Oral history interview with Len Gale
Maker and role
Len Gale, Interviewee
Megan Hutching, Interviewer
Production date
17 May 2016
31 May 2016
07 Jun 2016
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Object detail
Accession number
16-1800
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Description
Oral history interview with Len Gale containing biographical information about his childhood in Kingsland, Auckland, father’s political activities, his apprenticeship as a turner at New Zealand Railways workshops in Otahuhu. Also includes information about work as a draughtsman at Otahuhu railway workshops and his involvement in producing publications during the 1951 Waterfront Dispute.
Physical description
1 audio disc (approximately 203 minutes) : digital
Credit line
Len Gale et al. 17 May 2016
31 May 2016
07 Jun 2016. Oral history interview with Len Gale, 16-1800. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
31 May 2016
07 Jun 2016. Oral history interview with Len Gale, 16-1800. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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<C> Interviews
<C> Gale, Len
<C> Anecdotes
Employees
New Zealand Railways
<C> Anecdotes
Suffragists
Anecdotes
Trams
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Education
Anecdotes
World War, 1914-1918
Anecdotes
World War, 1939-1945
<C> Anecdotes
<C> Design and construction
Knives
<C> Anecdotes
Elevators
<C> Anecdotes
Technical drawings
<C> Anecdotes
Blueprints
Anecdotes
Apprentices
<C> Anecdotes
Engraving (Metal-work)
Anecdotes
Waterfront Strike, New Zealand, 1951
<C> Anecdotes
Copying machines
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Printing
Anecdotes
Short Sandringham
Sound recording and reproducing
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