Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
As it was : growing up in Grey Lynn and Ponsonby between the wars
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
David Ling Publishing
Place
Date
2017
Physical Description
240 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781927305287
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
My beginnings -- In the shadow of the Gluepot -- My father's family -- My mother's family -- My father's war -- My family in the 1920s -- The time of the crowded house -- I learn to 'aim high' -- How I became Proficient -- Religion and youth groups -- 'A woman's work is never done!' -- 'It gets you out of the house' -- 'Ain't we got fun?' -- Going to the pictures -- Comics, annuals and books of that ilk -- Listening in -- Mens sana in corpore sano -- Peace and war -- The end of my beginnings.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Stone, R. C. J.; Auckland (N.Z.) - Biography; Auckland (N.Z.) - History - 20th century; Ponsonby (Auckland, N.Z.) - History; Grey Lynn (Auckland, N.Z.) - History]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240).
Collection Type
Reading Room
General Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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