Epsom -Town Hall Trolley - Old days Auckland

MOTAT Christmas Eve 2011

Old House - Mt Albert

Christmas Tree Decoration, Mt Albert 2011

Pages Kingsland

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Trinity Methodist Church, 400 New North Rd, Auckland

Portland Building Kingsland

Star Hotel Swanson Street

Messrs E. Mahony and Sons havd called for tenders for extensive additions to the Star Hotel. The new building will extend over a distance of 110 feet to Swanson-street, and will be eighteen feet high. The portion facing Swanson-Btreet will be on. the same lines as the old building. The interior will comprise a new kitchen, and servants' quarters. The present dining room will be extended to a length of 07 feet and to a width of 27 feet, and a new dining room will be built 27 feet by 15 feet. There will be a suite of sitting rooms with bedrooms and bathrooms attached. A new bar, measuring 36ft. by 22ft., will be erected facing Swanson-street, with sitting rooms attached. A second billiard-room will be provided in the new portion. The remainder of the building will be subdivided into bedrooms, in all about 32. The kitchen will be :i2ft. by 22ft., and will be fitted with all the modern cooking utensils. Around the building will be the latest approved style of tire escapes, and the interior will be made as fire-proof as possible. The building will be lighted throughout by electricity. There will be electrical fire alarms in every bedroom. Hot and cold water will be carried in pipes to the bedrooms, bath-rooms, etc. When tire full design is completed the Star Hotel will extend to the Chapelstreet boundary. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 195, 29 August 1901, Page 4

Falcon - Lincoln Road Auckland

DANNEVIRKE DISASTER 1917

DANNEVIRKE DISASTER HEART OF TOWN GONE FIRE'S DAMAGE £200,000,

Per Press ASSOCIATION. Dannevirke, October 22

Dannovirke will have Rood cause to long remember Labour Day of 1917, a most disastrous fire devastating the heart of the commercial area, which is now a scene of desolation, only brick walls and gaunt chimney stacks indicating where the business places did a flourishing business. Tho blow to the town is most disastrous, as, apart from the structures and stock destroyed, hundreds of employees will lie out of work and great dislocation in business must ensue before the loss can be made good. Andrew's Hotel, an immense old wooden structure, was one of the relics of tho days when coaches played a part in the through trip to Wellington. The westerly gale blowing fanned the flames from the rear of the hotel. Within three minutes the whole of the upper portion was wrapped in flames licking up greedily everything in their path. The occupants of the place barely had time to make their exit, and some housemaids had to be rescued from balconies.

Though the brigade was early at work, the primitive appliances and the gigantic nature of the conflagration, made their efforts appear puny. Within a few minutes the whole place was a holocaust, and the flames jumped the-wide street to the Dannevirke Co-op. Association's big storehouse opposite. and soon this was a roaring inferno endangering also the Club Hotel, facing the railway station. Fortunatly the wind was blowing away from this, and though the building was in grave danger for a time, it escaped. Not so tbe Masonic Hotel, another ancient wooden landmark on the east side of High street. This caught as the flames from Miller's shop spread south, and soon both sides of the main thoroughfare were being demolished.

With incredible rapidity and respite the efforts of tho firefighters the flames spread east and north and south. The Dannevirke Gas Company's gasometers on a section to the rear of the Masonic Hotel were right within the danger zone the fences all around being destroyed but the flames were kept back from the gasometers. The fire started shortly after 2 o'clock. It was well on toward 5 o'clock before it could be said that the Dannevirko and Woodville brigade had got the upper hard. Even then the danger was not all over, huge masses of burning debris bring visible in all directions. There was no loss of life and no serious accidents. Places not far from the scene of the conflaguration were salvaged by hundreds of onlookers, and it was tho busiest Labour Day the helpers ever put in. Furniture, drapery, crockery, in fuel, an unimaginable collection of articles of all descriptions littered the thoroughfares, highways and byways within half a mile from the blaze..

Dannevirke has undoubtedly received a terrific blow commercially, and an estimate of tlie loas is absolutely impossible at present, but will run probably within the vicinity of £200,000, if not more. The places destroyed are all practically a total loss, and as follows: Andrews' Hotel, Harris and South livery stable. John Englebretsen's drapery, Theodore's drapery. Wysocke. tailor; Richard Roake, auctioneer; Lee Wong; laundry, Dannevirke Co-op. Association; Arthur H. Hill, tobacconist - Peter J. Nyniand, jeweller; R&oso, tailor; T. J. Fylnn, bootmaker; B. Thompson, hairdresser ; Edward E. Prior, chemist; James Neagle. motor importer; Rose. Ltd.'s. building: John P. Dodds. music store: Lucy Miller, conftctioner; Lionel P Bartlett bootmaker; Drummond Hodder and Co ironmonger, L Bartlett, hairdresser and tobacconist, C Hoopet, hairdresser and tobacconist; Arthur C Webber book keeper; George A Charman,restauranteur; Malcolm McCullum, watchmaker; Masonic Hotel; Kuing Kee and Co fruiterer;Armstrong and Morrison, drapers; Dannevirke Herbert Coaching Co; Collett and sons, ironfoundry

In addition to these the sample rooms and outbuildings of all descriptions were added to the flames and even the roadway took fire. The Dannevirke Co op Association were probably the biggest loser.The stock valued at present prices was probably worth £5,000, while the whole insurance totalled £25,000. This firm employed 70 hands.

Andrew's hotel is owned by Messrs Andrew and Mrs Lavelle and was insured but the amount is not available. The Masonic Hotel was owned by the Alladice Estate and was also insured, but the details unknown Most of the other pleaces are insured also the stocks, the policies running into many thousands Practically ala theinsurance companies are heavily hit. while the loss is many thousands in excess of the insurances.

Two out of four hotels were burned, ihree out of four tobacconists, and practicallv only one grocery business of any size are left. Business must be greatly dislocated. The losses are doubly big on account of ihe shops being heavily stocked in view of the Christmas trade. Some of the sufferers will be financially ruined. Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3379, 23 October 1917, Page 4

Bristol - Get Your Skates On

Thursday, July 21st 2011 14:30
(c) Alex Craven www.flickr.com/photos/rabidbee.

Extreme roller skating is proving to be very popular in Bristol.

Roller Derby is a full contact sport for women and it's taking the city by storm.

A group of friends decided to set up the Bristol Roller Derby League a year ago just for fun. Now there are around 100 members, four teams and they're one of the largest leagues in the UK.

One of the players has even been selected to play for Finland in the Roller Derby World Cup.

The game is played on an oval track and is made up of 'Jammers' and the 'Pack'. The Jammers' job is to pass the opposing team's Pack to score points. The Pack also has to protect their Jammers by nudging the other team's out of the way.

Players have alter egos in the rink including 'Tattooed Terror' and 'Ruby Whipper' with competitions held across the country.

Up to 450 people have turned out to some of their matches and they've in the process of securing a larger venue as the sport's popularity increases.

League spokesperson, Brooke Nolan told us why it's attracting so much attention: "It's fast, it's athletic, and it's an edge of your seat sport. It also combines it with this sort of showmanship which you don't get anywhere else. There are alter ego names, flamboyant outfits and outrageous personalities and I think having those things combined is why it's so popular."

The club now want to take it to the next level and are looking for sponsorship so they can continue to grow.

Brooke added: "We do everything ourselves, we do our artwork ourselves and the fundraising to be able to pay for bouts to put them on for the Bristol public. We've got to the stage now where we think we've got a really strong offering for Bristol businesses; we've got something sustainable and exciting to invest in."

They've actually had to close the intake for this year because there has been so much interest and are planning to compete in Europe later this year.

You can find out more about the Bristol Roller Derby League by clicking here.

http://www.jackbristol.com/news/bristols-news/bristol-get-your-skates-on-6459/

Early Clevedon, Manukau, Auckland

We are presenting in this report an account of Clevedon‟s European heritage in a timeline format covering three time spans:
Part 1 Te Wairoa / Wairoa South: Settling and growing, 1840–1900
Part 2 Clevedon, a confident, stable rural community, 1900–1970
Part 3 Clevedon, a lifestyle and commuting community, 1970–2009
This is followed by:
Part 4 Recommendations on the preservation and promotion of Clevedon’s
cultural heritage
Also available is:
Supplementary material, retained by Clevedon & Districts Historical Society
For a considerable time now the Clevedon and Districts Historical Society has been accumulating research material and in 2008 commissioned Jessie Munro to research and write for publication a history of the Clevedon area. For more detailed background and greater insight and analysis, we are also making available a preparatory brief version of the projected book as we consider that this material, also presented here in three parts for the same three time spans, will be invaluable information for those involved in planning the future of Clevedon.
1 A preparatory brief version of the projected book, presented in three parts for the same three time spans as above (copyright Jessie Munro and Clevedon and Districts Historical Society)
2 Location map and historical background to Clevedon village buildings and other sites. (from F. Murray, Yesteryears, ed. S. Gorter, Auckland 2009 (copyright Clevedon and Districts Historical Society)
3 Clevedon 150th Anniversary Heritage Walk (copyright Clevedon and Districts Historical Society)
4 Summary of archives held by the Clevedon and Districts Historical Society (copyright Clevedon and Districts Historical Society)


http://www.manukau.govt.nz/tec/district/planchange/9EuropeanHistorical.pdf

PAHIATUA GREYTOWN Earthquake 1934

TWO DEATHS BOTH INVALIDS - PAHIATUA AND GREYTOWN

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) PAHIATUA, This Day. A terrifying earthquake lasting nearly two minutes shortly before midnight was the worst in the district's history. In the business area damage has been done to the .extent of thousands of pounds, and many firms are affected. Chimneys are down all over tho country, and the effect of the earthquake is apparent in hundreds of homes. There were numerous other shakes at intervals. Tho whole district was plunged into darkness through the disruption of the electric power service. Telephone lines are also partly down along cither side of the main street. At the outset, communication north of Pahiatua was cut off, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that outsido news was obtained. There was one tragic occurrence. Andred Pringle, a leading business man, who had been seriously .ill, was making a hurried exit from his residence when he heard a crash and collapsed and died. There is not even one light working. Firms which suffered most were the W.F.C.A., merchants, in the Oxley Buildings; W. Hall Watson, dentist; A. C. Timms, chemist; L. Hartley, draper; E. Badger, stationer; H. Taylor, hairdresser; W. H. Murch, ironmonger; shop owned by Mrs. David Crowe, Yates Co. stores, W. Woodward, chemist; A. Eabinovitz, draper; W. H. Purdic, dentist; Wong Hee, fruiterer; F. Cosford, tobacconist; B. Mills, second-hand dealer; S. Judd, proprietor Mayfair Hall; Tararua Power Board offices; V.C. Young, fruiterer. Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1934, Page 8

ART UNION DRAW 1943

ART UNION DRAW "MY PUSSY CAT" £500 TO WELLINGTON

North Island ticket>holders were in the money today at the drawing of the "My Pussy Cat" art union, and the second prize of £500 went to Wellington. The first prize of £2000 was won by Mrs. J. Carr, Tolaga Bay. Sergeant C. A. G. Mcßae represented the Police Department, and Mr. ±i. Gerard the Internal Affairs Department. The five main prizes were won as f°F?rst'"Prize, " £2000.-152320 Mrs. J. Carr. care Post Office, Tolaga Bay. Second Prize, £500.-173599 "Luck at Last," Wellington. Third Prize, £250.-77220 "San. Patient," Rotorua. „ Fourth "Prize, £150.-182211 "Cats,' Waiuku. Fifth.Prize. £100.-10755 M. Armer, "Little Snowdrop," Auckland butt. Following were minor prizes won in the Wellington district:— £10 Prizes.-—94560 My (.iinger Cut, WeJlington; 25023 Dons, Lower HuH; 174247 IV Hooper. Wellington; 90101 Homo Again, Lower Hutt; 121000 Might Come Back, Trafalgar btreet. Nelson; 344V62 Bring Mo Luck, Pussy Cat, Otaki; 172917 Canary, Wellington; 1i923» Morich, Aurora Terrace, Wellington; 1<30.J4 Black Cat, Box 541, Wellington; 92708 My Last Try, Hataitai; 174710 Black Eye, Lint on; 59954 Miss Lucy Barnes, Rangihaeta, R.M.D.. Takaka: 115548 Try Again, Cardall Street. Wellington: 116444 Morning Star, 27 Rua Street, Lyall Bay; 19G1G Wong, Palmerston Xorth; 174G91 Kenny's Pussy, Mount Victoria; 59076 Smut, ingledew IB., .Nelson: 11991)8 Luck Tuesday. Wellington; 178250 Tom Cat. Wellington; 117129 Our Turn, Plimmerton; 120353 Eureka, Box 640, Wellington; 15519.i Our Turn, Wellington. £5 Prizes.—3Bslo Poor Pussy, Benge Avenue. Upper Hutt, 9429S Augury, Wellington; 81397 Puss and Me, 10 Pinelands Avenue, Seatoua. 39770 Betty's Pussy, Wellington; 17001 Just in Time, 24 Trafalgar Street, Nelson; 3941b Glad and Mum, Lower Hutt; 184369 Last Try, We - lington; 38766 My Dream Ship for Two, Wellington; 81151 Peaters Mine, Wellington; 9002. Good Old Bill. Wellington; 107969 Basil the Dos Wellington; 25896 Mum and Ivy, Holluston Street, Wellington; 189768 Alex, OhaUea; 140570 A. Watson, Box 67, Blenheim; IiOMS Slow Day for Business, Wellington; 118129 For Puter, Wellington; 198930 No B Cioou, Palmer-, ston Xorth; 27985 Double D, Wellington Club; 140280 Mewoh, Murchison; 39718 Smoky, Wellington; 143214 Winner Take All, Day's Bay; 47134 Lost Tickets, Wellington; 39591 Billy the Cat, Wellington; 118142 We Win, Wellington; 174610 My Birthday, Petone; 174343 lubbv the Cat, Wellington; 81073 Just for Luck, 803 Main Street, Palmerslou North; 59151 Passing Thro', Blenheim; 144989 Foxton at Last, Foxton; 155584 Badly Needed, Union Street, Foxton: GO3ll Whitebait, Wellington; 28465 Win. 491 Adelaide Road, Wellington; 29688 Charles and Billie, Wellington; 11G175 Thank You for the Last, Lower'.Hutt; 156774 Lucky at Last, Wellington; 140900 M. T. Soar, Islington, Blenheim; 155944 Black Cat, care Box 458, Wellington; 156682 Bill and Nigger, Wellington; 176697 Arabian Nights, Wellington; 81897 Tike Brings Home the Bacon, Wellington; 171200 Last Chance, Wellington; 94077 Betterman, Wellington; 18201 Our Bobbie, Otald; 83111 A. M. Mcars, Xorsewood; 15749 Tiki, Karori; 59972 Silly Cnt. Nelson; 90859 Old Bill, 5 Clermont Terrace, Wellington; 140914 Bill, Jack, Don, and I, Nelson Street, Blenheim; 142064 Kitty Hawk, care R.N.Z.A.F., Palmerston Nortli.

