Wilson Home (Takapuna, Auckland, N.Z.)

Date: 14 Oct 2011

From: Milford oral history project

By: Dunsford, Deborah (Dr), active 2001-2012; Walker, Jeanette Anne, 1940-2012

Reference: OHInt-1017-12

Description: Interview with Jeanette Anne Walker, born January 1940 in Auckland. Provides family background. Describes her parents' courtship, and social scene in Milford at the time. Describes home on Frater Avenue, shopping, and neighbours in Milford. Describes the family's harberdasher shop and its relationship to other fabric suppliers in the area. Describes schooling at Belmont School, and why she didn't attend school in Milford. Describes teachers, classes, and sports activities at Belmont. Discusses being a student at Takapuna Grammar School, and describes school dances and socials. Mentions activities at Ye Olde Pirate Shippe, and swimming. Describes holiday homes and being told to avoid the Milford campground. Describes working as a nurses aide at the Wilson Home for Crippled Children in Takapuna. Discusses nurses training and working at Green Lane Hospital in 1958. Describes her work and explains that she left after 2 years when she got married. Recounts meeting her husband, Alistair Langlands Walker at church. Comments on age difference between them and her husband's death. Describes Milford beach and her time at the beach as a child. Describes swimming at the beach, swimsuits, and birthday parties. Describes boating and explains that people had their regular spots at the beach. Mentions surf life saving club and recalls strong current and brother getting swept out one time. Recalls going to Urlic's dairy and having spiders and milkshakes. Describes playing miniature golf for fun and tennis at school. Describes land around the Pirate Shippe, and socials and dances at church halls. Describes transport to dances, taking a plate, and music. Tells of going to the Milford Picturedrome on Saturday afternoons and describes routine of the picture show. Reflects on differences between Milford and Takapuna, and on her "wonderful childhood" in Milford. Interviewer(s) - Deborah Dunsford Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 2.05 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: [1964-1965]

From: Hamilton, Walter Ian, 1905-1991: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7938-38

Description: Notes, plans, business correspondence, information sheets, pruning instructions and related material Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1960-1980]

From: Hamilton, Walter Ian, 1905-1991: Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-7938-2

Description: Plans for landscaping and gardening for the chapel at the Wilson Home, Takapuna (1964); for Mr and Mrs R W Bishop, Darwin Lane, Auckland, by Odo Strewe; entrance planting for Mr and Mrs Carmichael; and plans for two unidentified properties Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 17 Dec 1984

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-77883-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Note on negative sleeve reads: B E Carmody. Special Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 20 May 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-60381-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 12 Dec 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-01710-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 29 Jan 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-34373-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 4 Feb 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-23907-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 30 Apr 1974

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-71774-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 17 Dec 1984

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-77881-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Note on negative sleeve reads: B E Carmody. Special Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 30 Apr 1974

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-71775-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 17 Dec 1984

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-77882-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Note on negative sleeve reads: B E Carmody. Special Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Aug 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000651-F

Description: Children from the Wilson Home for crippled children in Takapuna, Auckland, about to go to hospital by ambulance, for special treatment. Shows a group in the grounds of the Home. Photograph taken by John Pascoe in August 1943. Other - Caption from Pascoe file in Photographic Archive reads: "An ambulance calls to take children to hospital for special treatment." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 17 Dec 1984

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-77879-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Note on negative sleeve reads: B E Carmody. Special Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 17 Dec 1984

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-77880-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Note on negative sleeve reads: B E Carmody. Special Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000643-F

Description: Children with bandaged legs, lying in the sun in the solarium, at the Wilson Home for crippled children in Takapuna, Auckland. Shows a row of beds on the home's verandah. Photograph taken in 1943 by John Pascoe. Other - Caption from Pascoe file in Photographic Archive reads: "The Solarium. Sun is important to the success of the treatment." Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - above image - 20, 643 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000642-F

Description: Child patient, with legs bandaged, and matron, at the Wilson Home for crippled children in Takapuna, Auckland. Photograph taken in 1943, by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 20 May 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-60380-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Aug 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000645-F

Description: Outdoor scene at the Wilson Home for crippled children in Takapuna, Auckland, showing the solarium. Shows children in beds on a balcony and others playing in the garden area below. Photograph taken by John Pascoe in August 1943. Other - Caption from Pascoe file in Photographic Archive reads: "The solarium at the Wilson Home includes a pond." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 21 Oct 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-22351-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches