Part 24 – Life on a West Coast Farm in the 1920s Children never at a loss to devise their own fun Dick O’Callaghan and Leslie Walker (nee O’Callaghan) – 21/09/01 From left to right Leslie, Dick and Eileen O’Callaghan at the front entrance to the farmhouse Photo source Leslie Walker (nee O’Callaghan) Dick tells…
Dorothy – 21/09/01 An interview with Elric Hooper – recently retired Director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch – Part 3 Elric Hooper Photo source Elric Hooper Theatre the gymnasium of emotion Elric’s conversation is so often enlivened by vivid images. He began talking about the theatre with just such an image. “Theatre is the…
Part 23 – Life on a West Coast Farm in the 1920s – Difficulties and responsibilities Dick O’Callaghan – 14/09/01 We moved to the West Coast in 1922 when I was only eight. The farm was some three miles distant from the Punakaiki River and to reach it we had to cross both that river…
Dorothy – 14/09/01 An interview with Elric Hooper – recently retired Director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch – Part 2 Elric Hooper Photo source Elric Hooper Modern attitudes to theatre and drama teaching As far as drama is concerned Elric says that a huge revolution has been taking place with the growth of the…
Dorothy – 07/09/01 In the year 2000 I wrote an article for NZine about the work of these two organisations. Their valuable work continues, so here is an update on their activities. Society for Research on Women Last year’s symposium, Outside the Square, organised by the Society for Research on Women, attracted high enrolments and…
Part 22 – Entertainments And Hobbies For Those Growing Up In Towns And Cities Dorothy – 07/09/01 These varied greatly partly according to the parents’ income, interests and attitudes. Freedom to roam Several of the people interviewed for the articles about growing up between 1900 and 1925 commented that young people had a lot of…
Dorothy – 07/09/01 An interview with Elric Hooper – recently retired Director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch – Part 1 Elric Hooper Photo source Elric Hooper When Elric left Christchurch Boys’ High School he studied at the University of Canterbury and there in the Drama Society he acted in Shakespeare productions directed by Ngaio…
Part 21 – Entertainment Dorothy – 31/08/01 In my interviews with people who grew up in the period 1925-50 the same activities have been mentioned again and again – playing with favourite toys, inventing imaginative outdoor games, swimming, boating, singing around the piano, listening to the radio, reading books and comics, playing cards and board…
Reviewed by Wendy Gallagher – 24/08/01 Night Swimming By Emma Neale Published Vintage, 1998 Capturing a glimpse of a hauntingly familiar face on a London train sparks off a look back into the past of Marie’s youth. As an adult she struggles to make sense of the mysterious events surrounding her teenage friendship with Jenny…
Part 20 – New Zealand life in the 1940s Dorothy – 17/08/01 An interview with Elric Hooper Elric Hooper MBE, best known in New Zealand as the Director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch, looks back on the experiences and formative influences of his youth. Elric Hooper Photo source Elric Hooper Elric Hooper has recently…