Last week- 212 towns attained or exceeded their national war savings quotas. All the principal centres were successful, and in seventeen out of the eighteen postal districts the full district quota was achieved. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 30, 4 August 1943, Page 3

Betsy McCall Paper Dolls

Betsy McCall was announced in April of 1951 and first appeared on the pages of McCall's magazine in May, 1951. Nosy, her six-month old dachshund, is seen with her in that first issue. The next month, June of 51, she is joined by her mother, Mrs. McCall (no first name known), her father, Mr. James McCall appeared in July and and Cousin Barbara, who is Betsy's age, followed in August. Through the years other various siblings, cousins, friends and pets became a part of her adventures. Some of these people include cousins Linda, Barbara and Sandy McCall. There were also friends Jimmy Weeks, Drusilla or Dru, and Suki. At one time, in the Christmas issue, December 62, she is standing in the snow in front of their house. We feel she lived somewhere near New York City as many of her activites take place there. In October 72 though, she lived in a white house with a picket fence in Santa Barbara, California.

Since various illustrators and authors have told Betsy's story, you'll often find conflicts, contradictions and variations. For me, that is part of the fun of discovery!

This site makes use of the Betsy paper doll listing that was part of the Betsy Ole' Souvenir Journal presented to conventioneers in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1999, with annotations by Elaine! Additional paper dolls will be added as they are made available to us. If the listing is underlined, it is a link to a site displaying that particular paper doll.


http://www.thebleudoor.com/betsymccallhome.htm

Down Memory Lane

Who remembers playing hopscotch at Primary School also Marbles

elastics, knuckle bones and 4 square......

gutterball

I still have knuckle bones. Does anyone remember swaps, the pretty paper pictures you brought in sheets if you could afford them or swpa with friends to get whole sets

Basketball (not netball in those days) with the balls that had laces, black rompers, all games played on the asphalt.And later on as i got older witches britches!

At birthday parties we played -I wrote a letter to my love & on the way I dropped it, someone must have picked it up & put it in their pockets.
It wasn't you etc. Hanky was dropped behind a person & when they found it run & try to beat the hanky dropper into the space.

And the paper folded thingee where you chose colours, numbers etc and got to the middle for your message.

I have a huge jar of marbles. Alot of old ones. I have quite a few of the large ones that my generation called Bonzos. I love the colours but every so often I plunge my hand into them cos I love the sound and the feel.

Making necklaces & bracelets from daisys picked from the lawn. Looking for 4 leaf clovers.

anyone remember the really nice glittery paper scraps we used to collect and swap? all us girls anyway. i remember running in for skipping with a long rope and 2 kids turning it so the rest of us could skip.

That was plastic hoop that went over your foot to have it on your ankle. it had a string attatched and a light ball at the end. you got it swinging around you, jumping it when you needed.

Oh and what about Yo-yo's. My grandmother bought us really cool on

Leap frog was one we all played .Rounders

Hopscotch,marbles,skipping rope and cause we lived in country town we had access to empty shotgun bullets from everyone duckshooting so we had a bag each to carry round school [try do that today!] and what we would do was line some up against a wall -say 5 each [ only 2 players] then stand back 2 mtres and use another empty bullet [shotgun bullets are quite big] to flick with your finger while bending it back with other hand to flick off usually at pace and whoever knocked over any bullets lined up would collect them, sounds easy but was quite a skill and there was bragging rights about who had the most. [still remember the smell of those empty shells and boys who carried full plastic bags around showing off there winnings]
Then there was 4 square which they still play today but i see the ball has shrunk! they use tennis ball today whereas we used a rubber basketball which was light and easy to spin when done at speed with 2 hands, wow thanks for the memories! that was good times, kids not so active now,its all electronic

The Mayor, Mr Kidd, accompanied by Mr P. Dignan, chairman of the Cemetery Committee, paid a visit to the cemetery at Waikumete this morning. They found the contracts for tree-falling, fencing, and painting finished to the complete satisfaction of the engineer. The new Government portion of the cemetery has been ploughed and sown in grass, and is now ready for immediate use. The former Government ground was becoming crowded, and was unfavourably situated. The Cemetery Committee, it is pleasing to note, have taken great interest in the cemetery. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 269, 22 November 1901, Page 2

