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Tom Romley Part 5 of 5, Engineering business and museum, Ashhurst - Manawatu Conversations
- Description
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 30th June 2020. Tom Romley Part 5 of 5. Buying Ashhurst Engineering. Colleen in the office, children in a caravan. Running the business. Early issues. Hardware shop also. Switch to metric measures from Imperial. Advantages of having a shop, packaging. Garden furniture. Sold business after 15 years due to health problems. Working for Hugh Akers for 17 more years, machinery maintenance, etc., then in the Akers family museum (private). Description of the museum. Problem with a farmer’s well.
Identification
- Object type
- Audio
- Relation
- IMCA Digital Archive
- Date
- June 30, 2020
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive