Individual Details
Arthur Gordon Scrimgeour
(5 May 1902 - 25 Apr 1992)
Interview with Arthur Scrimgeour
Date
9 Oct 1985-19 Mar 1986
By
Scrimgeour, Arthur Gordon, 1902-1992
Ref
OHInt-0053/26
Description
Gives details of his family background and the employment of his grandfather and father in cheese factories, flaxmills, on goldfields and cutting timber. Describes his parents settling in Pakawau and conditions in the home. Recalls visiting Collingwood and going to W.C. Riley's shop. Talks about making butter, fruit and meat preservation and children's jobs. Describes family attiudes to religion, discipline and manners.
Talks about Ferntown and their neighbours there, the Prouse and Saunders timber and flaxmill, the Lunar flaxmill at Kaihoka, the Benara Mill and the Westhaven timber mill.
Describes contract work with horse teams and blacksmithing. Talks about getting married, living in Christchurch, looking for work and discontent among the unemployed. Recalls the northwest Nelson earthquake, tramping the Heaphy Track in 1928, wild flowers and the state of the native bush early in the century. Describes mustering at Haupiri Station, bullock teams and goldmining at Diamonds Flat for the Auckland Company during the Depression.
Talks about fighting in the Middle East during World War II and the difficulties of returning to civilian life. Describes being a grader driver for the Collingwood County Council and talks about road making.
Venue - Nelson : 1986
Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little
Venue - Mr Scrimgeour's home in Richmond
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003091; OHC-003092; OHC-003093; OHC-003094; OHC-003095; OHC-003096; OHC-003097; OHC-003098; OHC-003099; OHC-003100; OHC-003101; OHC-003092; OHC-003093
Quantity: 13 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 12.30 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 591.
Search dates: 1985 - 1986
Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Use/Reproduction
Publication or broadcasting requires the written permission of the copyright holder, the interviewee and the interviewer. Copyright: held by the Nelson Provincial Museum
Access restrictions
Partly restricted material
Format
13 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 12.30 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Sony Walkman cassette recorder ; tie pin microphones
There are 14 items in total.
Date
9 Oct 1985-19 Mar 1986
By
Scrimgeour, Arthur Gordon, 1902-1992
Ref
OHInt-0053/26
Description
Gives details of his family background and the employment of his grandfather and father in cheese factories, flaxmills, on goldfields and cutting timber. Describes his parents settling in Pakawau and conditions in the home. Recalls visiting Collingwood and going to W.C. Riley's shop. Talks about making butter, fruit and meat preservation and children's jobs. Describes family attiudes to religion, discipline and manners.
Talks about Ferntown and their neighbours there, the Prouse and Saunders timber and flaxmill, the Lunar flaxmill at Kaihoka, the Benara Mill and the Westhaven timber mill.
Describes contract work with horse teams and blacksmithing. Talks about getting married, living in Christchurch, looking for work and discontent among the unemployed. Recalls the northwest Nelson earthquake, tramping the Heaphy Track in 1928, wild flowers and the state of the native bush early in the century. Describes mustering at Haupiri Station, bullock teams and goldmining at Diamonds Flat for the Auckland Company during the Depression.
Talks about fighting in the Middle East during World War II and the difficulties of returning to civilian life. Describes being a grader driver for the Collingwood County Council and talks about road making.
Venue - Nelson : 1986
Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little
Venue - Mr Scrimgeour's home in Richmond
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003091; OHC-003092; OHC-003093; OHC-003094; OHC-003095; OHC-003096; OHC-003097; OHC-003098; OHC-003099; OHC-003100; OHC-003101; OHC-003092; OHC-003093
Quantity: 13 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 12.30 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 591.
Search dates: 1985 - 1986
Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Use/Reproduction
Publication or broadcasting requires the written permission of the copyright holder, the interviewee and the interviewer. Copyright: held by the Nelson Provincial Museum
Access restrictions
Partly restricted material
Format
13 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 12.30 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Sony Walkman cassette recorder ; tie pin microphones
There are 14 items in total.
Events
| Birth | 5 May 1902 | New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 1930 | Richmond, Canterbury, New Zealand - Irene Winifred Holland | |||
| Death | 25 Apr 1992 | Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand | |||
| Burial | Richmond Cemetery, Tasman, New Zealand |  |  |
Families
| Spouse | Irene Winifred Holland (1903 - 1985) |
Notes
Burial
buried with his wife Irene, in Richmond Cemetery, block C row 5 plot 7Endnotes
1. Find a Grave Memorial 139685863.