ANCESTRAL DEBT

Chinese Credit Methods Posterity Will be Paid, but Not at Compound Interest. (From "Truth's" South Auckland Rep.) The reputation of John Chinaman for honest dealing has had a severe shaking m this Dominion, and particularly m the Auckland province, lately, owing to the number of Celestials who have left their creditors wailing. John is as inscrutable m his business dealings as in everything else he does. He is generally supposed to live on the proverbial "smell of an oil rag," but really — according to the writer's experience — John does himself exceedingly well, and if you dropped m on him casually at meal time, you would probably find him regaling himself on roast duck, rich pork and many delicacies which the average European does not eat. John's ethics are as hard as John himself to understand, but a meeting of creditors at Hamilton last week Avas given a little enlightenment on his methods of doing business, although the creditors were by no means convinced that the bankrupt had been square and above board. John's habit of changing his name, to. suit the occasion and his own convenience, is not one that appeals to the European business man, although John himself doubtless sees m it. an undoubted' advantage. At a meeting of creditors m the estate of a bankrupt fruiterer named, for this particular filing, Leong Ming, a resolution was passed asking the Government to pass legislation to compel Chinese to register their trade names, Avith a view to enabling them to be traced and identified m the event of : dishonest dealings. ' ' One unusual feature in this case was the fact, if bankrupt is to be believed, that he was run off his feet in the fruit business by a Avhite man who opened up m the same line next door. Ming said this 'man undercut him and, Avhile his riA'al flourished, he (Ming) Avas forced into bankruptcy. Apparently, therefore, there is hope for the Avhite race yet. Bankrupt's deficit was approximately £280. Ming's solicitor" said that while there Avas 4 no lack of business acumen on Ming's part, the opposition proved too strong for him owing to Ming having to buy m the open market, AA'hile the man next door got his fruit direct from South Island growers. Bankrupt's books were kept m Chinese and were difficult to understand, but it Avas gathered that, at his best period, Ming had a Aveekly turnover of betAveen £50 and £60. Ming admitted, m cross-examination, that he -first discovered that things were unsatisfactory about a month before he filed, bu,t he still continued to get credit, expecting to get some assistance from different countrymen of his.He told his creditors, through an interpreter, that he had been a jeAveller m China before deciding io try his fortunes m this favored land, arid had traded m China as Wing On. He admitted that he sent money to his Avife m China. In reply to the D.O.A. he stated that this maintenance money m tAvelve months amounted to the magnificent sum of ten pounds. (Laughter.) The interpreter pointed but, hoAA r ever, that this Avould mean a considerable sum m a Chinese village, and there Avas no one present Avho could say him nay. The interpreter, himself a Chinese, said that, judged from the European standpoint, Chinese business methods Avere Aery crude. They borrowed and lent large sums of money on no other security than Avord of mouth. One Chinaman Avould assist another to his last, resources and Avould not ask for any receipt or other recognition of the debt. It worked on the wise plan that if a' man once faifed to repay Avhat he had borroAved he Avould lend him nothing more. Debts were regarded as hereditary, and many Chinese in New Zealand were at present working off debts incurred by their ancestors of many generations ago. Accounts Avere rendered once a year only, and a Chinaman considered it a lucky omen if he could discharge his debts before the Chinese NeAV Year. Dealing with the important question of Chinese trading under names other than their own, the interpreter said that if a Chinaman Avas not successful under one name he regarded it as a bad omen and Avent under a neAv one next . time. The interpretation of names Avas also taken into consideration by Chinamen. Avhen starting busi-r ness. For instance, the name Wah Lee meant small profits. This was considered unlucky by some, although others > considered it Avould induce custom. While the meeting smiled at all this and thought it very interesting m its way, they were not prepared to admit that the introduction of Chinese business methods into European trading would benefit the latter, and they resolved to ulurge the Government to institute some system of registration of Chinese business names as a protection to the trading community. NZ Truth , Issue 1019, 6 June 1925, Page 7

Thames shop front

Totara Vineyards Thames

Melbourne

TERRITORIAL SERVICE CALL-UP 1942

TERRITORIAL SERVICE CALL-UP

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1942, Page 4 TOTAL OF 27,104

WELLINGTON AREA QUOTA, 4112

A Gazette published yesterday contains the names of 27,104 men who have been called up for Territorial service. They comprise all the men in the first division of the General Reserve and four classes of the second division. Those in the first division are chiefly youths who have reached the age of 18 since the last list was issued; and those in the second division comprise all married men. without children, from 18 to 45 years of age. The Gazette contains the note that the list includes the names of a number of men who have volunteered for service overseas and of some who are already serving in Home Defence units. The following are the numbers of men called up from the respective military areas:—No. 1 (Auckland), 5566; No. 2 (Paeroa), 1308; No. 3 (Whangarei), 963; No. 4 (Hamilton), 1422, No. 5 (Wellington), 4112; No. 6 (Wanganui), 1705; No. 7 (Napier), 1877; No. 8 (New Plymouth), 1006; No. 9 (Nelson). 1395; No. 10 (Christchurch), 4211; No. 11 (Dunedin), 2126: No. 12 (Invercargill), 1413. The list below contains the names of those in the Wellington area. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19420121.2.12&cl=search&srpos=227&e=-------100--201----0death+willie+Lee--&st=1

AUCKLAND ZOO OFFICIALS TO SAY ABOUT THE LEOPARD'S ESCAPE

WHAT HAVE THE AUCKLAND ZOO OFFICIALS TO SAY ABOUT THE LEOPARD'S ESCAPE

PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD, AND JUST, BE FIRST CONSIDERATION

(From "Truth's Special Auckland Rep.)

What are the Auckland Zoo Authorities thinking about ? Responsible for the care of a number of wild beasts they appear to take their responsibilities m safeguarding the public, to say the least, somewhat casually. If not, why is it possible for a female Leopard to" escape from captivity and roam at large to the imminent peril of citizens ?

NZ Truth , Issue 1035, 26 September 1925, Page 7
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Mt Albert Real Estate 1909

MOUNT ALBERT— Beautiful 8-roomed house, lovely gardens, etc. ; 3J aores ground double, frontage About one half could be cut up and sold by me to pay the wnole of the purchase money. Personally inspected and strongly recommended MOUNT ALBW-RT — Lovely house in two acres of lovely gardens, three frontages. Same remarks apply to this property also MOUNT ROSKILL— A similar property, two minutes from tpam terminus AVONDALE — J-hour from station, small house, 8 acres, 6 acres orchard, 1000 fruit trees and garden, 2 acres in grass, out- buildings, etc. £700 MOUNT ALBERT, Centre — Large section, 291 ft frontage, 200 ft deep, cut to suit buyers MOUNT EDEN — Nice 7-roomed house, every possible convenience, good section, good position, main road, 5 coins, from penny section, 2 mins. from station, trams pass door MOUNT ALBERT — Pretty newly • built 4-roomed house, bath, tubs, etc., best position centre. 40 by 98 ; adjoining section of 50 by 98, can be had together or separately KING EDWARD'S AY., EPSOM— Fine house, 6 large rooms, acre section, bathroom, H. and C. water, one minute from car and school. Strongly recommended RANGIRIRI (NEAR)— SOO acres, O.R.P. good bush, 60 acres grass, rye and cocksfoot, rent £26 per an., purchase price £1 per ac, goodwill and all imps. £350, easy terms. a grand opening for a man MANUKAU— Splendid large orchard in full bearing at the Huia For Farms, Small and Large Sections, Houses, etc. etc., please call at the Agency at MOUNT ALBERT. " THE MOUNT ALBERT AND AVONDALE LAND AND ESTATE AGENCY, Mount Albert. Observer, Volume XXIX, Issue 24, 6 March 1909, Page 23

N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1942, Page 3
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NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 123, 27 May 1941, Page 9
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N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 124, 28 May 1941, Page 6
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ROLL OF HONOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1942, Page 7
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ROLL OF HONOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 10
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LIST OF NEW ZEALANDERS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 111, 6 November 1943, Page 8
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19431106.2.73.1&srpos=113&e=-------100--101----0mangere+gardens-- A long list was issued-today containing the names of New Zealand personnel previously reported prisoners of war and now reported repatriated and safe in Egypt

Twenty million family records go online

Twenty million family records go online
2:42 PM Friday Feb 4, 2011

New Zealanders will be able to delve through their family history as more than 20 million family history records go online today.

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I was also remembering that the chook we had for Christmas dinner was about the only time we got chicken as it was considered a luxury

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I too remember making the decorations - paper chains with coloured paper & using milk bottle tops.

