Friday, September 29
Monday, September 25
Many childhood days spent feeding the Ducks
Every Taranaki Anniversary Day Mum and Dad would take us to Virginia Park - Wanganui - The big smoke for us Hawera kids.
4 Furlong Street Hawera
Childhood memories of Mrs Grubi - made many a cream sponge for us. She taught me how to knit and crochet. There was a piano in the front room that her son used to play. Parsley in the garden.
Websters Fruit and Vege Markets - Used to be here
Auctioneer Alex Taylor. Spent many a childhood school holidays here - listening to the auctions, running up and down the ramps
Marx Family Reunion
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~treweek/marx/index.html
(Mangatoki, Taranaki - Labour Weekend 23-25th October, 1998)
(Mangatoki, Taranaki - Labour Weekend 23-25th October, 1998)
White Hart Hawera
100 year old hotel providing budget accommodation, bars, gaming machines and bar and bistro with garden bar.
Hawera Part 3
lol my brother sis & I all worked for Greasy George at the pie cart..we were going to rename it the Barley piecart..lol..the whitebait fritters were THE best!..spent many hours in Wards too ..mum used to work there as well as in the furniture shop by the PO..and the Milk bar..anyone remember that?..
God.. Reading the previous messages brought up some memories! The London Pie Shop made the best donuts haha. I see so much happening business wise in Hawera lately, it's really good. Each time I go into town I see something being built or developed
born & bred in Hawera. Left in 1966 to see the world. Dad worked for a couple of years at the milk treatment station in town before it closed down & was moved. Then he went to the gardening shop at the Farmers Co-op. Mum worked at Thompsons music centre for a while. Who remembers the Easy built & furniture centre near Pattersons. I worked there & also the NDA before leaving town. Loved the London pie shop too.
I have been up since early hours and its not even cold. Its good remembering all these stories. Do you remember the coal store over on scott street, the dairy that the bourkes had opp the old opera house, then there was the dairy on the corner of Wilson Street, the tyre place opp the old Toms Supermarket gosh i could go on and on, you can remember so much of this place, plus all the industrial area in glover road and Pak n Save in Princes that will be opening in Nov.
lived there for almost a year back in 69. Street i lived in was called fantham street i think, it had houses up one side and hen houses all along the other. It was a miles walk to school with no footpaths, shops were miles away and i really didnt like it. Would be neat to return now and see how much its changed.(if any)
u will be surprised elvis there are new houses right along there now, u wont know the place, it looks great, Hawera has changed in so many ways, u need to come back and see, no cornishes now, we have a town square, there is so much changed,
remeber Mr Sole was the coal man - had a son named Warren. He used to lug bags of coal and dump it in the yard. Poor Mum used to lug it into the house. We never even thought to offer... kids.. no concept of all about the hard lives our parents were going through
Mrs did some teaching also. She has passed now - but Willie lives by the beach in Onaro
Is your dads name Andrew. My parents lived on Wilson Street & I remember the Judds half way up the High street end on the right (heading to High st)
I am looking at an old photo of Hawera,taken about 50 to 60 years ago. The White Hart Hotel is in the front and further up the street is the War Memorial Arch.The Mt looks awesome in the background.
hey greenie that is so good when u can see our mountain, it would of been Mt Egmont back then lol. Yea we had the White Hart, The Commercial and The Egmont on each corner plus the National Bank. These old memories are great, especially when time ticks on and u forget what was in some of these places, where the commercial was is Harris Taylor, a coffee lounge and creative craft. Keep these msgs coming
Yep that would be right, Andrews little sister, LOL. Hey Andrew was my "best man" first time round, under the watertower. Do you know if Andrew is still with Elaine... Arrhh yes the 3 pub cross roads, had heaps of fun stumbling around those, tho was a hard walk down to union street when "doing" the rounds. Anyone remember "Tashkoff's" (spelling) fish & chip shop. Mum worked there & for the Bon-Ton for a while. Mmm Thompsons music store got a heap of my money in my youth, & the agony when milk went up to 4c bottle. Aarrhh to many years ago & some of it glad to be gone.
Was glad to see some peeps remember "uncle" georges piecart, ma worked there for years and us kids spent plenty of time out the back with uncle george
Trying to forget parts of Wilson street ;-(. . . LOL ooohhh goddddd, Tom edgecome,Rowle Lealand, the "boys" from the Wilson st ex milk treatment station, Gee's even one of my sisters brought a house top end of Wilson street in later years. LMAO, bugger the bike sheds at school, I had mrs Mails permission to hang out in some of the rooms up stairs at lunch times so I could play chest
The Dom Who remembers the days of the Dominion Hotel back in the 70s man it rocked, i worked there in the lounge bar when the Pipers were the owners, but sadly thats gone now and has made way for Pak n Save. Newton Kings has been replaced with Countdown, The Warehouse has gone where there were 3-4 houses, Hawera Auto Court moved over to Wilson Street so The Warehouse could have that land as well. Tuns Bakery has gone into the old TSB Bank.
