Aunt Daisy
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Maud Ruby Basham MBE
(née Taylor; 30 August 1879 – 14 July 1963), usually known as Daisy Basham or professionally as Aunt Daisy, was a well-known New Zealand
radio
broadcaster
from 1930 to 1963. She was born in London
, England
, and her family emigrated to New Plymouth
in 1891. She married Frederick Basham in 1904, and they had three children.
During the 1920s Daisy broadcast programmes on the lives of composers illustrated with song. She was initially on the Government YA network and the private Friendly Road station in Auckland run by Colin Scrimgeour
(Uncle Scrim), but she is remembered for her time on the ZB network (commercial, but run by the government) from 1933 to 1963. she averaged 202 words a minute during her shows and her morning show opened to the song 'Daisy Bell' and the greeting "Good Morning everybody".
Order of the British Empire
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(née Taylor; 30 August 1879 – 14 July 1963), usually known as Daisy Basham or professionally as Aunt Daisy, was a well-known New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
radio
Radio
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broadcaster
Presenter
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from 1930 to 1963. She was born in London
London
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, England
England
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, and her family emigrated to New Plymouth
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....
in 1891. She married Frederick Basham in 1904, and they had three children.
During the 1920s Daisy broadcast programmes on the lives of composers illustrated with song. She was initially on the Government YA network and the private Friendly Road station in Auckland run by Colin Scrimgeour
Colin Scrimgeour
Rev. Colin Graham Scrimgeour, known as Uncle Scrim or Scrim was a New Zealand Methodist Minister and Broadcaster....
(Uncle Scrim), but she is remembered for her time on the ZB network (commercial, but run by the government) from 1933 to 1963. she averaged 202 words a minute during her shows and her morning show opened to the song 'Daisy Bell' and the greeting "Good Morning everybody".
External links
in the Dictionary of New Zealand BiographyDictionary of New Zealand Biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography contains biographies for over 3,000 New Zealanders. It is available in both English and Maori. All volumes of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography are available online....
- Aunt Daisy from the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
- The Aunt Daisy Story