As an ex milk vendor Christmas Eve was hell for my husband. Everybody wanted cream (because they had forgotten to pre-order it) & he was always a couple of hours late home that night. On the bright side the cab of the truck would be laden with gifts from customers!

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Putting a bottle of beer out in the letterbox for the postie & millkman.

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My very first job, along with one of my brothers after school was being the milkgirl/boy...was all of about 12/13 years old..and the amount of alcohol that would be collected from the front gate, the week leading up to xmas was unbelievable! it would fill the milk truck with more alcohol than we had milk crates lol..Anything non alcoholic the milkboy/girl was allowed to keep, and anything alcoholic our boss kept..we also got the cash tips.

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We lived semi-rural growing up - you know, the vege garden, fruit trees, chooks & outside dunny.
On Christmas Day the cousins would arrive & we would eat Christmas Dinner on tables out under the fruit trees & it was always a beautiful hot day.

Christmas theme-Who remembers when......

The sallies would come around on a truck with the brass band on the back playing Christmas Carols & we would follow them around on our bikes like the pied piper.

Have to go up the bush to find a Christmas tree(before you could by them on the side of the road or petrol stations)

Christmas decorations were home made
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The home made decorations - that's a very fond memory for me. :)
My Mum would save the milk bottle tops all year and in the first weekend of December we all used the caps on old eye drop bottles to shape them into bells. Then there were all strung onto string and individually knotted and were our colourful silver bells all over the tree. I really miss those times - I was 4yrs old when I first remember making the bells.
Mum passed away 16yrs ago today. I miss her like mad

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I remember the sallies coming along our street, we would stand out there for ages listening before they moved on .

we used to make red and green crepe paper streamers for the tree.
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we used to do that too! silver bells(full cream milk) silver and blue (homoginised) red bells (cream) and gold (was the orange juice).

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I also remember when little being put to bed very early, then woken up at 11.30 pm to walk down to the local church for midnight mass...and then excitedly walking home knowing santa would be there soon...I remember they had the santa radar on tv and just as it hit 1am was around the time santa was just reaching nz

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remember those days well, a much much simpler, less complicated time where families talked and read books

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don't remember mum ever strssing about the Menu and the wine to go with each course...

I think it was a flagon of beer and we all had a wee glass with our christmas dinner

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Not in my family - at least not at Christmas. Dad worked right up until Christmas eve and it depended on the tide as to when we left to Kennedy Bay on Christmas eve, or early Christmas morning - anything from 2pm on the eve, or as late as 3am on Christmas morning. The our gifts were out of cardboard boxes while everyone was blurry eyed and sleepy, followed by walking a dirt track above a cliff to get to the land owners home where the entire local community gathered to prepare then eat the massive hangi. The best wild pork always came from the local dope grower - who always got caught eventually, so some years he wasn't there. ;-)
But yes... I missed have decorations and a tree on Christmas day and when Daniel no longer pulls the tree down, I'll be going all out again - maybe in a few years.

IVANS on the corner of Anglesea and Ponsonby road...remember going there as a kid,lady with her big orange hair who could remember the order without writing it down..lol..and massive plates of food,with stacks of buttered bread ..excellent service...hardly get a joint like that around now

A night at the gluepot, ...
then the long stumble up ponsonby road to IVAN's (restaurant )
...steak, eggs, chips & plate of bread&butter 6 miles high.
all served by Mary,..a large Ukranian woman who never, ever wrote anything down.{.and was apparently seen smiling once.}

Joes Bargain House Ponsonby Road

he Crypt Nightclub and the other one just around the corner, god used to go there all the time, but cant remember the name now, you had to walk downstairs to the dance floor

there was a chinese jewellery shop around the crner from the civic - welleslley street. And wasn't there a pizza place on the corner? they had amazing jewellery in there I seem to remember, the night club was next door to them.

I remember that shop, used to stand outside on cold nights after clubbing at the Crypt imagining being warm with them on, Lol then we'd all about 20 or so of us dressed to the nines in gatsby gears stroll on down to vulcan lane for a bit before heading to the white lady if not the cafe mall on commerce street for burgers and milkshakes. Then taxi home. Was that the Club 21 Snapper? There was another night club behind queen street on same side, a short dead end street. How I managed to get in them underaged I don't know.

Rendells, George courts, Mckenzies then it changed to Woolworths, international market Quaggs ice cream palour across the road, farmers free bus on Pitt street remember the funny mirrors in farmers?

I think it was Debbie Dorday who had Burgundys. Used to advertise on TV ? Yeah definately Debbie Dorday, cause I used to work next door at NZ Post, back in the old Post Bank days, could have been Marcus Craig but I thought he was at Ace of Clubs, did he open another place downtown years later?

Harmony House when it was in Queen st, it always had great stuff in the window, The milkbar that was next to it.

We lived in Browns Bay Greville Road, which was the last house on that st, then miles of bush behind it, now its the motorway

Quaggs Icecream Parlour . Manhattans. shoprite in Ponsonby road, K Rd night market in the carpark behind Rendells, they used to get so many people there, they had to close it down because it used to sway, had a stall there too.

Picasso night club, all the Chinese takeaway places in Greys Ave plus the shady dealings that went on there.

I remember the popcorn dispenser at the bus terminal that had salted popcorn., back then I think that was the first for Auckland.

Was the International market behind Smith & Caugheys where all the new boutique shops are now, used to be stalls for the horses way back when?

Stones shoe shop K Rd. I used to work there, would wrap shoes in brown wrapping paper all nice and tidy. The fish and chip shop in K rd was the best on a friday night .The milk bar across the road for lunch and a ciggie

nternational market was on Queen St next to Smith a Caugheys, and then there were a couple of shops next to the market, then the Arcade

I've just remembered another shop - the corner shop across the road from the Civic Theatre that used to sell REAL fur jackets, stoles etc.

246 - going upstairs for lunch at the coffee shop (or whatever they used to call cafes), The Strand Arcade and can anyone remember the sweet shop that sold hand made chocolates and boiled lollies? Directly opposite that shop was the ice cream parlour (can't remember the name) but they sold the best ice cream in the world. Angus Steakhouse restaurant that sold the biggest and best steaks and bbqed them for you. And I also remember the old man that operated the lifts at George Courts.

Trillos, Downtown. Orient Restaurant in the Strand - just closed after 40 years. Wah Jang Fruit shop, opposite the Central Post Office. The old man in Woolworths, stocking shelves. The old lady at the bus depot selling news papers, ciggies. Hare Krishnas in K Rd Thursday nights.

Gluepot Ponsonby Rd

Tony's restaurant, Cobb & Co , Cook Street Markets, Farmer's trams, milk shakes in metal containers, paper boys on corners of Queen Street selling daily papers, Hari Krishna's on a Friday night, going to the movies and standing up for God Save the Queen at the start and stampedeing out at half time for an ice cream and drink....

Oriental Dance Hall near the top of Symonds Street.

I have danced at the Orange and the Peter Pan.
Peter Pan had a sprung floor. When it was made into a night club,
Mainstreet, they covered the floor with another floor, to preserve it.
I can remember a girl got shot and killed outside there, very sad.