Back in my day the Egmont hotel was the place we all went too. Owned by the Scanlons.
The Dominion Egmont and Commercial and the Royal and Central all gone.Only the White Hart and Railway left now.Still two at Normanby.
the furlong motor inni worked here the day it opened and boy did it rock, the freezing works went out on a one strike that day and they all came here, how convenient to have a strike that day hehehehe. i worked till 3.30am in the house bar and restaurant, then had work again at 10am. I was there for 3yrs, I worked the lounge bar as well and it used to rock as well, these were the days. Yes the central we used to go to the back bar of that and stay all hours as well. Remember when u drove straight thru the town, you would go from the presbyterian church down to the water tower and back up, luckily petrol wasnt a issue those days.
Yes the young guys used to cruise up and down the street frid nights, skiting to the girls.Just as well petrol was cheaper back then..Of cause they were all in their dads cars way back.No friday nights any more so dont know what they do..Hear a few boy racers so guess thats what they do
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God.. Reading the previous messages brought up some memories! The London Pie Shop made the best donuts haha. I see so much happening business wise in Hawera lately, it's really good. Each time I go into town I see something being built or developed
born & bred in Hawera. Left in 1966 to see the world. Dad worked for a couple of years at the milk treatment station in town before it closed down & was moved. Then he went to the gardening shop at the Farmers Co-op. Mum worked at Thompsons music centre for a while. Who remembers the Easy built & furniture centre near Pattersons. I worked there & also the NDA before leaving town. Loved the London pie shop too.
I have been up since early hours and its not even cold. Its good remembering all these stories. Do you remember the coal store over on scott street, the dairy that the bourkes had opp the old opera house, then there was the dairy on the corner of Wilson Street, the tyre place opp the old Toms Supermarket gosh i could go on and on, you can remember so much of this place, plus all the industrial area in glover road and Pak n Save in Princes that will be opening in Nov.
lived there for almost a year back in 69. Street i lived in was called fantham street i think, it had houses up one side and hen houses all along the other. It was a miles walk to school with no footpaths, shops were miles away and i really didnt like it. Would be neat to return now and see how much its changed.(if any)
u will be surprised elvis there are new houses right along there now, u wont know the place, it looks great, Hawera has changed in so many ways, u need to come back and see, no cornishes now, we have a town square, there is so much changed,
remeber Mr Sole was the coal man - had a son named Warren. He used to lug bags of coal and dump it in the yard. Poor Mum used to lug it into the house. We never even thought to offer... kids.. no concept of all about the hard lives our parents were going through
Mrs did some teaching also. She has passed now - but Willie lives by the beach in Onaro
Is your dads name Andrew. My parents lived on Wilson Street & I remember the Judds half way up the High street end on the right (heading to High st)
I am looking at an old photo of Hawera,taken about 50 to 60 years ago. The White Hart Hotel is in the front and further up the street is the War Memorial Arch.The Mt looks awesome in the background.
hey greenie that is so good when u can see our mountain, it would of been Mt Egmont back then lol. Yea we had the White Hart, The Commercial and The Egmont on each corner plus the National Bank. These old memories are great, especially when time ticks on and u forget what was in some of these places, where the commercial was is Harris Taylor, a coffee lounge and creative craft. Keep these msgs coming
Yep that would be right, Andrews little sister, LOL. Hey Andrew was my "best man" first time round, under the watertower. Do you know if Andrew is still with Elaine... Arrhh yes the 3 pub cross roads, had heaps of fun stumbling around those, tho was a hard walk down to union street when "doing" the rounds. Anyone remember "Tashkoff's" (spelling) fish & chip shop. Mum worked there & for the Bon-Ton for a while. Mmm Thompsons music store got a heap of my money in my youth, & the agony when milk went up to 4c bottle. Aarrhh to many years ago & some of it glad to be gone.
Was glad to see some peeps remember "uncle" georges piecart, ma worked there for years and us kids spent plenty of time out the back with uncle george
Trying to forget parts of Wilson street ;-(. . . LOL ooohhh goddddd, Tom edgecome,Rowle Lealand, the "boys" from the Wilson st ex milk treatment station, Gee's even one of my sisters brought a house top end of Wilson street in later years. LMAO, bugger the bike sheds at school, I had mrs Mails permission to hang out in some of the rooms up stairs at lunch times so I could play chest
The Dom Who remembers the days of the Dominion Hotel back in the 70s man it rocked, i worked there in the lounge bar when the Pipers were the owners, but sadly thats gone now and has made way for Pak n Save. Newton Kings has been replaced with Countdown, The Warehouse has gone where there were 3-4 houses, Hawera Auto Court moved over to Wilson Street so The Warehouse could have that land as well. Tuns Bakery has gone into the old TSB Bank.
