IMAGE
Interview with May Edwards
- Date
- 15, 20 July 2009 - 15 Jul 2009 - 20 Jul 2009
- By
- Edwards, Mavis Kathleen, 1916-2016
- Reference
- OHInt-0979-01
- Description
Interview with Mavis (May) Kathleen Edwards (nee Keith), born in Auckland in 1916. Outlines her family background, growing up in a family of 10 in Waiuku and on a farm at Ngongotaha, travelling to school on horseback, and milking cows by hand after she left school. Mentions travelling by horse-drawn wagon to Makatu beach for family holidays.
Talks about the history of the Edwards family at Waikaraka where they were boat builders and farmers. Refers to Randall Edwards working at her parents' farm for a period and marrying him in 1937. Describes living in a one room cottage without power at Waikaraka when they first married. Discusses the Edwards family homestead and changes to it over the years. Refers to the family clearing bush for timber and firewood. Comments on the Edwards family travelling by boat to Whangarei before there was a road. Mentions keeping pigs as well as milking cows on their farm, and milking by hand until they had a tractor to run a machine. Comments that her husband was not called up for active service during World War II but their trucks were taken for the military. Recalls the sinking of the 'Niagara' by a German mine off Whangarei. Mentions the Labour Day Pataua horse races, dances in a hall at Parua Bay, and the church at Onerahi. Refers to picture theatres (in Whangarei?) Describes a trip to the South Island the family made in a truck after the War, camping, and Randall getting a job picking and processing tobacco. Talks about her children when they were young.
Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth
Accompanying material - Notes about the Edwards family of Waikaraka (2 p; scanned, Jpeg files, with digital abstract)
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001250
Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 4 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) (2 are scanned typescript). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 2.02 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7479, OHDL-001256.
Scanned B&W photographs of: Randal and May Edwards in rowing boat built by Edwards family; Edwards Family Home at Waikaraka built 1909.
Search dates: 1916 - 2009
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available: Both printed and digital versions of the abstract are available
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use may require the permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Copyright is held by the Whangarei Libraries Foundation
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Honouring seniors oral history project
- Format
- 1 digital sound recording(s), 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract, 1 printed abstract(s), 4 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) (2 are scanned typescript), 1 interview(s) over 2 days, 2.02 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Digital images, Illustration: Scanned B&W photographs of: Randal and May Edwards in rowing boat built by Edwards family; Edwards Family Home at Waikaraka built 1909., Sound quality: Frequent breaks due to age of interviewee
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Interview with May Edwards, printed abstract
Date: 15, 20 July 2009
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHA-7479
Description: Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Interview with May Edwards, digital sound recording
Date: 15, 20 July 2009
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHDL-001250
Description: Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s).
Interview with May Edwards, digital abstract
Date: 15, 20 July 2009
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHDL-001256
Description: Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Accompanying material - Notes about the Edwards family of Waikaraka (2 p; scanned, Jpeg files) Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s). 2 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s).
Photographs accompanying interview with May Edwards
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHDL-001257
Description: Scanned B&W photographs of: Randal and May Edwards in a rowing boat built by the Edwards family; Edwards family home at Waikaraka built 1909. Quantity: 2 digital photograph(s).