Cook Street Market in the basement of the Ace of Clubs and the Browns Mill market. The McKenzies store on the corner of Queen Street and Vulcan Lane. George Courts in K Rd.

Keans for Jeans

still have a glass from the peter pan .it was found in a bag of bottles that came home from there its been sand blasted with the name . you were not allowed to drink there but every body used to take in a bottle and mixers .its hard to beleave you could only buy soft drinks no fruit juice or any thing else . people going in always had a hip flask any a bag of drinks bags were never looked into .them was the days

The Olive Rose a boat that took school parties all over the Waitemata harbour in the 50s and 60s is she still working?

Surfside in Milford anyone remember it

International Market, next to Smith and Caugheys, I loved going down to Cook St market, remember you used to walk in quite coherrent and walk out stoned out of your head. and George Courts remember the old guy in the lift? my sister worked there as a sign writer,

Auckland - in the olden days

Remember the Tivoli on K Road, used to show a cartoon parade for the kids during the holidays, The Maple, the big store on the Grafton Bridge corner. The toyshop down further, it always had Model Trains in the Window? the days when kids could walk home safely.

Uncle's Burgers at the other end of K Rd on the way to Western Springs. They don't make them like they use to.. (sigh).. Particularly good after the movies or crusn' Queen Street hehehe!!

Adams Bruce and cheap broken biscuits.

Farmers in Hobson St on the top floor with the bikes and pedal cars for the kids to use while parents have a cup of tea nearby.

Shopping in K Road, catch the Farmers Free tram down Pitt & Hobson St. More shopping at Farmers (Great Store) then free trolley bus to Queen St. Yummy "Snow Freeze"? ice cream at Woolworths. Pass the Roxy theatre -Western movies- always stunk of disinfectant, on way to bus terminal, where all the buses departed from, catch an old Stewart bus, out west. Drove for ABC many years later and drove machines that were older than me!

American Milk Bar in Newmarket..

white lady for a pie pea and spud .the mt eden swimming pool which i beleave is gone now auckland in the 50/60 the man in the wheel chair selling papers on the way to the wharf and catching the tram they rattled and banged along in the winter they were so cold . .farmers having tripe days where the whole shop smelt of boiling onions

had a Saturday job in Nibble Nook, the ice cream and lollie counter at the Regent Theatre. It was a Kerridge Odeon theatre.
On the other side of Queen Street were the Amalgamated theatres.
Century, and another I can't bring to mind. The other one was up near the library.
The Kerridge Oden girls walked on one side of Queen St and the Amalgamated girls walked on the other.
The Regent theatre had a marble staircase. There was a basement, where in the spring tide it flooded from the stream that ran under Queen St. Probably still does, but will be well drained now. I had to hang tea towels down there, and it was very spooky. You could not go to the bottom step when the water was in there.
When it was half time, you could hear the children coming, sounded like a heard of elephants on the way. All wanted to be first to get the icecreams and lollies. All pushing and shoving each other out of the way.

Cliff Richard 2010 Auckland

Cliff Richard 2010 Auckland

ROBYN DOWNEY/Dargaville News

LEGEND: Singing sensation Cliff Richard and his original band The Shadows played to a packed Vector Arena last night. The legendary rock 'n roller and the band hammered out some of their best known hits from shows, recordings and movies - mostly from their early years of working together.

Sir Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Where: Vector Arena, Auckland,

When: February 25

The gentlemen of rock, Sir Cliff Richard and the Shadows led fans down memory lane last night, to the group's earlier days of recorded hits, live performances - including frequent appearances at the coveted London Palladium and movie themes.

Richard bowed to the Shadows - lead guitar legend Hank B Marvin and rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch with drummer Brian Bennett, who became an entity in their own right and bumped him off the top number one slot of the British charts, with their instrumental, Apache. The group went on to have more leading success in the British music industry, including Hank Marvin's guitar solo number Cavatina, which was used as the theme song for the US movie, The Deer Hunter.

Other supporting musicians at the concert, included Bennett's son Warren, who accompanied the group on percussion and keyboard among other sound effects, including a bell used in the song Sea Cruise.

Keith Hayman, who sometimes supports Richard in his single acts and Mark Griffiths on bass guitar.

Richard, who has always been a prolific mover on stage, was a constantly moving target for media photographers at the start of the show.

At 69, his energy has not waned and he appears to be moving even more on stage today as he ever did 30 years ago.

Known for his good-natured banter, which almost equals his singing on stage, Richard quipped that the advent of the CD has brought with it a down side, compared to the early two-sided records.

"CDs are a wonderful sound, they really are but you can't turn the darn things over,"

He asked audience members if they remembered the two-sided records and then said:

"You're older than you look."

Not known for possessing an ego on stage, Richard was quite happy to step well aside to allow the Shadows to play the first of their sets.

Starting with the rousing guitar number Shadoogi, which showed the well-known characteristics of Marvin's unique guitar style, emulated by many professional and amateur guitarists world wide.

This song also included Bennett's incomparable drumming skill, going back to the days of the berserk drumming associated with traditional rock 'n roll.

Then came Dance On, followed by the haunting sounds of Wonderful Land.

The Savage allowed the band to show off their signature Shadow walk which included, steps in sequence, grapevines and kicks.

Hank Marvin light-heartedly explained the reason for the guitar changes during the show saying:

"You paid for them so you might as well see them."

Similarly, the restful tones of Sleep Walk had people swaying gently in their seats.

Richard returned to the stage, jumping, hopping and twirling to the fast High Class Baby number.

Next came I Could Easily Fall In Love With You, swooning his female following and motioning to them as he sang the words: "in love with you".

Willie And The Hand Jive, a song he also includes in his own single repertoire, complete with hand jive movements, got the crowd clapping.
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Some time later, Richard showed off a slim but somewhat beefed up body in fitting light blue glittering pants teamed with an equally body-hugging charcoal grey top with a splash-painted design, as he moved to the youthful and rebellious song C'mon Everybody.

He brought the house down with the loud Dynamite, followed by slower paced Lucky Lips.

Richard joked that the next set was going to be "unplugged" but said: "If we were really unplugged, you wouldn't hear anything."

He and the Shadows showed the wide range of their repertoire with the country feel songs, Travelling Light and Time Drags By. He told the audience that at 17 and a half he had made his first record and then nine months later found himself sharing equal billing in the British charts with Elvis Presley.

Bruce Welch joked that Elvis sold more records after he died than he did when he was alive.

Richard says: "Yeah, well I'm not that competitive."

Then Richard, together with Welch and Marvin embarked on a medley of Presley hits.

As he was about to speak to the audience, one of the back stage crew whipped his microphone complete with stand away, leaving him with absolutely no sound, to which he joked:

"Well, that's a very strange and public way of handing in your resignation," before launching into the song Please Don't Tease.

The group continued on with many much-loved and well-known hits, finishing with two real favourites, Richard's first record Move It that went to number two in the British charts in its day and then The Young Ones, from the movie of the same name, to the delight of their fans.

The men were encored wildly followed by a plea from Richard to fans to support a collection for earthquake ravaged Haiti.

