| Friday night parading as a teenager in the 1940s |
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-Told story of telephoning nurses at hostel, arranging to pick them up by canoe from west side of river bringing them over to Hamilton East.
-Remembered that the three nights that 6 o,clock closing was simply ignored in Hamilton were V.E. day, V.J. day, and the day that Waikato won the Ranfurly shield in 1951.
-Remembers police on the beat crossing the road to avoid illegal gambling (Crown and Anchor), which was run for patriotic funds.
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