It was a big two-storey building painted dark red in those days, and it was well know to the Americans, in fact at one stage they had a picket right round that house. Yes, yes and there were a number of girls in there of course, I had to go in and out of there at odd times β¦.
Oh, well, that would be difficult for me to say, because they varied a lot. But they were two-storey houses, they were sordid sort of places you know, particularly the Abel Smith St one, well the other one too, I suppose.
But they were sordid sort of houses. Can you tell us more about the information on this page? Perhaps you have a related experience you would like to share? Comments will be reviewed prior to posting. Not all comments posted. Skip to main content. Can you describe the area around Willis St, Taranaki [St]?
This was the military policemen? Yes, yes and there were a number of girls in there of course, I had to go in and out of there at odd times β¦ Interviewer: You would have met the owner of the place? Well, it was the same person who had the two down in Abel Smith St. She owned three all together? Yes, yes, and she may have owned even more, but she owned those three anyway. Did you talk to her much? Not at all, oh no β¦ Interviewer: What kind of a woman was she? And how many girls would she have had working for her?
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