Of 9 Waipa Street, Birkenhead, Auckland. Largest propagator of carnations in New Zealand. Life dates from online BDM, retrieved 18 November 2015.
Brljevich, Ante Marko, 1894-1980
Brljevich, Tony, 1894-1980
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[Horticultural ephemera and sales catalogues for firms beginning with the letters Br. 1...
Date: 1947 - 1994 - 1969
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Br-1900s
Description: Includes: John Bright's Nursery (Palmerston North). "The garden glorious". [Catalogues] 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1960-1961 A M Brljevich & Sons, nurserymen, 9 Waipa Street, Birkenhead, N.5. Alpe Bros & Co., printers, Auckland [May 1947] M E Brogden, daffodil specialist, Normanby, Taranaki. Daffodils for delivery February-March 1969. A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, climbers, fruit trees and bushes, hedge & shelter trees. 1952 A E Brough & Son Ltd. Brough's Floral Studio, Bridge Street; Waterdale Nurseries, Brook Street, Nelson. Supplementary rose catalogue 1956 D & P.J. Brown, growers of fine plants, 79 Vernon Road RD 1 Tauranga (David and Pauline Brown). Catalogue 1, Autumn 1994 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 200 x 150 mm. Provenance: Catalogues donated from various sources, including Helen Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2015.
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Interview with Glady Durham
Date: 15 Sep, 17 Dec 1997 - 15 Sep 1997 - 17 Dec 1997
From: Birkenhead Transport oral history project
By: Durham, Gladstone James, 1919-2010
Reference: OHInt-0436-03
Description: Gladstone James Orlando (Glady) Durham born Birkdale, Auckland. Discusses family's long association with Birkdale Primary School which is located on corner of Salisbury and Birkdale Roads. Recalls: early memories of bus transport, Blue Star Bus Company operating at Vernons corner, later bought by Charlie Inwards; shops at Vernons corner built 1925 with reference to Scotty Rae, haberdashery and stationery shop; school buses; apprenticeship at McClymonts; nationalisation of road transport [school buses?], with reference to McClymonts, Norths, Feltons, Trapsky, Hilders, Ivan Brewer, New Plymouth Transport and Northern Road Transport; experience as a stow porter with New Zealand Railways; Brljevich fire, with reference to Tony Brljevich, largest propagator of carnations in New Zealand. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007771; OHLC-003876 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2047. Search dates: 1919 - 1997