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Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories! Mr Ryan bought his service station in Panmure in 1935 off his friend Reginald Collins. In this track he describes Reg Collins’ livestock transportation business on a scow called the Jane Gifford, and how livestock would come from the gulf islands down the Tāmaki river to Panmure on their way to the Westfield Freezing Works. Reference Mr Ryan interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2419/rec/2 Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1 Image: The scow Jane Gifford moored near Ōrere Point, 1936. Auckland Libraries He