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My wife was a ballerina
on the stage in London but we found that it clashed with the
idea of having a family and living a normal married life, so
eventually a decision was made that not only would she give up
the stage but as she was a little homesick for New Zealand we
would try and raise the money required to travel to Auckland.
In 1963 this was a huge sum of money, as much as one could purchase
a house. We could not go the usual emigration acheme as my wife
was already of New Zealand birth. With the help of my parents
and selling everything we had the journey was undertaken by ship
(eight weeks), arriving pennyless in Auckland in April 1963.
My wifes parents lived in Mt Roskill and her father had a small
plumbing and building business which he ran from a workshop built
under his house. Using his contacts he had passed my CV to the
office at the local 'Autocrat Radio Ltd', in Carr Rd, Mt Roskill,
and secured an immediate prospect of employment there if I passed
the interview. I was successful and so began my association with
'Autocrat'. |
