Interview with Mrs Margaret Gresham

Reference Number0148/19/31DescriptionBroadcaster and Village Radio volunteer, James Hartstonge, founded the Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit in 1988. The unit recorded 66 interviews in three years. This interview with Mrs Peg Gresham is one of these. It was recorded at her home in Otumoetai, Tauranga. The length of the recording is 43:00 minutes.

Margaret (Peg) Gresham, born 1905, was the daughter of John William Stewart and Jessie Murray and she married Frank Gordon Gresham. They lived in Seaview Road for many years and Frank, a mechanic, had a garage on the corner of First Avenue and Devonport Road. Peg remembered the fire that destroyed the Tauranga Hotel in 1935.
She took part in productions by the Tauranga Repertory Society.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerReginald Spence Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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Interview with Mrs Peg Gresham

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RoomTauranga Heritage Collection & Ngā Wāhi Rangahau Tauranga Public Library

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CopyrightCC BY-ND This interview can be reused for any purpose, including commercial. However, it cannot be shared with others in adapted form, and credit must be given to the interviewee. Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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Interview with Mrs Margaret Gresham