by Bevan Wills | Aug 31, 2018 | 100 Years 100 Lives Stories
George Scrimgeour was born in Waipawa and later came to Masterton with his father, who was a hotelkeeper and had taken up the licence of the Club Hotel. Scrimgeour became very sick with pneumonia in 1912 and was hospitalised for a period of time before he made a...
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by Bevan Wills | Aug 24, 2018 | 100 Years 100 Lives Audio
Ethel Barr talks about when her husband, George returned from the war. She was excited about his return, and took the baby down to meet him. However he had bad news for her. – AUDIO/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE More:
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by Bevan Wills | Aug 24, 2018 | 100 Years 100 Lives Stories
Ethel Barr as a young girl. She was born in Masterton in 1894. PHOTO/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE Ethel Barr was born in Masterton in 1894, the illegitimate daughter of Alice Braggins, thus granddaughter of Edward Braggins, an early Masterton publican, and his wife Sarah Sayers....
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by Bevan Wills | Aug 24, 2018 | 100 Years 100 Lives Audio
Ethel Barr, talks about life in Wairarapa during the war, how it affected her German friend and how she stopped a raid on a hotel. – AUDIO/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE More:
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by Bevan Wills | Aug 17, 2018 | 100 Years 100 Lives Audio
Jack Bull recounts his attempted raid at the age of 4 when he tried do his part for the war effort by ‘removing’ his German neighbours. – AUDIO/WAIRARAPA ARCHIVE
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