Panmure Stories: Hilda McGregor & Durham Strauchan - Chinese Market Gardens

Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories! Hilda McGregor’s father was a mechanic during the 1930s and 40s. A large part of his business was servicing the trucks owned by Chinese market gardeners in the area. In this track Hilda and Durham remember the growers and how they supported the local community with excess produce during the depression. Reference Hilda McGregor and Durham Strauchan, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2241/rec/2 Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1 Image: Auckland Weekly News. Gathering the potato crop in New Zealand: busy scene at Panmure. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1919. AWNS-19190102-34-5. https://digitalnz.org/records/43261133/gathering-the-potato-crop-in-new-zealand-busy-scene-at-panmure-in-the-auckl Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)