Smith, James

Production date
1994
Description
Oral history. James Smith was born in 1904 in Nurse Water's Nursing Home in New Plymouth. His father was a farmer and Smith went to Carrington School. Smith talks about the Hurworth area in the early part of the century. He discusses the saw mills, dairy factories, the depression, various people who lived in the Hurworth area and the Stratford fire.
Recorded: 13 June 1994
Interviewer: Joy Peckham
Abstraction: Joy Peckham
Restrictions: None

Object detail

Production date

1994

Subject person

James Smith

Classification

oral history/(for Archives)

Collection

Oral histories - General

Item list

Part 1

Research tape

Part 2

Abstract

Part 3

Master tape

Accession number

ARC2005-251

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

Hurworth New Plymouth Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island

Subject

Family activities Entertainment and recreation Farming Agriculture, fishing and forestry Dairy factories Factories Commercial premises Buildings

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