Back in my day the Egmont hotel was the place we all went too. Owned by the Scanlons.
The Dominion Egmont and Commercial and the Royal and Central all gone.Only the White Hart and Railway left now.Still two at Normanby.
the furlong motor inni worked here the day it opened and boy did it rock, the freezing works went out on a one strike that day and they all came here, how convenient to have a strike that day hehehehe. i worked till 3.30am in the house bar and restaurant, then had work again at 10am. I was there for 3yrs, I worked the lounge bar as well and it used to rock as well, these were the days. Yes the central we used to go to the back bar of that and stay all hours as well. Remember when u drove straight thru the town, you would go from the presbyterian church down to the water tower and back up, luckily petrol wasnt a issue those days.
Yes the young guys used to cruise up and down the street frid nights, skiting to the girls.Just as well petrol was cheaper back then..Of cause they were all in their dads cars way back.No friday nights any more so dont know what they do..Hear a few boy racers so guess thats what they do
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Hawera Part 2
my greatgrandparents and parents had the white hart years ago they were snow and laura kerr and the macdonalds... does anyone know eric glentworth he worked at kiwi (hubby's uncle) and pauline and gavin (pauline used to work at paper plus) My hubby grandad used to look after king edward park (len glentworth) and his grandmother Nina mumby just passed away this year.. (boo hoo) she was an awesome lady
Ronald Hugh Morrieson Yep spent far to many years there myself. My wife's mother has a full collection of Ronalds personally delivered & signed books.
I was born there and lived there for 7 yrs, but have family there and do go and visit. My father worked at HHS - Mr Lockhart.
twigsman - I had Willie Lockhart as a teacher between 1966-1970 - a great guy. Mrs Lockart was a teacher as well wasn't she. Their photos are on HHS oldfriends website - I think
i worked at Vic Grubi's restaurant and the Hawera Star in the mid 60s. Who remembers Bennett and Sutton, Bon Ton and their round cream doughnuts - with a dollop of jam in the middle!!
The bon Ton lol i worked there about 4 years ago, i was there for 3 years,
its been there for ever.i try to call in when I'm there. There was also butcharts the bakery, Anderson's Pie shop,
Butcharts has closed down now. I like the london pie shop...YUMMY!!! But thats gone now too.
what happened Butcharts - out done by Yarrows? do you know the coffee bar in Union St, Chatternook? We used to have a greengrocer shop there in 1963-1964
bon ton had yummy donuts thats when the guy Hopkins owned it, he worked at New World of late, not sure if he is still there or whether he will be the baker at Pak n Save when it opens on November
My Niece now owns Bon Ton and Andersons Pie shop is still here.. Few doors from the Police Station
The PIE CART no one has mentioned it ...used to be open on the way to Sunday school!! Rev Alan Pyatt was an absolute terror of a minister - kicked you out of church for talking so I guess the pie cart got the collection money!! My uncle was Bishop Rich and came up from Wellington to do confirmation.
george newport had the pie cart. which church did you go to? we had James battersby at the St Johns Presbutton... remember the old church
I liked Alan Pyatt Wanted him to marry us He had officiated at my 4 old sisters weddings. However he was leaving and we were the first the Rev Rushworth Married. 1958
Mr and Mrs Watson had the pie cart back in my day Lovely couple..Greasy George had it after them I think .
what church did you get married in? was it St Mary's or St Josephs? Mr Boyer was the anglican one in the 60s - used to have guides there before we fundraised for a new hall - Church parades were there as well
St Mary's Anglican. Mum & Dad are buried in the south east corner of the cemetry.
The owner of Butcharts had his leg amputated and had to sell up. He now works in New world.
seedy My mum and dad are buried down there too Cemetary is getting pretty full..Dont think there will be room for us,, Oh well I just wont die then..
do you come down the end of High Street to the cemetery? As you come in the gate, its the Presbuttons in the first block. right next to the old rubbish dump - are your parents anywhere near the shed around there -
I was married from St Mary,s Church too many, many, many, years ago.
End of High Street into cemetery turn ?first into Path/"road" to green shed and it is about 3 rows down from shed on left and 3/4 way along."John and Frances
Its odd... the oder I get the more I feel that I have to make the cemetary a must do on my visits home. I visit all those who have already past and pa my respects to those who I havent acknowledged the passing of yet. It is a neat cemetary though... as far as places like that are rated that is. Does anyone know how the new Resthome planned for Barrett Road in NP is coming along?
One set of grandparents are on the right just past that shed. Hopkins.
