Community Contributed
Levin Memories
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:47:18+00:00Levin Memories is the result of a germ of an idea that took root and grew.
The Friends of Horowhenua Libraries were aware of our local history that was remembered only in the minds of the older members of the community, but not recorded anywhere. In a discussion of possible oral history projects, the idea came up that perhaps the younger members of the community might be interested. The project really took off when the enthusiasm of Sarah Matheson (nee Smeaton) was harnessed to the Friend’s idea. It was the students in Sarah’s History class who interviewed the citizens whose memories are published here.
The support of Trust Bank Central made it possible to publish Levin Memories. Thank are also due to the senior members of the community who were willing to be interviewed and to lend their treasured photographs: to the students who asked the questions, recorded and transcribed the interviews, to Sarah Matheson, to Naomi Dement for editorial work on the layout, and to Yvonne Pridmore for supervising the whole project.
Rosalie Blake
District Librarian, Horowhenua District Libraries.
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