AUDIO
Interview with Gilbert Richards
- Date
- January 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
- By
- Richards, Gilbert Henry, 1902-1995
- Reference
- OHInt-0053/21
- Description
Gilbert Richards was born in Ferntown on 15 January 1902. Talks about his father John Henry Richards, a pioneer of the Paturau area, and gives details of his family background. Notes that John Bramley (Jack) Nicholls, Heather Bonsell and Joyce Parkinson, also interviewed in this project, are also members of his family. Describes his upbringing in Ferntown including childhood jobs and pastimes and the Ferntown School. Talks about milking on the farm, beekeeping, the vegetable garden and home orchard and clearing of land. Recalls Paturau in an almost virgin state in 1912.
Describes moving to Paturau to join his brothers who had taken up land from the Taitapu Estate, and living there for sixty years before retiring to Ferntown with his eldest son Billy. Talks about building the Paturau house and working for other people to make money for farm development.
Talks about Collingwood hotels and dances, rugby in Golden Bay and the associated social life, the northwest Nelson earthquake, Depression hardships incuding the sale of stock, coastal shipping, various timber mills including Bassett's, Westhaven Inlet and Parkeston, the Prouse and Saunders flaxmill, goldmining on the Taitapu Estate and roads, including the Westhaven Dry Road.
Venue - Collingwood : 1986
Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little
Venue - Mr Richards' home south of Paturau
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003035; OHC-003056; OHC-003057; OHC-003058; OHC-003059; OHC-003060; OHC-003061; OHC-003062
Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 8 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 587.
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available: A digital copy of the recording is available
- Use/Reproduction
- Publication or broadcasting requires the written permission of the copyright holder, the interviewee and the interviewer. Copyright: held by the Nelson Provincial Museum
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
- Format
- 8 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 8 Hours Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Sony Walkman Cassette Recorder ; Tie pin microphones
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Interview with Gilbert Richards, printed abstract
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHA-0587
Description: Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 587.
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape eight
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003062
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 8 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape six
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003060
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 6 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape four
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHc-003058
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 4 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape two
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003056
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape one
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003055
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s) c1.
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape seven
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003061
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 7 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape three
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003057
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 3 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Gilbert Richards, tape five
Date: Jan 1986 - 01 Jan 1986
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-003059
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 5 of 8 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).