Be Our Guest entry: Letter, Audrey Ford
Maker
Ford, Audrey Kathleen
Production date
30 Nov 2005
Object detail
Brief Description
Letter to the Be Our Guest competition from Audrey Ford (nee Stace) about her memories of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, titled: Recollections of the Napier/Hastings earthquake in 1931.
Audrey was at home with her mother when the earthquake struck. Her father was at work at the Automobile Association, and her two elder sisters were at Hastings Central School. One of her sisters was injured at school. The family lived outside in their backyard, along with other families, until Audrey, her mother and sisters were evacuated to stay with a family in Woodville. Her sisters attended school there. On their return to Napier they stayed at the Westshore camping ground. A local doll shop in Hastings offered the girls any doll they wished to choose, at no cost. Audrey remembers this as being a wonderful thing to do as it was depression times and to have a new doll of her own was a miracle.
Audrey was at home with her mother when the earthquake struck. Her father was at work at the Automobile Association, and her two elder sisters were at Hastings Central School. One of her sisters was injured at school. The family lived outside in their backyard, along with other families, until Audrey, her mother and sisters were evacuated to stay with a family in Woodville. Her sisters attended school there. On their return to Napier they stayed at the Westshore camping ground. A local doll shop in Hastings offered the girls any doll they wished to choose, at no cost. Audrey remembers this as being a wonderful thing to do as it was depression times and to have a new doll of her own was a miracle.
Maker
Production date
30 Nov 2005
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
A4 printed sheets with covering letter.Typed.
Media/Materials
Measurements
In the Be Our Guest Folder No 2.: Height x Width: 298 x 210mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Credit line
gifted by Mrs Audrey Ford
Other number(s)
m2006/27/121, 35801
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