I lived on Union street from 1979-2001
what number Union street (Onion St!) we lived by the railway end - number 86. Seedy - i've been married 31 years. And your parents must be near where mine are - we're in the first block, about 3 rows past the 2nd tap. Hugh Morrison is about 2 rows further down - near the hedge.
well my mums family had a lot of kids in them, my grandparents lived on Wilson St and later Waihi Road....My parents still live in town, as do most of my family. I have rellies that I dont even know in NP!... My dads name is Judd.
doesn't seem that long though, does it? I'm away for a couple of days so will look forward to reading and catching up when I get back. Lots of lovely memories. How many others have climbed Mt Egmont? I did in 1964 - that and my first triathlon at 59 are two highlights in my life !!!
no 82 was 2 doors down from us - there is was a granery next door. we didn't have a house either side - had the railway hotel behind us. six o'clock closing - still remember all the men and their noise
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Ronald Hugh Morrieson Yep spent far to many years there myself. My wife's mother has a full collection of Ronalds personally delivered & signed books.
I was born there and lived there for 7 yrs, but have family there and do go and visit. My father worked at HHS - Mr Lockhart.
twigsman - I had Willie Lockhart as a teacher between 1966-1970 - a great guy. Mrs Lockart was a teacher as well wasn't she. Their photos are on HHS oldfriends website - I think
i worked at Vic Grubi's restaurant and the Hawera Star in the mid 60s. Who remembers Bennett and Sutton, Bon Ton and their round cream doughnuts - with a dollop of jam in the middle!!
The bon Ton lol i worked there about 4 years ago, i was there for 3 years,
its been there for ever.i try to call in when I'm there. There was also butcharts the bakery, Anderson's Pie shop,
Butcharts has closed down now. I like the london pie shop...YUMMY!!! But thats gone now too.
what happened Butcharts - out done by Yarrows? do you know the coffee bar in Union St, Chatternook? We used to have a greengrocer shop there in 1963-1964
bon ton had yummy donuts thats when the guy Hopkins owned it, he worked at New World of late, not sure if he is still there or whether he will be the baker at Pak n Save when it opens on November
My Niece now owns Bon Ton and Andersons Pie shop is still here.. Few doors from the Police Station
The PIE CART no one has mentioned it ...used to be open on the way to Sunday school!! Rev Alan Pyatt was an absolute terror of a minister - kicked you out of church for talking so I guess the pie cart got the collection money!! My uncle was Bishop Rich and came up from Wellington to do confirmation.
george newport had the pie cart. which church did you go to? we had James battersby at the St Johns Presbutton... remember the old church
I liked Alan Pyatt Wanted him to marry us He had officiated at my 4 old sisters weddings. However he was leaving and we were the first the Rev Rushworth Married. 1958
Mr and Mrs Watson had the pie cart back in my day Lovely couple..Greasy George had it after them I think .
what church did you get married in? was it St Mary's or St Josephs? Mr Boyer was the anglican one in the 60s - used to have guides there before we fundraised for a new hall - Church parades were there as well
St Mary's Anglican. Mum & Dad are buried in the south east corner of the cemetry.
The owner of Butcharts had his leg amputated and had to sell up. He now works in New world.
seedy My mum and dad are buried down there too Cemetary is getting pretty full..Dont think there will be room for us,, Oh well I just wont die then..
do you come down the end of High Street to the cemetery? As you come in the gate, its the Presbuttons in the first block. right next to the old rubbish dump - are your parents anywhere near the shed around there -
I was married from St Mary,s Church too many, many, many, years ago.
End of High Street into cemetery turn ?first into Path/"road" to green shed and it is about 3 rows down from shed on left and 3/4 way along."John and Frances
Its odd... the oder I get the more I feel that I have to make the cemetary a must do on my visits home. I visit all those who have already past and pa my respects to those who I havent acknowledged the passing of yet. It is a neat cemetary though... as far as places like that are rated that is. Does anyone know how the new Resthome planned for Barrett Road in NP is coming along?
One set of grandparents are on the right just past that shed. Hopkins.
I lived on Union street from 1979-2001
what number Union street (Onion St!) we lived by the railway end - number 86. Seedy - i've been married 31 years. And your parents must be near where mine are - we're in the first block, about 3 rows past the 2nd tap. Hugh Morrison is about 2 rows further down - near the hedge.
well my mums family had a lot of kids in them, my grandparents lived on Wilson St and later Waihi Road....My parents still live in town, as do most of my family. I have rellies that I dont even know in NP!... My dads name is Judd.
doesn't seem that long though, does it? I'm away for a couple of days so will look forward to reading and catching up when I get back. Lots of lovely memories. How many others have climbed Mt Egmont? I did in 1964 - that and my first triathlon at 59 are two highlights in my life !!!
no 82 was 2 doors down from us - there is was a granery next door. we didn't have a house either side - had the railway hotel behind us. six o'clock closing - still remember all the men and their noise
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Sunday, September 24
Whos Is from hawera
HELLO who is from HAWERA?? just wana see.
bet you don't miss the wind - thats all I remember about Hawera - was that annoying wind!
born & bred ..21 yrs there..up in the winterless north now ..and I may not miss the weather but I do miss the view of Mt Egmont from my bedroom window..ok ok Mt Taranaki..(will never get used to calling it that..lol)
awwh succulentlady...The piccy of the water tower 'takes me back' big time..we used to break inot it ..I mean push the door firmlyish ..and climb it when it was closed down years ago..put my hand on a bloody pigeon once..(it was on the hand rail) nearly cr%$^d myself...ran home and didn't venture up there for ages afterwards!..lol
I left Hawera in 83..HHS in 79? its all sooooooooo long ago lol) went to the HHS reunion about 11 yrs ago. that was a hoot..wanted to stick my degree up Mr G bs for telling my mother she was wasting her money paying for me to sit UE..as I wasn't going to ever achieve anything!..the pratt ...mmmm then again back then he was probably 'on the button' so to speak!..
