| Title | Oral history interview with Mrs MacBurney, 1983. |
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| Date created | 14 October 1983 |
| Description Summary | Transcript of an interview with Mrs MacBurney for the Glen Eden Oral History Project. Mrs MacBurney recalls living in the cemetery house and her husband working as a sexton during the Depression. She mentions a few cemetery workers and talks about the Pentecostals and the Jewish Chapel. She describes the Jewish burial customs. She mentions a few local shops and the monumental masons. She recalls the burials during the Flu Epdemic and talks about the cremation process. She mentions a few cemetery happenings, fires and acts of vandalism and the Anzac services at the cenotaph. She describes the duties of a sexton and mentions her husband working at the brickyards for the Archibalds. |
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| Copyright Holder | Auckland Libraries |
| Access Rights | Contact the West Auckland Research Centre, Waitakere Central Library in Henderson, to listen to recording or view abstract.Not available for loan. |
| Original medium | ; |
| Oral History ID | WOH-1040-42 |
