Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio 16 April 2019. Cliff Simpson, part 3 of 3. Grandfather coming to New Zealand, coal miner from Australia. Great-great-grandfather a convict on the second fleet. Social life with children. Lost 3 children, effect...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 16, 2019
Broadcast on Access Manawatū on 9 April, 2019. Cliff Simpson, part 2 of 3. Focused on sport in school, athletics, rugby. Middle distance running, training methods, successes up to 1950 Empire Games. Racing Australian half-mile champion. Rugby for ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 9, 2019
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 9th August 2022, Part 1 of 2. Came to New Zealand in 1962, £10 Pom. Work in government Statistics Dept.. First observations of NZ. Casual attitude to work, like in Roger Hall’s “Glide Time”. Going to ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 9, 2022
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th March 2025. Andrew Stephens, Anne Weir, Mike Lawrence, Alison Mildon, Stuart Birks. Fondue – dip bread on long forks into a bowl of melted cheese. Progressive dinners – each course at a dif...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 11, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 14th Janary 2020. Part 1 of 2. Came to Palmerston North in 1960. Dentist husband, Mike. Grew up in Wellington, University, then trained as a teacher. In Waiouru before bought dental practice in ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 14, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 26th February 2019. Roger Berry part 2 of 3. Farm equipment for handling animals. Injuries? Hours worked. Limited free time. Rugby. Small animal vets. Dentists. Working weekends. Callout distances. Pho...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 26, 2019
Broadcast on Manawatu people's Radio 14 August 2018, Eric Franklyn
Part 2 of 2. Summary: Made redundant and retired in 1998. Takaro Sports Club. Time in JCs. Changes in courts. Treasurer of Takaro Sports Club for 13 or 14 years until recently. G...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Date: August 14, 2018
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 19th March 2019. Lorraine Holtham, Part 4 of 5. Work after left school, early 1950s. Going on strike. Common to marry in teens. Big families common. Rollerskating. Dress code at work. Dressing smartly ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 19, 2019
Seen here at Tony Evan's 21st birthday celebration, Emma Evans, known as Catherine, (c1885-1970) and Edith Shortt (c1888-1964) were the grandmothers of Tony. Tony's parents, Jack and Betty, were married in 1936 and had a family of four boys. They ...
Creator: Elmar Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1963
Betty and Tony cut the cake at Tony's 21st birthday celebration in april 1963, while Tony's father Jack looks on. Jack and Betty married in 1936 and had a family of four boys. They were early and long term residents of the Savage Crescent state ho...
Creator: Elmar Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1963
Wayne Evans’ 21st birthday clebration at the Railway Hall, Palmerston North. From left: Tony, Wayne, Betty and John (Jack) Evans, Mick and John Evans. Jack and Betty married in 1936 and had a family of four boys. They were early and long term resi...
Creator: W R Davies
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 13, 1965
A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty and Ja...
Creator: New Zealand Government
Place: Burns Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1947
‘Kia Toa Ladies’ and partners: Bill Le Bas; Betty and Jack Evans; Margaret Heatley; Unknown; Lauri Heatley; Mabel Shaw, at the Kia Toa Clubrooms. Jack and Betty Evans married in 1936 and were early and long term residents of the Savage Crescent st...
Creator: Embassy Studio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959