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Interview with Mary Varnham

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Date

9 March 1993 - 09 Mar 1993

By

Varnham, Mary, 1946-

Reference

OHInt-0061/43

Description

Mary Varnham lived at Paekakariki until she was eight years, when her family moved to Wellington. Recalls attending Hataitai school and Wellington East Girls' College before going to Woodford House School in 5th form. Explains how she was one of the first students at Woodford to sit university Scholarship in Physics and Chemistry - Woodford had to import a chemistry and physics teacher from Hastings Boys' High to give her lessons at night. Gives her impressions of life at Woodford. Describes Rev Williams who taught Latin and Mrs Frykberg (English teacher).

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Venue - Wellington

Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell

Venue - 11 Armour Avenue, Mt Victoria, Wellington

Accompanying material - Photocopy of newspaper article (Opinion) Evening Post, 24/10/90 by Mary Varnham.

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005702

Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Hours Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1198.

One b&w photograph showing Mary Varnham (front, second from left) at the 1964 Scholars' Day lunch given by Hastings Mayor R V Giorgi, plus a photocopy of same photograph and 2 photocopies of a b&w photograph (head and shoulders) of Mary Varnham.

Additional description

Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Use/Reproduction

Public use requires written permission of donor Copyright: Copyright held by Alexander Turnbull Library

Access restrictions

Partly restricted material

Part of

Woodford House Oral History Project

Format

1 C60 cassette(s), 1 transcript(s), 1 Hours Duration, Oral histories, Illustration: One b&w photograph showing Mary Varnham (front, second from left) at the 1964 Scholars' Day lunch given by Hastings Mayor R V Giorgi, plus a photocopy of same photograph and 2 photocopies of a b&w photograph (head and shoulders) of Mary Varnham., Equipment used: Sony WM-D6C

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