Communications

Snippets of life revealed in scripts

Lester Thorley learns about some international links to Hamilton through letters written decades ago. - More

Radio with a new station in life

The days of gramophones and early portable radios are recalled at Waikato Museum, writes Mary Anne Gill. - More

Winston Wonders

Voted greatest ever Briton in 2002, Sir Winston Churchill has a Hamilton connection. So how does a letter from the greatest ever Briton become part of the collection at the Waikato Museum? - More

W.R. Friar

On October 17th, 1917, William R. Friar, or Bill as he signed off his letters, sent a telegram home to his mum that simply said 'doing splendidly'. He was in 83 General Hospital in Boulogne, France, suffering from wounds received while fighting in the sodden, bitter battlegrounds of Ypres. - More