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Interview with Frank Connor

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Date

7 August 2013

By

Connor, Francis Thomas, 1927-

Reference

OHInt-1621-02

Description

Interview with Francis (Frank) Connor by Loreen Brehaut recorded on 7 August 2013.

Topics covered in the interview include: family and early life; working on farms and shearing; marriage; working in Picton as a solo butcher; range of speed and skill amongst butchers; sticking pens; slaughtermen; working at Blenheim abattoir; various people worked with; unions and strikes; butchers clothing; and closure of Picton Freezing Works.

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Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 4 digital sound recording(s). 1 digital photograph(s). 1 Electronic document(s) digital abstract. 1 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement form.

Search dates: 07/08/2013

Additional description

Digital material available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room.

Use/Reproduction

Recording of interview and accompanying material may be quoted or shown in full or in part; this includes broadcast, published work, use in public performances, and electronic publication on the internet. Copyright: Copyright assigned to the Alexander Turnbull Library and Picton Museum.

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Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room - No permission required for access.

Part of

Picton Freezing Works oral history project

Format

1 Interview(s), 4 digital sound recording(s), 1 digital photograph(s), 1 Electronic document(s) digital abstract, 1 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement form, Abstracts, Digital photographs, Electronic documents, Interviews (Sound recordings)

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