Interview with Lindy and Bill Purvis

Interview with Lindy (Linda) Purvis, born in Wellington, and her husband Bill Purvis, born in Hamilton 1945. Outline their family backgrounds. Linda refers to growing up in Taumaranui, living initially in a transit camp, her parents separating, and her mother applying for a state house. Lindy discusses how the family managed, her mother working three jobs, and growing their own vegetables. Refers to her mother wanting to buy a house in the 1950s but being denied a mortgage because she was a single woman. Bill discusses the state house in Claudelands and the group house in Fairfield that he grew up in, and explains why the kitchen was the hub of the house. Talk about being baby boomers, family special occasions and holidays. Discuss the types of food their families ate and being expected to eat what they were given. Comment on the friendly communities in the streets where they lived and children playing on the street. Linda refers to not being involved the Maori cultural side of her father's family.

Interviewer(s) - Ben Schrader

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015660 - OHC-015661

Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s) (draft). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.04 Hours and minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5624 (draft).

Search dates: 1945 - 2003

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

Alternative form available: Listening copies OHLC-009123 - OHLC-009124