The star has made several trips to the island over the years, as patron of British-based charity TearFund.

Trip down NZ ad memory lane...

Neat little site. 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's

http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/sellebration/1980s.php

telecom's first mobile phone ad 1987

Hugo & Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Crunchie Bars & Pinky Bars

1950s memories Food and Other

ur toilet paper was newspaper cut into squares! Surprised noone has mentioned the milk at school, bought in from the gate about 9-45 & still warm fron the morning sun. I was an "apple monitor" & it was my job to go get the box of apples & open it. I thought it was great coz I was able to select the apple with the most ????? (brown like rust). Thats the ones that go to the pigs now as unsuitable. (ahhhh Russet) I remember getting my first pair of shoes when I was about to start at Wairarapa College. Only other footwear was an old pair of gumboots handed down through all 10 of us kids. And I was allowed to grow my hair instead of the old clippers style crewcut. One of my favorite memories is of the unlocked cars with the keys in the ignition & the houses with windows open & all doors unlocked.

My Gran had squares of newspaper in a sack bag by the 'dunny'. There was also newspapers on the bench next to the seat and we were expected to rip some more squares and kind of crumple them to make them softer if we were there for what was called 'a long jobbie'.
We were also epected to bring home the tissues that were around the apples for the same purpose.

Mum and her nana, ALWAYS wore their singlet under their bras...It was many years before they changed. Does anyone else remember doing that....Also I remember things with little buttons on, that we wore,under jerseys, i think they were called bodicetops or something...there must be some items of clothing we could reminice about.....

We had a vegie garden and fruit trees, I remember wrapping apples to last the winter. Cheese and even butter was cut off a large block by the shopkeeper and bacon was sliced as you waited. Biscuits were in large tins and you had them weighed out too. There was always a tin of broken ones that sold cheaper.
The butcher would skin and joint your rabbit as you waited. Rabbit stew was loved in our home.

After the war my mum kept a couple of pigs at a time and I well remember the hams hanging from the ceiling on the landing at the top of the stairs. When the pigs were ready to be butchered the butcher would call and pick them up. The fishmonger would come round the streets in a van on friday mornings selling his fresh fish.

The only things that came wrapped were little blocks of dates in cellophane. Yummy. Mum made jellies with fruit in them which we took to school in jars and sandwiches. If I remember we had those tin lunch boxes which are becoming fashionable again. We might have some sultanas or peanuts and milk was provided at school.

I still remember going to the corner shop on a Sunday when half the shops shelves were covered up as the products were not allowed to be sold on a Sunday.

Sitting in Dad's huge garden eating the peas. Roaming all over the native bush area at the top of the street we lived in from early morning till tea time. Sledge tracks, swinging vines and secret huts.
Walking along the sewer pipes running down the Ngaio gorge. Mum would have had a fit.
Going to the local bug house, rows of wooden seats and wooden floors to roll our jaffa's down. Always seemed to be cowboy movies. In the exciting parts everyone would stamp their feet on the floor.
Gob stoppers and a huge bag of lollies for 3d.
The bread with the best part being the kissing crust. I also recieved a smack for eating the middle out of the bread on the way home.
Building go carts and sledges out of old bits of wood.
In the winter walking home from school in the pouring rain and mum would have a nice hot bath ready for us and hot milo. School was a good 4 miles away we always had to walk.
Sunday school, we would be given 3d each for the collection. Only went once and I had the bright idea that we should go to the dairy spend the 3d on lollies then go to the park. Took Mum a long time to catch on.

Sure we had a big vege garden but we also had the Chinaman with his horse & dray loaded with lovely fresh fruit & vegies. However my older brother thought it would be fun so he tied a Jumping Jack cracker to the horses tail & lit it. They caught the horse at the top of the Golf Links hill with a very empty dray. Of course none of us knew anything, we thought the horse had just bolted.

I am in my early sixties and one thing I remember very clearly is that on a Friday night Dad used to take the three of us down to the greengrocers and get the veges and fruit for the week. It was a real treat to walk down and if we were very very very good we would get a bottle of Thompson Lewis raspberry. My nana was in Hutt Hospital for many weeks and we used to visit every Sunday - Mum would go into the ward and Dad would take us to a milkbar and buy us one mallowpuff each. It was so exciting to get a mallowpuff and something we looked forward to.

I remember the milk carts with the horses and women racing out to pick up the droppings for their gardens.

Mum used to make the most wonderful individual potato top pies and also Dad's favourite dessert - Apple Amber. She did so much bottling and preserving as well as working full time.

We used to listen to the radio and occasionally were allowed to listen at night - remember Night Beat anyone? When television was first introduced my grandad was one of the first in the street to get a set so everyone used to go to his place to watch.

What about the school milk that used to sit in crates in the sun and then was given out by the milk monitors and you had to drink it, no excuses would be accepted by the teachers. YUK!!! I grin when my grandchildren tell me about the camps they go on. The most exciting thing we did was go to Denhards Bakery and get shown around and at the end of the tour we were given a slice of bread and a lump of dough.

I was born in 1922, and what lovely memories many of you have written. We bought our flour in White linen bags, The sugar bags were heaver weave, and Mum used to soak them and made the boys trousers from the material. It came up nice and soft, and she lined them with flour bags. Now the flour bags were beautiful material and Mum boiled them up in the copper and the brand name was bleached off and it was a lovey linen. We used to make pillow slips from them, also embroider supper cloths.
Everything was home grown, all preserves were done over the kitchen table and we had a wood and coal range to cook on. It had a wee boiler on one end that heated the water to do the dishes.
The old black stove was polished once a week , us children sooted the range on Saturdays and we polished the stove till it shone. We had a big cast iron Kettle that was continually boiling and singing away on the stove all thew time.

At night we all sat round the old coal range opened the oven door and warmed our toes on the rack , and we sang song. No Television, no radio, we did have a piano and everyone joined in the singing.
Mother was a Mother and we were all brought up on love. We had no pennies to go and spend like young ones do today, and we all helped with the chores, it was Life, and we had big singsongs with friends and neighbours.
We all sat at the table for meals too, and never did we leave unless we said 'Please my we leave the table' we all helped to prepare the vegs, and made beds, swept and polished lino floors. Oh I could go on forever. Milk was delivered by horse and cart into our billy each day about thrippence a pint we used to let it sit overnight and skim the most beautiful cream of the top. Yum! it was for real.
All our soap was hand made in big bars, our beauty wash for our face was Oatmeal soaked overnight, Yes we had beautiful skin.
We got a pig and it was home cured and cut up and hooked and covered with cloth and hung from the beams in the kitchen, and I can still remember the taste.

