Date28 November 1991Reference Number0148/19/56DescriptionBroadcaster 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 Samuel Balfour (Sandy) is one of these. It was recorded at his home in Maungatapu. The length of the recording is 34:39 minutes.
Samuel Balfour was in partnership with his brother-in-law Len Walker in the plumbing business Balfour & Walker in Harington Street, Tauranga, later in Koromiko Street. They were plumbers, drain-layers and sheet-metal workers.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerReginald Spence
Asset Location
RoomTauranga Heritage Collection & Ngā Wāhi Rangahau Tauranga Public Library
Usage
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 Samuel Balfour please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz
Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit, Interview with Mr Samuel Balfour (28 November 1991). Pae Korokī, accessed 27/03/2025, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/20900