Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 19th September 2023, Part 2 of 2. Hitch hiking, truck from Alice Springs to Adelaide. Then Melbourne, went to Melbourne Cup. On track betting. Sydney, staying Glebe, then home in Opunake. Teaching at St Jos...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 19, 2023

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th January 2022. Part 1 of 2.  Eileen just turned 90. Came to NZ from UK in 1953, 10 pound Pom. Went to NZ for 2 years’ OE after future husband (Fred) had gone there, although he had dumped her. Got ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 11, 2022

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 30th July 2024. Part 3 of 3.  Has written a book Manawatu Striders, Runners and Walkers : The First Four Decades available from Palmerston North City Library. Had finished interviews for the b...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 30, 2024

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 3 August 2021. Part 2 of 4. Jackie’s wartime and post-war living next to military college. Dances, jive, old-time dancing. Robin was a tomboy, living in Cornwall, working in a hotel, children eating in room...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          August 3, 2021

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th November 2023, Part 1 of 5.  Part 1 of 5. Early years in Wanganui. Father a jockey. School life, sports. Chart on achieving in life. In race commentators’ box. To Christchurch Teachers’ College, th...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          November 7, 2023

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 26th December 2023.  Stuart lived in England until 1978. He compares England’s winter Christmas with that of New Zealand in summer. England winter atmosphere with a lot of smoke from coal fires. Short d...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 26, 2023