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Interview with Maurice McGreal

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Date

20 Sep 2012

By

Dunsford, Deborah (Dr), active 2001-2012; McGreal, Maurice, 1918-

Reference

OHInt-1017-05

Description

Interview with Maurice Eugene McGreal. Born 1918, Otahuhu, Auckland, and lived on parents' farm at Weymouth. Describes Weymouth village and farm life and chores. Discusses siblings and the house where they grew up. Describes the journey from Weymouth to Milford, and the family's first car, a Ford purchased in 1924/1925. Discusses Irish family connections in Christchurch, and family reunions with O'Connells, Fitzpatricks, and McGreals. Describes an accidental shooting on a boat at a picnic in 1927/1928, where Nicholas Gibbons suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and lost an arm. The story was covered in the Manukau Courier newspaper.

Describes taking a general course at Sacred Heart College in Grey Lynn, and the entrance exam for teacher's college. Describes the commute between Weymouth and Sacred Heart College, and changes to his farm responsibilities. Recalls going to pictures in Manurewa, and social events in Weymouth and Manurewa halls. Describes social events at teachers' college. States that he was uninterested in social offerings in Milford at the time.

Interviewer(s) - Deborah Dunsford

Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 0.35 Hours and minutes Duration.

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Use/Reproduction

Public use requires written permission of the donor. Review date 31 Dec 2017 Copyright: Held by Deborah Dunsford

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