Well I was there 1951 and 1952 So I,m ancient Nice to see lots of locals here..Not much else to do on a night like this eh.Intermediate wasnt even there when I went to school Straight from primary to high school . Big move in those daysI didnt know anyone there. 600 pupils back then.
both of hubby's family from hawera does anyone know dianne stratton or nina mumby or brendon and tania stratton or the glentworths ie gwen etc?
Yes it was called Hawera Technical High School back in my days. Black gym frock white blouse long black stockings in the winter and white socks in the summer..We also wore the school tie and beret with the School badge on it.Also a blazer
succulentslady your profile photo pulls at the heartstrings !! I was Hawera Main until Ramanui opened - foundation pupil. I also had the dubious honour of being Hawera Women's Swimming Champion in 1964 - in the old swimming pool at the back of the old picture theatre. Both parents and grandmother buried in cemetry and we always call in when up north. Great in this day and age to be able to call in late at night and know exactly where to find them! Mr Finer (ex Mayor)used to own the Auction Mart and the "Hawera Star" put an advert in saying Finer's Fart - all papers were recalled from delivery!!! Great place to grow up in.
Ronald Hugh Morrieson lived just up the road in South Road - taught my brother the guitar. Sold one of his paperbacks for $22 recently
wow nostalgia full on here! I remember those memorial pools! they were on High st opp the water tower weren't they?..I must have been under 5 when we went there..you had to walk thru a foot bath before getting in the pool..and what about those huge swings at King Edward park?..bet OSH have done away with those now tho. We used to ride our home made carts on the road down High st over the railway line into Naumai park..amongst 'other things' at Naumi park -bit older then tho lmao
the ducks were there at naumai park - we used to walk from Union Street to the cemetery every sunday, from 1964 to 1971 - used to have goldfish as well. We used to have first aid at the redcross building just by the railway line. Its still there
Loved Finer's Mart - mum sold her ducks there. Rember the Queen's visit well - we made paper flowers and covered the War Memorial
that's funny - we got our ducks from Finers they used to run around the back yard!!
Dr Rich also had ducks - They used to get my Dad to kill them. sometimes we got duck eggs - strong taste
The big swings are still in King Edward Park Strangly enough they seem to have shrunk a bit since we were kids .Remember getting hit on the head with one of them at a school picnic..Remember this lady puttung butter on the lump. Lots of new things to play on now. The round about has gone..Often take grandkids there. Dr Young was our Dr way back then None of you youngsters would remember him..After him was Dr macInroe..Dentist was MR Bright. followed by Mr Bryce then Mr Bliss..Used to sit in the dentist chair looking out on the water tower When they gave you gas, the water tower used to sway..And yes the old pool..Remember the toilets way behind the Library..Had a hole in the tin wall and you could look out into the swimming pool. And the old opera house Loved sitting upstairs watching a movie..And the girls with their trays of ice creams and lollies coming round at half time . At the start of a movie you had to stand for God Save The King or later queen There was always a cartoon (Tom and Jerry) or the likes.Then the shorts of the movies coming. Anyone know when they stopped playing God Save The Queen..
hawera Man that brings back memories lol, Used to work for Arthur Brown construction, and worked on the kiwi dairy powder tower , live in the old milk treatment station on surry st , lots of partys up there and the hot rod club was below us . I believe that there is a couple of town house,s built on that site now.Knew the nagerts ( micheal) and the sowerbys, mark and michelle Oconnel. Had a bad reputation the old treatment station wonder why lol( 5 guys in one flat and numorious party
my boss is from Hawera and I'm from Patea(we both live in Marlborough), my mum and dad went to school at Hawera tech, dad (apparantly still holds the record for triple jump),my dads family owned farms around the hawera,manaia,opunake areas,I'm related to the Rowlands family in those parts, my bosses last name is Spragg
Remember the Spraggs - a few years ahead of me. Had a business if I remember. Speedy - are you Cristabel? I knew your Mum and Dad very well. We have a photo of Dad, Ken , and your Mum (Francis?)and I think my brother - taken at your home, naybe 1960.
Yes that's me!! -Mum shifted to Auckland after Dad died in 1972 and shifted here to Blenheim in 1989 and died 1991. Peter is still in New Plymouth (just become a grandfather) he married Jocelyn B - Princes St and Mike is in Sydney.
