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Programme 472 - Buttercup gold by M C Matthews
- Date
- 19 Nov 1972
- Reference
- OHInt-0002/420
- Description
M C Matthews of Timaru reminisces on the days of the baker and the butcher with their horse-and-trap deliveries and the memorable service provided and wonders what has happened to the word service. Describes the prominent part those humble horses played in the lives of their little township. Describes the Chinese gardener who brought the vegetables on Saturday mornings. Explains how the coal man had a dray not a cart and used draught horses and hearses were also horse-drawn.
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Venue - Wellington
Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter
Interviewer(s) - Pat Evison, reader
Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington.
Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 116
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0431
Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 10 Minutes Duration.
- Use/Reproduction
- No public use without written permission of donor Copyright: Copyright held by Radio New Zealand
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Open Country Sound Recordings
- Format
- 1 5" reel(s), 1 event(s), 10 Minutes Duration, Radio programmes
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Programme 472 - Buttercup gold by M C Matthews, tape 1
Date: 19 Nov 1972
From: Open Country Sound Recordings
Reference: OHT5-0431
Description: Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 10 Minutes Duration.