Interview with Mr Charles Tilby and Mr Ray Tilby

Date25 May 1989Reference Number0148/19/14Description

Broadcaster and Village Radio volunteer, James Hartstonge, founded the Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit in 1988. The unit recorded 68 interviews in three years. This interview with Charles and Ray Tilby is one of these. It was recorded at Matua, Tauranga. The length of the recording is 25:53 minutes.

Charles was born in 1901 and James Raymond (Ray) in 1905 to Emma and John Tilby. The Tilby family purchased a dairy farm in Otumoetai, Tauranga, in 1914. The Tilby children attended Otumoetai School. Later the farm became a citrus orchard.

CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerGraham Burkett Last edited by: Fiona Kean

Brothers Ray (left) and Charles Tilby in 1969. The Tilby's Arawa farm in Matua, Tauranga, which included an orchard, was subdivided around 1981. Image courtesy of Tauranga City Libraries Image 99-1063.

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RoomTauranga Heritage Collection storage facility

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RestrictionsTo listen to this interview contact Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz or visit the Heritage and Research Team at the Tauranga City Library. A written recording agreement for this interview has not been located and may not have been completed at the time of recording. As a result, this recording is not available online. Retrospective recording agreements are being sought and if you have information regarding Charles and Ray Tilby please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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Start here:Tilby, Charles Pervical, 1901-1986 (Person)Tilby, James Raymond, 1905-1990 (Person)Part of Audio Visual CollectionTauranga District Museum Oral History Unit

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Interview with Mr Charles Tilby and Mr Ray Tilby