My family bought fruit from your parents, right? If I remember one special thing about my childhood it is that we ALWAYS had heaps of fresh fruit in the house and Mum always bottled fruit by the case load. I still bottle today so her lessons stayed with me. We are all healthy (touch wood) so it was a great start to our healthy lives.
We bought the Opunake/Hawera bus run off Egmont Tourist Motors, ran it for several years, our depots were Niven Diesel in Hawera (opposite the Railway Station) Butlers' Bookshop in Manaia, and Newton Kings in Opunake. Newmans bought us out....put on a 40 seater bus and went down the tubes inside 12 months. I noted in todays Daily News it's 35 years since that run started. All gone now, but we made a good living, and made many friends, most of whom we are still in contact with. Used to go to the White Hart Hotel every day for their counter lunch, braised sausages, liver & bacon....yum.
seedy - yes your parents would have gone to the shop i High Street - Mum and Dad ran it feom 1948 to 1957. My Grandfather must have had it before Dad married. Do you remeber the shop - a few doors down from the ANZ - near haberfield Howdens. Upstairs was the carlton tea Rooms
Yes I remember their shop well and your surname has always astayed as a Hawera memory. Also remember butchers shop with big wooden chopping block and saw dust on the floor. Wards with it's cannister money system whizzing above our heads and I knew all the chemists delivering prescriptions for Dad. When Mum was buried we all stayed at "Stonehaven" again in the same room we slept in as kids - was a B&B then.
was the butcher Mr Newman - in Union Street There was also Mr Stevenson who had a butcher - Can't recall his daughter's name . may have been Kathy... do you remember Mr Bach in the bag shop. used to walk down the street holding his notes behind his back. we used to sneak up behind him and pretend to pinch the money. CC Wards closed a wee while back. Mum used to sew so we spent some time there - watching those cannisters flying about. Did you ever go into McGruer Bone - 2 story place. Where are your Mum and Dad buried - Dad and Mum are in the old Presbyterian part
We had Jack Couch the butcher Think he was from Manutahi..He delivered round the district to the farmers.
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bet you don't miss the wind - thats all I remember about Hawera - was that annoying wind!
born & bred ..21 yrs there..up in the winterless north now ..and I may not miss the weather but I do miss the view of Mt Egmont from my bedroom window..ok ok Mt Taranaki..(will never get used to calling it that..lol)
awwh succulentlady...The piccy of the water tower 'takes me back' big time..we used to break inot it ..I mean push the door firmlyish ..and climb it when it was closed down years ago..put my hand on a bloody pigeon once..(it was on the hand rail) nearly cr%$^d myself...ran home and didn't venture up there for ages afterwards!..lol
I left Hawera in 83..HHS in 79? its all sooooooooo long ago lol) went to the HHS reunion about 11 yrs ago. that was a hoot..wanted to stick my degree up Mr G bs for telling my mother she was wasting her money paying for me to sit UE..as I wasn't going to ever achieve anything!..the pratt ...mmmm then again back then he was probably 'on the button' so to speak!..
Well I was there 1951 and 1952 So I,m ancient Nice to see lots of locals here..Not much else to do on a night like this eh.Intermediate wasnt even there when I went to school Straight from primary to high school . Big move in those daysI didnt know anyone there. 600 pupils back then.
both of hubby's family from hawera does anyone know dianne stratton or nina mumby or brendon and tania stratton or the glentworths ie gwen etc?
Yes it was called Hawera Technical High School back in my days. Black gym frock white blouse long black stockings in the winter and white socks in the summer..We also wore the school tie and beret with the School badge on it.Also a blazer
succulentslady your profile photo pulls at the heartstrings !! I was Hawera Main until Ramanui opened - foundation pupil. I also had the dubious honour of being Hawera Women's Swimming Champion in 1964 - in the old swimming pool at the back of the old picture theatre. Both parents and grandmother buried in cemetry and we always call in when up north. Great in this day and age to be able to call in late at night and know exactly where to find them! Mr Finer (ex Mayor)used to own the Auction Mart and the "Hawera Star" put an advert in saying Finer's Fart - all papers were recalled from delivery!!! Great place to grow up in.
Ronald Hugh Morrieson lived just up the road in South Road - taught my brother the guitar. Sold one of his paperbacks for $22 recently
wow nostalgia full on here! I remember those memorial pools! they were on High st opp the water tower weren't they?..I must have been under 5 when we went there..you had to walk thru a foot bath before getting in the pool..and what about those huge swings at King Edward park?..bet OSH have done away with those now tho. We used to ride our home made carts on the road down High st over the railway line into Naumai park..amongst 'other things' at Naumi park -bit older then tho lmao
the ducks were there at naumai park - we used to walk from Union Street to the cemetery every sunday, from 1964 to 1971 - used to have goldfish as well. We used to have first aid at the redcross building just by the railway line. Its still there
Loved Finer's Mart - mum sold her ducks there. Rember the Queen's visit well - we made paper flowers and covered the War Memorial
that's funny - we got our ducks from Finers they used to run around the back yard!!
