Bird, Fred

Production date
1981
 Description
Oral history recording. Charles Frederick (known as Fred) Bird (1913 -1991) owned Bird's Gift Shop in Waitara. In this interview the retired businessman reminisces about life in Waitara including his time in the Rotary Club and Druids Lodge, playing rugby, farming at Bell Block, working in a cheese factory, suffering from rheumatic fever and both world wars.
An abstract of this interview is also available.

Object detail

Production date
1981
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki
Production period
20th Century
Subject person
Classification
oral history/(for Archives)
Collection
Waitara Genealogy Group Oral History
Item list

  Part 1

Research tape

  Part 2

Abstract

  Part 3

Master tape

  Digital file

WAV

Accession number
ARC2008-296
Collection type
Archives

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