Thornton's Confectionary Oral History, Part 4
Details
- Recorded
- Wednesday 29th September 2010, 11:05am: Thornton residence, Paekakariki.
- Duration
- (08'17")
- Interviewer
- Gabor Toth
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Part 4 (9MB)
Contents
| Time marker: | Summary: |
|---|---|
| 00'00" | Extra staff were employed during the Easter and Christmas. A special Christmas display would be placed in the front window every year which always attracted attention. |
| 01'40" | A description of Thornton's famous Victorian-era slot-machine. |
| 06'06" | Charles Thornton decides to close the business and retire at the end of 1948. A moving description of elderly customers who could have visited the shop as children in the 1880's, weeping when they heard that the business was to close. |