Quinn about their teenage years, including dances at the Newbury Hall near Palmerston North in the 1950s.

Summary of interview 

0.00 - Recording details and introductions

0.18 – Vallis dressed to be different

0.35 – Bodgies and Widgies

1.57 – Newbury Hall

2.18 - mention of Centrepoint production (Alison Quigan’s play “The Newbury Hall dances” set in 1965)

2.30 – musicians

3.37 – drinking and smoking?

4.10 – beer in the boot of the car

4.35 – Red Band beer

4.51 – drink driving

5.27 – asking girls to dance (and being turned down)

5.55 – the supper dance

6.32 – the last dance

6.48 – what the girls wore (dresses with hoops!)

Identification

Object type
Audio
Date
February 13, 2012
Digitisation ID
Summary of interview
Format
Other
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

Taxonomy

Community Tags
dance,
entertainment,
leisure,

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