Dr Rich also had ducks - They used to get my Dad to kill them. sometimes we got duck eggs - strong taste
The big swings are still in King Edward Park Strangly enough they seem to have shrunk a bit since we were kids .Remember getting hit on the head with one of them at a school picnic..Remember this lady puttung butter on the lump. Lots of new things to play on now. The round about has gone..Often take grandkids there. Dr Young was our Dr way back then None of you youngsters would remember him..After him was Dr macInroe..Dentist was MR Bright. followed by Mr Bryce then Mr Bliss..Used to sit in the dentist chair looking out on the water tower When they gave you gas, the water tower used to sway..And yes the old pool..Remember the toilets way behind the Library..Had a hole in the tin wall and you could look out into the swimming pool. And the old opera house Loved sitting upstairs watching a movie..And the girls with their trays of ice creams and lollies coming round at half time . At the start of a movie you had to stand for God Save The King or later queen There was always a cartoon (Tom and Jerry) or the likes.Then the shorts of the movies coming. Anyone know when they stopped playing God Save The Queen..
hawera Man that brings back memories lol, Used to work for Arthur Brown construction, and worked on the kiwi dairy powder tower , live in the old milk treatment station on surry st , lots of partys up there and the hot rod club was below us . I believe that there is a couple of town house,s built on that site now.Knew the nagerts ( micheal) and the sowerbys, mark and michelle Oconnel. Had a bad reputation the old treatment station wonder why lol( 5 guys in one flat and numorious party
my boss is from Hawera and I'm from Patea(we both live in Marlborough), my mum and dad went to school at Hawera tech, dad (apparantly still holds the record for triple jump),my dads family owned farms around the hawera,manaia,opunake areas,I'm related to the Rowlands family in those parts, my bosses last name is Spragg
Remember the Spraggs - a few years ahead of me. Had a business if I remember. Speedy - are you Cristabel? I knew your Mum and Dad very well. We have a photo of Dad, Ken , and your Mum (Francis?)and I think my brother - taken at your home, naybe 1960.
Yes that's me!! -Mum shifted to Auckland after Dad died in 1972 and shifted here to Blenheim in 1989 and died 1991. Peter is still in New Plymouth (just become a grandfather) he married Jocelyn B - Princes St and Mike is in Sydney.
My family bought fruit from your parents, right? If I remember one special thing about my childhood it is that we ALWAYS had heaps of fresh fruit in the house and Mum always bottled fruit by the case load. I still bottle today so her lessons stayed with me. We are all healthy (touch wood) so it was a great start to our healthy lives.
We bought the Opunake/Hawera bus run off Egmont Tourist Motors, ran it for several years, our depots were Niven Diesel in Hawera (opposite the Railway Station) Butlers' Bookshop in Manaia, and Newton Kings in Opunake. Newmans bought us out....put on a 40 seater bus and went down the tubes inside 12 months. I noted in todays Daily News it's 35 years since that run started. All gone now, but we made a good living, and made many friends, most of whom we are still in contact with. Used to go to the White Hart Hotel every day for their counter lunch, braised sausages, liver & bacon....yum.
seedy - yes your parents would have gone to the shop i High Street - Mum and Dad ran it feom 1948 to 1957. My Grandfather must have had it before Dad married. Do you remeber the shop - a few doors down from the ANZ - near haberfield Howdens. Upstairs was the carlton tea Rooms
Yes I remember their shop well and your surname has always astayed as a Hawera memory. Also remember butchers shop with big wooden chopping block and saw dust on the floor. Wards with it's cannister money system whizzing above our heads and I knew all the chemists delivering prescriptions for Dad. When Mum was buried we all stayed at "Stonehaven" again in the same room we slept in as kids - was a B&B then.
was the butcher Mr Newman - in Union Street There was also Mr Stevenson who had a butcher - Can't recall his daughter's name . may have been Kathy... do you remember Mr Bach in the bag shop. used to walk down the street holding his notes behind his back. we used to sneak up behind him and pretend to pinch the money. CC Wards closed a wee while back. Mum used to sew so we spent some time there - watching those cannisters flying about. Did you ever go into McGruer Bone - 2 story place. Where are your Mum and Dad buried - Dad and Mum are in the old Presbyterian part
We had Jack Couch the butcher Think he was from Manutahi..He delivered round the district to the farmers.
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Saturday, September 23
Focus on Modern Maori Life
Focus on modern Maori life 20 September 2006
By LYN HUMPHREYS New Plymouth photographer James Heremaia is on a mission to capture images of modern day Maori to showcase to the world.
Heremaia has been contracted by Tourism New Zealand to put together a portfolio of regional photos.
