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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side two</&>
  <&>0:54</&>
  

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      is this where you were born <&>1:00</&>

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      that's where i was born <,,> and pa designed that home and built
      it but in my day it had a verandah right across there that you
      could lean on and look over

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      that was the sun porch

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      i used to teach music on that windowsill and be a nun <,> and
      there was <{><[>a place <.>that</.> <.>that</.></[> and THAT was
      the bedroom i was born in

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      <[>a nun? you?</[></{>

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      cor

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      and this is the house but of course it's very exposed there of
      course cos in our day there was a big <.>path</.> it's probably
      still there on this side of the house and nana had it full of
      shrubs <,> and this is from the bull paddock looking across to
      the house <,>

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      that was the breakfast room

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      it had a separate kitchen and a dining room

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      mhm <latch>

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      in those days

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      the bathroom was inside that and there was a bedroom off in
      behind that

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      this was the front room and the sun porch <,> <{1><[1>and that</[1>
      was the master bedroom

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      then you went through to a very large back porch that was
      covered in

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      uncle norbert and i when he <&>2:00</&> came home from the war
      and i was fifteen then and he <.>was</.> been a prisoner of war
      when we used to watch the sunrise come up up that way walking up
      and down this patio oh and i suppose it was as long as this
      house

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      it was covered in and it had extra rooms in the wash house and
      extra loo off the back <,> and then behind that was the
      blackberry and the gooseberry bushes that pa used to make his
      wine with <,> and another old bach <,> and a belt of pine trees
      which they cut everything down <?>when</?> they took down the
      pine trees and the cowshed was miles away from the house <,>
      quite a long way away cos pa liked the <{2><[2>house</[2>
      cowshed <{3><[3>further than</[3> some farmers away from the
      house but the pigsties were just over there <,>

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      there was a drive <,> sloping lawn down to the flax bushes and
      the raspberries

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      full of garden absolutely <,> terrace garden right through full
      of every vegetable you can imagine and another <&>3:00</&> long
      track down to the wooden gates that used to take you ACROSS the
      track the main driveway out <.>of</.> the farm driveway <,> to
      the pigs <,,> and then right on down to the cowshed

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      <[1>oh right</[1></{1>

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      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

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      <[3>separate</[3></{3>

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      mm

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      and the day pa was knocked off the haystack <,> i remember
      running from cowrail to cowrail to cowrail then we took a
      shortcut through the <,,> er the <.>c</.> led into the the race
      that led into the cowshed and i <.>wen</.> i had clean white
      sockettes on

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      i didn't put my shoes on i just ran <,,><&>4</&> jumping from
      <O>laughs</O> cowrail to cowrail

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      i was only seven then <,,><&>3</&>

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      the year war broke out <,,><&>5</&> made a big difference to
      <&>4:00</&> everybody's life <,> and when war came quite
      surprising

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      mm

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      cos uncle callum was only fourteen then so callum was only seven
      years older than i am <,,><&>4</&>

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      mm <&>turning pages of album</&> <,,><&>5</&> oh gosh <O>laughs</O>
      <,,><&>5</&>

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      yes but pa lived longer <,>

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      see he was only a young man when he was killed <,,><&>4</&>

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      mm

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      it made a great difference

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      that was your grandfather

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      mm great grandfather <,,> <?>mummy's dad</?>

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      so you <.>moved</.> your family moved back in you and your mum
      moved back in did you

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      well when the war broke out dad was they were <&>5:00</&> split
      up <,>

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      we were down on the next farm <,> but one there was the farm in
      between us and the johnson brothers had their own farm and dad
      and them were in partnership <,> and um <,> when the war came
      the eldest boy was called up that was dan but he didn't want to
      go to the war nobody did really and so his father appealed for
      him to stay home and said that dad would take his place <,>
      which my father did but it caused a family <?>ruction</?> and
      they never spoke again <,> um and dad went into the army but
      they were sleeping in <laughs>world war one tents</laughs> that
      were leaking and he got pleurisy and <.>was</.> ended up being
      discharged unfit for home guard so that <.>fixed</.>

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      the family <{><[><?>safe</?></[>

