Caller of the Night: Grace compares the health system from the 1950s versus today

Caller of the Night: Grace compares the health system from the 1950s versus today

This week on In My Day, we remembered now-derelict hospitals, our best injury stories, and the GPs we had for decades.  Caller Grace shared her experience of maternity wards in the 1950's versus today, some elements much stricter, and others much more lenient.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Caller of the Night: Kevin shares experience witnessing the Kaikoura lights

This week on In My Day caller and former lighthouse keeper Kevin shared his experience witnessing the infamous Kaikoura lights.  The Kaikoura lights refers to a series of UFO sightings in the skies above the Kaikoura mountain ranges in December 1978. A television crew from Melbourne's Channel 0 were able to capture footage of the lights while onboard a Safe Air plane that was making a newspaper run from Wellington to Christchurch. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Caller of the Night: Anna reminisces about pneumatic tubes

This week on In My Day caller Anna reminisced about pneumatic tubes, also known as Lamson Tubes, in department stores, and their modern-day use in emergency departments.  Pneumatic transportation was invented around 1800 and was used in offices to transport small packages and mail, but were largely phased out of stores in the 1970's. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Leoni on her experience in the Marlborough Sounds

This week on In My Day, we remembered when Fiordland National Park was established 122 years ago on February 23, 1904, and the deaths of 49 people at a prisoner of war camp in Featherston 83 years ago on February 25, 1943. Caller Leoni spoke to Roman about a school trip to the Marlborough Sounds, and early memories of the Japanese prisoners of war marching past her home in Featherston.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Caller of the Night: It's Valentines Day!

On this very special Valentines Day, Miles Davis joined Roman to talk about all thing romance! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.