AUDIO
Interview with May Cuttle
- Date
- 22 Nov 2001
- By
- Cuttle, May Rose, 1916-
- Reference
- OHInt-0596/04
- Description
May Rose Cuttle (nee McKay) born Porirua 1916. Explains that family moved to Tawa in 1913 as father worked as a tablet porter on the Railway. Talks about good neighbourhood spirit in Tawa and describes farm land and swamp, with reference to flooding. Discusses schools and refers to teachers: Miss Callender, Miss Farquharson and Miss Coney. Recalls children's games - marbles, hop scotch, skipping, nuts and may, races, basketball and Saturday night dances held in school room. Mentions fish deliveries and bulk buying of groceries and explains how flour bags were used for tea towels. Describes train service; churches; metal roads and lack of footpaths; housing and telephone service with reference to party lines and details changes in district having lived in Tawa for 85 years.
Access Contact - see oral history librarian
Interviewer(s) - Barbara Adams
Venue - Mayfair Place, Tawa
Accompanying material - Photocopy of newspaper clipping (attached to back of abstract) - `Well known Tawa coal carrier dies' and picture of George Cuttle
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009353-009354
Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.09 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3023.
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use may require the written permission of the donor Copyright: Barbara Adams
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Tawa women oral history project
- Format
- 2 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1.09 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Sony WM-D6C: with twin microphones
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Interview with May Cuttle, printed abstract
Date: 22 Nov 2001
From: Tawa women oral history project
Reference: OHA-3023
Description: Interviewer(s) - Barbara Adams Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1.09 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3023.
Interview with May Cuttle, tape one
Date: 22 Nov 2001
From: Tawa women oral history project
Reference: OHC-009353
Description: Interviewer(s) - Barbara Adams Arrangement: Tape sequence - tape 1 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Interview with May Cuttle, tape two
Date: 22 Nov 2001
From: Tawa women oral history project
Reference: OHC-009354
Description: Interviewer(s) - Barbara Adams Arrangement: Tape sequence - tape 2 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 9 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.