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      <[>well</[></{> he dad couldn't go BACK to the partnership that
      he had because the family rift was so large so and in between
      mum and i had gone to live with nana <,,> and er so then
      <&>6:00</&> when he came OUT of the army unfit for home guard as
      it were they had to find something to do so they went share
      milking <,,> and that's when we sort of <,> dad worked for a
      series of farmers around the place

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      it was like one big family in those days

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      the community was so well known

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      dan johnson <O>inhales</O> used to receive in his mail

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      the mail was always taken to the factory so that the boys when
      they took the milk in on the old milk wagons the cans all
      rattling and <O>inhales</O> milk would be tipped in and <{><[>made
      cheese</[>

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      <[>that's how</[></{> it is in ireland <{><[>when we</[> went
      there

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      <[>mm</[></{>

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      yeah well it was very primitive in those days

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      kids still used to ride horses to school when i was a girl

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      <O>voc</O> apparently still do nowadays in the rural back <{><[>areas
      as well</[> around gisborne and places

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      <[><unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

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      mm so it was quite interesting and um <,,><&>4</&> i suppose
      then we moved out and then my mum and dad split up

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      of course we went back to stay with nana

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      by this time pa'd've been well dead <&>7:00</&> of course <,>
      but nana was great for playing one <.>off</.> <{><[>one</[>
      member of the family off against the other <,>

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      she bit naughty that way <,,><&>4</&> yeah long time ago

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      <[>mm</[></{>

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      mm <,,><&>4</&>

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      and when you think your grandmother went to <.>hor</.> went to
      town in a horse and gig

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      mm

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      <laughs>it used to get there faster than <.>the</.> what the
      cars could <,> because the roads were so windy for cars</laughs>

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      yeah

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      but pa had the first car in the district

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      it was a wolesley knight <,>

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      he was driving it along the road once it was a crossroads at
      mahoe near the factory house was and the factory was just down
      the hill and then there was the school on this corner and the
      mahoe hall and nana and pa lived opposite the mahoe hall and
      that was just the hub of the <.>who</.> the entire the whole
      corner was the hub of the <.>v</.> <{1><[1>the village as it
      were</[1> yeah it was and everybody used to meet on the
      <&>8:00</&> corner <,> and this day <,> um <O>laughs</O> well
      dan johnson not only getting white feathers but a yellow streak
      down the middle of them

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      that that was sort of very naughty but that's the sort of thing
      that went on <{2><[2><O>inhales</O> but</[2> anything that
      happened <latch>

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      <[1>the square the town square</[1></{1>

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      <[2>WHAT</[2></{2>

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      that's for somebody who tried to get out of going to <{><[>the
      war</[> <latch>

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      <[>yes</[></{>

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      yes <{><[>and</[> anything that happened always used to come to
      the factory manager's house which was nell gordon

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      this is billy who i was telling you about his mum's place and
      she used to <.>b</.> i still hear nana's voice ringing out on
      the cold frosty air

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      oh mount egmont used to tower above us

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      <[>mm</[></{>

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      mm

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      it's just a wonderful mountain really <,> and saying you're the
      nicest man in the world because he brought news

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      uncle stan had been missing for six months <,> and nana really
      thought he was dead

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      she'd had this dream and she'd seen him drop and he had called
      out MUM so she came out next morning because mummy and i were
      still living with her and said stan was dead but then the
      telegram said missing in action <,> but actually what had
      happened and <&>9:00</&> it's true nana did dream it she did see
      it and she had told us a long time before and i can still
      remember it and when <.>the</.> the news did come through that
      he was a prisoner of war what had happened was a bomb HAD
      exploded in front of him and he was blinded and he was put into
      hospital <,> and it took ages for that news to come back for <.>the</.>

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      mm

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      people to say that he was a prisoner of war

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      then he used to write and say i <,> took a pill it worked for
      six days and that meant he had escaped for six days <O>laughs</O>
      and then he was put <.>in</.> cos he was in <?>stalag eight</?>
      b which was supposed to be

