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Gloria Whitson, childhood and early adult life - Manawatu Conversations
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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st June 2022. Growing up in Palmerston North in the 1950s. Benefits of being youngest child. Father Christmas. Enjoyment of sport. Flatting in Wellington and working for an accountant at 17, social life. Expected to leave home. Back to Palmerston North, then married a farmer at 23. Travelled to England, felt like home. Toured Europe. Back to Gisborne. Hard to settle. Moved onto farm, isolated. Russian Jack. Women’s Institute. Children. Toastmistresses. Wine a novelty. Community role of a country school. Shopping trips to town.
Identification
- Object type
- Audio
- Date
- June 21, 2022
Creation
- Created By
- Stuart Birks
- Place
- Linton
Object rights
- License
- By Attribution Alone
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- childhood
- country life
- early work
- farming
- oral history
- travel