Rosemary Boswell
Topics: Wānaka Station, community & events, Ruby Island Cabaret
Rosemary Boswell remembers the stories her mother told her about family life growing up in Wānaka [Pembroke] between 1916 and 1940. Rosemary’s grandparents, Frederick and Agnes Jackson, arrived with the first three of their six children in 1916. Frederick had been employed by Sir Percy Sargood to manage the apple and pear orchard at Wānaka Station. The original journey to Pembroke is described, along with memories of going to school, the festive season in Pembroke and a story of a Rosemary’s mother’s sister slipping over to the cabaret at Ruby Island – and its consequences.
Interviewed by Helen Howarth
Frederick and Angus Jackson, c. 1930s.
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