When I was a kid in Wairoa in the 50's my father worked at several butchers shops. He got free meat!! Just imagine we had the best of everything he said he would never eat a sausage that he had not made. Mum would cook a wing rib of beef roast with lovely gravy, home grown green beans (Scarlet Runners) boiled new potatoes sooooo yummy. For pudding was raspberry and apple pie with her homemade pastry which just melted in the mouth. We had black pudding fried with onions mmm, lambs fry and bacon (more yummy gravy). My grown up kids today still remember Grandma's cooking and going up to Wairoa on the railcar. They couldn't have been very old probably 10 when I would put them on the railcar to go to see Grandma and Grandad, told them don't move out of your seat till you get to Wairoa.(from Napier). Mum would take my daughter on the back of her bike down town and over the river to her job gardening. Such special memories. Also down to the Wairoa beach to have a barbecue and cook potatoes.Collect cow manure for the garden. Look out for the cattle that were down by the beach, I was always scared of them.

God yes the night cart man. We used to sit down by the front fence watching himm come along the road and waiting for it to spill. It was the most gross thing we could imagine. And worrying whether we'd be off or on when he open the trap door to change it. God horrors someone seeing our bum! We used to have two cans and dad had to change it mid week. We crumpled the apple tissue paper (all apples were individually wrapped) or really really scrunched up newspaper squares too. We used to go to town with dad every Friday night and one week one of us stuffed far too much newspaper in the can and he couldn't get it out the trap door. 3 kids and no one would own up. We were threatened with not being allowed to go to town if the culprit didn't own up. I said I did it so that we'd get to town. Years later my sister said oh she'd done it alright but I used to tell lies all the time. Jees, when I look back now I could slap her as we ALL got the belt if he knew just one of us did wrong and he couldn't pin it down.
The 'po' under the bed that poor mum emptied every day tho from memory some of them were pretty full. Grandad had a little cupboard beside the beds in his house especially for the po but we didn't, they were just under the bed with a folded newspaper on top. Man oh man. Gosh we had no idea that she had to cart them out to the out house way down the garden path.
We too had to be excused from the table. We sat around it and read from the bible every night and recently said to dad, I am not of your religion dad but I readeth well! He smiled.

If we did have any market gardens in our area, I can't remember them!
But I will always remember my Mom saying about if you wanted good fruits & veggies, to go to a Chinese store!

the copper was out in the shed along with the concrete twin tubs and quite often, the out house aka toilet.

It would be near impossible to get a building permit to have a copper today what with all the consents, fire restrictions etc. Plus you'd only wake up one morning to find it had been nicked.

When we first got married, we bought an old house that had said copper, tubs and out house in a shed which was normal for the area. Part of the shed held the coal supply as well unless you were lucky enough to own a coal bin!

The newer homes had septic tanks.

My gawd you peeps who have never had an out house, don't realise when you go to the loo, what we had to put up with. No sewer for waste water etc - everything went down into a septic tank. I doubt whether many sections today would be big enough to put a tank down! Writing this, I now wonder where in the hell did our wastewater from the house go! Maybe there was a septic tank there afterall!



The nightman called once a week to change the loo container. Yep, we sat on a flat piece of board with a hole in it. We scrubbed it out with hot water and carbolic [I can still remember the smell!]. In summer, we often also hosed it out.

Yep, we had potties in those days. Do you think we were crazy to go out on a freezing night to use the outhouse? If you have to go and do #2's, then you had no blardy option!

Potties came in enamal or ceramic and often there were little night stands they were kept in. [Next time you look at your bedside cabinet, remember where they originated from :-)) ] Come morning it was trot out to the outhouse, empty them then rinse them out!

For washing, I had to cart hot water from a tap on the outside of the house to the shed when we finally got it electrified and were able to put an agitator washer in.

But oh, rinsing out in cold water in winter was something else.

Whilst we had an electric stove, we didn't have electrified hot water so had to keep the fire going 24/7 for hot water [wetback fireplace to heat the hot water]. It didn't take too long before we installed a unit which we were able to control to keep it going day and night.

Because the sewer was supposed to come through within 12 months of us buying the property, we decided to just sit it out.
Finally some 2 years later, the sewer was being put in which meant we added onto the house, extending the kitchen[complete with Formica cabinet doors and benchtop], adding a laundry and toilet and installed a very large electric hot water tank.

some other stuff i remembered: the teapot with the cosy on it,the big box of wax matches, hot cocoa at school (in a plastic cup), the POSB money boxes, (and the squirrel) Our bank books at school, (we used to bank 6d every tuesday).ahhh that kissing crust on the bread. ad toasting bread on a fork over the open fire with Butter,cinnamon and sugar on friday nights.
The Strand Milk bar, with its juke boxes , the Queens visit and putting on Best Nylon frocks (lol) Standing up at the pictures for the national anthem , which was "God save the Queen "
and our "pets" were mice catchers or "guards", not just a pet !!
My brother making a crystal set and listening to the radio on it

My daughter who is visiting from the US at the moment has spoken about the things her Grandad Jack, an old Irishman used to make. He was a dab hand at making wooden toys etc - a craft that seems to be lost today. I've been encouraging her to write what she can down.

AFAIK, we didn't have undies made of flour bags!
Bodices - omg, yes, I remember those too with those flat fabric covered metal buttons!

Sewing machines - I can vaguely remember my Mom using a treadle machine before she updated it to an electric model which fitted into her Singer cabinet - the highly carved cabinet with the drop piece for the head and the 3 cabinets down the side.

Years later, she traded it in for another model singer with a zig-zag. Gosh what a boon the zig zag was. Pinking shears were part and parcel of her sewing kit along with a monsterous pair of heavy scissors [which my daughter now has!].

Yeah, clothes were home made in our day. Cardis, jumpers, hats etc were knitted. I still have many of my Mum's old knitting patterns, her canvas needle carrier, the bakerlite ball to put the wool in. And who from back then, can't forget putting two kitchen chairs back to back to ball up a skein of yarn! Nope, wool didn't come ready balled in those days!

About two years ago, I pulled out a skein of wool that was ? years old, still in tip top condition and did exactly what she did.

I still have a handknitted shawl, layette and other pieces mostly made by my late Aunty - darn, they must be in like 1ply wool as they rows are so fine w/intricate patterns. Who can remember those hats with little bunny ears which were my fav!

My Mum used to embroider tray clothes, doiles etc some of which I still have. When she died, she had things like dresser hair catchers that I regret not taking [didn't know what they were back then].

It was a very special treat to have a cardi bought from a store.
Coats were bought but handed down!

Going back through pix with my daughter, women were dressed nicely when they went to town! And it appears most wore hats. Hats seemed to be part of a man's going out wardrobe. I can recall men tipping their hats - something that I relished when I went to live in Texas where it's still done as is the handshake!

Women did go out and buy a nice dress or two and definitely more an 'ensemble' for a wedding - and of course the obligatory matching hat, gloves and shoes. Yep we all wore gloves well into the 60's! In fact, they were a mandatory part of our high school uniform both in summer and winter. As were panama hats.

From my view, things really did start changing in the 60's when ready made wear became more accessible and affordable. By then, sewing machines had taken on a new dimension of their own - I used to demo machines for Singer and saw the rapid changes there.

Knitting machines came and went.

Those little brown suitcases we had for school with the flip lock!
No backpacks. Though at high school leather satchels were popular but buggar the metal zips which often broke!

It was nothing to polish our shoes and do the satchel at the same time!