Once his project is completed, the tired, dated marae-concert-hangi experience, currently shown to the world to attract tourists, will be no more.
"The maiden-by-the-mud-pools, for instance, gets used over and over," he said.
TNZ had decided there was a need for the culturally authentic image for promotional tourism which could be used overseas after the Maori Regional Tourism Organisations pointed out the lack of good quality images to TNZ.
"As a photographer, it is an honour and a privilege for them to ask me to do it," Heremaia said. "I need to bring them kicking and screaming into the present day."
The photos will be aimed at attracting today's savvy interactive traveller who no longer wants to sit down and watch a Maori concert.
Instead, the tourist is keen to experience for themselves the lives that New Zealanders live.
"They want to go eeling and put the hangi down – not just eat it."
Therefore, the photos will be about Maori people doing the things they typically do in their everyday living and working environment.
And times have changed.
"Maori people run huge business corporations now," he said.
Heremaia has already completed the Taranaki images and started Wanganui's – but is not at liberty to reveal their content.
He leaves Taranaki this week and will be hosted by Maori Regional Tourist Organisations across New Zealand.
The portfolio is due to be completed by December.
By LYN HUMPHREYS New Plymouth photographer James Heremaia is on a mission to capture images of modern day Maori to showcase to the world.
Heremaia has been contracted by Tourism New Zealand to put together a portfolio of regional photos.
Once his project is completed, the tired, dated marae-concert-hangi experience, currently shown to the world to attract tourists, will be no more.
"The maiden-by-the-mud-pools, for instance, gets used over and over," he said.
TNZ had decided there was a need for the culturally authentic image for promotional tourism which could be used overseas after the Maori Regional Tourism Organisations pointed out the lack of good quality images to TNZ.
"As a photographer, it is an honour and a privilege for them to ask me to do it," Heremaia said. "I need to bring them kicking and screaming into the present day."
The photos will be aimed at attracting today's savvy interactive traveller who no longer wants to sit down and watch a Maori concert.
Instead, the tourist is keen to experience for themselves the lives that New Zealanders live.
"They want to go eeling and put the hangi down – not just eat it."
Therefore, the photos will be about Maori people doing the things they typically do in their everyday living and working environment.
And times have changed.
"Maori people run huge business corporations now," he said.
Heremaia has already completed the Taranaki images and started Wanganui's – but is not at liberty to reveal their content.
He leaves Taranaki this week and will be hosted by Maori Regional Tourist Organisations across New Zealand.
The portfolio is due to be completed by December.
taranaki Photos to Be conserved
Grant puts photos in conservation frame 22 September 2006
By KRYSTI WETTON Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker has handed over $331,499 to Puke Ariki so it can preserve precious photos.
The minister presented the giant cheque on behalf of the Lottery Grants Board yesterday.
The money will be used to conserve and archive more than 100,000 photos and negatives dating back to the 1920s.
The Joseph Swainson collection will be accessible to the public once archived.
Mr Barker says the grant is a significant amount.
"We don't normally hand out such big chunks."
He said the Lottery Grants Board would have been influenced by Puke Ariki's excellent reputation.
The collection of Taranaki photos is amazing and worth preserving for future generations, he says.
Puke Ariki collection services manager Kelvin Day says the project will take 21 months.
The images will be catalogued and some will be digitalised.
The grant will go towards hiring four fulltime technicians and for materials.
"The money will soon be chewed up."
Mr Swainson sold his studio to Bernard Woods in the mid-1960s.
Mr Woods continued taking photos until the 1990s and his images will be conserved and archived in the second stage of the project, which will require more funding.
The photo collections were rescued from a New Plymouth garden shed last year.
Mr Barker was expected to speak about welfare issues at the New Plymouth RSA, after his visit to Puke Ariki yesterday.
By KRYSTI WETTON Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker has handed over $331,499 to Puke Ariki so it can preserve precious photos.
The minister presented the giant cheque on behalf of the Lottery Grants Board yesterday.
The money will be used to conserve and archive more than 100,000 photos and negatives dating back to the 1920s.
The Joseph Swainson collection will be accessible to the public once archived.
Mr Barker says the grant is a significant amount.
"We don't normally hand out such big chunks."
He said the Lottery Grants Board would have been influenced by Puke Ariki's excellent reputation.
The collection of Taranaki photos is amazing and worth preserving for future generations, he says.
Puke Ariki collection services manager Kelvin Day says the project will take 21 months.
The images will be catalogued and some will be digitalised.
The grant will go towards hiring four fulltime technicians and for materials.
"The money will soon be chewed up."
Mr Swainson sold his studio to Bernard Woods in the mid-1960s.
Mr Woods continued taking photos until the 1990s and his images will be conserved and archived in the second stage of the project, which will require more funding.
The photo collections were rescued from a New Plymouth garden shed last year.
Mr Barker was expected to speak about welfare issues at the New Plymouth RSA, after his visit to Puke Ariki yesterday.
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