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      in czechoslovakia

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      mm well he escaped to czechoslovakia and was fighting six months
      with them before the war ended <,,><&>3</&> and anyway you know
      there's lots of stories about the war and <,> farming and the
      community we lived in

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      it was a very closeknit community <,,> and of course mum was the
      star tennis player <&>10:00</&> of the whole of taranaki

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      she came <{><[>top</[> for taranaki for forty years <,,><&>4</&>

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      <[>mm</[></{>

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      <O>laughs</O>

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      mm <,,><&>4</&>

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      SO what are you <{><[>looking at now</[>

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      <[>when <.>is</.></[></{> when did you take this picture

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      what's that one

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      <{1><[1>oh that's</[1> christmas time <,>

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      you and <{2><[2>jeremy</[2> were packing up to go down to
      wellington <,> <{3><[3>making</[3> big decisions there you two

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      <[1>this picture</[1></{1>

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      <[2>oh</[2></{2>

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      <[3>oh</[3></{3>

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      can't even remember you taking that one <,,><&>5</&>

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      <O>voc</O> <O>voc</O> the cat?

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      yes poor old sooty the cat's not well <,,><&>3</&>

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      <?>you should take him down to the</?> <unclear>word</unclear>

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      yeah that's the funny <{><[>part about it</[>

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      <[>get some quality</[></{> out of his life anyway

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      yeah this is why i don't want to put him down

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      i think you just <.>sh</.> <,,>

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      you can take that photo if you want to

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      oh no i was just <.>see</.> seeing what it said on the back
      <&>11:00</&>

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      nothing what does it say on the back

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      january the eleventh

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      right well that was when you went down to wellington

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      mm

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      that's the girl mcleod's <{><[>wedding</[>

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      <[><?>so we</?></[></{> must've been at <?><&>name</&> 's</?>
      place

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      right

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      about the fourteenth or the sixteenth <,,>

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      <?>what's the new</?> pussycat

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      <sings>what's new pussycat pussycat what's new</sings>

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      it's a song

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      yep

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      oh that's the old farmhouse but they moved it lock stock and
      barrel

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      some accountant from auckland's bought the place

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      where have they moved it <{><[>to</[>

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      <[>instead</[></{> of bulldozing down the house

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      now that was your grandfather that house

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      how many years old would it be <,,><&>3</&>

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      he took nana there as a bride <,> built it out of <.>the</.>

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      well this year

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      native bush

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      <drawls>mum</drawls> mum was born in <{><[><.>nineteen</.></[>

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      <[>i reckon it's</[></{> a absolutely brilliant design

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      mum mum was born in <{><[><.>nineteen</.></[>

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      <[>it still looks</[></{> modern

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      i think mum mum was born in nineteen ten the <&>12:00</&> year
      that the comet halley's comet first came <{><[>in</[>

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      <[>well no</[></{> she <.>was</.> i was born

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      nineteen thirty two

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      yeah and she was twenty two then wasn't she

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      mm <&>tapping spoon</&> so she was born in nineteen ten

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      mm see the old family bible <,,>

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      that's in the bedroom

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      mm

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      so this house would've been built around the same time nineteen
      oh nine <,,><&>3</&> oh eight oh nine

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      well pa your grandfather samuel king and his father was also a
      samuel king <,> james samuel king something like that were the
      first bridge builders

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      mm

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      in taranaki they er <latch>

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      well they're in that genealogy book

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      yes and they are also in the turnbull library

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      mm

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      mm

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      sort of pioneers <.>of</.>

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      well your grandfather had <.>a</.> really was a far <&>13:00</&>
      sighted man because he left a wonderful <.>p</.> stand <.>of</.>
      of um native bush on the farm

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      he didn't chop it all down like some people would've

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      mm

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      <O>inhales</O> it was a wonderful farm

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      it had three road frontages <,,><&>4</&>

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      it really shame when <.>th</.> when the war came and the two
      eldest boys went and uncle stu who was the eldest went into <.>the</.>
      he was unfit to go overseas but he was actually on the ground
      crew of the airforce um

