Leonard, Ronald Brindley

Production date
1995
 Description
Ronald Brindley Leonard was born on 17 October 1916 in Somerset, UK. In this interview, he describes his arrival in New Zealand, living Wellington and his father working with Shell Oil and Atlantic Union. Leonard later moved to New Plymouth and completed an engineering apprenticeship. He discusses Swanson's Engineering, Hydro schemes, marine engineering, trams, trolley buses and electric buses. Ronald worked for the New Plymouth City Council Transport Dept in their workshop. He also recollects family information, Napier and Murchison earthquakes, working at Swanson's Engineering and technical descriptions of work both in Swanson's and on the trams/trolley buses. He died in December 1995 aged 79.
Recorded: 13 September 1995 and 12 October 1995
Interviewer: Ian Robertson
Abstraction: Donald, Mary

Object detail

Production date
1995
Subject person
Classification
oral history/(for Archives)
Collection
Oral histories - General
Item list

  Part 1

Research tapes. Three tapes, six sides.

  Part 2

Folder. Abstract.

  Part 3

Master tapes.

Accession number
ARC2005-266
Collection type
Archives

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