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      it left nana rather high and dry with two younger boys just left
      to run the farm and then when john got old enough he wanted to
      go and REALLY resented it and that's when all the trouble
      started because he blackmailed nana <O>inhales</O> into making
      the farm over to him <,> virtually and uncle gordon who was
      fourteen when the war broke out he got away and he got as far as
      italy but then peace <.>was</.> armistice day came when he was
      in rome

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      mm

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      so he never really saw any fighting <&>14:00</&>

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      well jolly WELL jolly good

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      but um <,>

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      who wants to <{><[><.>s</.></[>

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      <[>but he</[></{> got overseas which john really resented <,>
      and so before everybody came home uncle john had got them to
      sell the farm nana to sell the farm

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      mm <,,><&>3</&>

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      which of course <?>it</?> real upsetting

  <WSC#DPH011:0810:FW>
      <.>i</.> i don't think any of them ever spoke to each other
      again after that certainly not to john <,>

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      what's that the photo of

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      this one

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      no that one you've got there

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      just dad and john

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      oh that's christmas day <,>

  <WSC#DPH011:0840:FW>
      it's not christmas day it's new year's day

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      very affectionate pussycat

  <WSC#DPH011:0850:FW>
      he is an old darling really isn't <{><[>he</[>

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      <[>OH</[></{> here's fred

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      mm

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      the day we went for our <.>sw</.> <{><[>um our travel</[> round

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      <[>he won't speak to me</[></{>

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      and <?>susie</?>

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      likes a bit of attention <,,> responding well

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      didn't like me very much today when i tramped on his tail
      <&>15:00</&>

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      <O>laughs</O>

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      meow

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      i thought he was going to claw <{><[>me</[>

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      <[>did</[></{> you <{><[>hear from fred</[> ever again

  <WSC#DPH011:0910:IM>
      <[>quite a lump</[></{>

  <WSC#DPH011:0915:FW>
      no we haven't heard a <laughs>word from that day to this</laughs>

  <WSC#DPH011:0920:IM>
      quite a lump aren't you boy <,,><&>5</&>

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      <O>tut</O> yes i don't think he's all that sick do you

  <WSC#DPH011:0930:IM>
      didn't strike me as being terribly sick

  <WSC#DPH011:0935:FW>
      it's just <{><[><.>that</.></[>

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      <[>gosh</[></{> is this the italian wedding

  <WSC#DPH011:0945:IM>
      probably too fat

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      that's the catholic church yeah <,>

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      it's an incredible dress with that <.>v</.> queen victoria
      collar

  <WSC#DPH011:0960:FW>
      it's queen elizabeth isn't it

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      yeah queen elizabeth that's what i meant

  <WSC#DPH011:0970:FW>
      mm really <laughs>funny</laughs> because her mother put her foot
      through <laughs>the wedding in front of the wedding dress before
      the evening was out</laughs>

  <WSC#DPH011:0975:XI>
      i think <{><[>that's awful</[>

  <WSC#DPH011:0980:FW>
      <[>oh she was <.>so</.></[></{> poor little girl was SO upset

  <WSC#DPH011:0985:XI>
      that's awful actually and it's such a beautiful dress

  <WSC#DPH011:0990:FW>
      oh it was it came <.>from</.>

  <WSC#DPH011:0995:XI>
      all that italian lace <&>16:00</&>

  <WSC#DPH011:1000:FW>
      yes but no it was made in germany it came from germany <,,> even
      though they're living in um <{1><[1>vienna</[1> <,>

  <WSC#DPH011:1005:FW>
      they picked the frock up because his parents brought the frock
      out when they came

  <WSC#DPH011:1010:FW>
      it must have been made for her but oh it WAS exquisite there's
      no doubt about <{2><[2>that</[2>

  <WSC#DPH011:1015:XI>
      <[1>what</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPH011:1020:XI>
      <[2>it's</[2></{2> GORGEOUS <latch>

  <WSC#DPH011:1025:FW>
      GOSH <,>

  <WSC#DPH011:1030:FW>
      i wish you could see some of the other photos that i took but i
      sent them to them <,,>

  <WSC#DPH011:1035:XI>
      mm <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#DPH011:1040:XI>
      i'm getting all mixed up going backwards and forwards
      <&>16:37</&>
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