New Zealand Memories Issue 25 - Contents
Northcote - 'Strawberry Fields Forever' ......4
Editorial comment and mailbox...... 7
A wing and a prayer - Frank Welford WWII pilot 8
The hole - safe storage early 1900s style. 13
The Kerikeri Music Camps ......14
Images from the regions: Hawke's Bay......18
Echoes - A poem......29
Stacking the hay: sixty years ago......30
Slice of life: Hawera Championship Lamb......32
Ruahine recollections .............. 34
The ill-fated challenge - Robert Falcon Scott......36
Women's cycle touring and exploring......40
German George ..........42
Images from the regions: Otago..........46
In print .................57
Reader's response: a Hudson re-incarnated....58
Genealogy list / index and bibliography ....59
Subscription and order details.... 61
Picton - port of entry to the South Island ....62
Editor's choice - time to dream of what has been ....64
Cover photograph: Lancaster Mark 3 with 4 RR Merlin engines. The photograph was
taken on 30 January 1944 with 626 Squadron at Wickenby, Lincolnshire before a
raid on Bertin. The crew pictured from left to right are: Sgt.John Tyler (Canada) Tail
Gunner, Sgt. Brian Kent (UK) Bomb Aimer, Pilot Officer Reg Mouncey (UK) Gunner,
Flt.Sgt. Frank Welford (NZ) Pilot, Ftt.Sgt.Coe (UK) Navigator, Sgt.Ginger Hogkinson
(UK) Flight Engineer and Sgt. Mclraine (UK) Wireless Operator/Gunner. An account
of Flt.Sgt.Welford's story appears in this issue. Courtesy: Frank Welford
New Zealand Memories Issue 25 - Index
A
ADAMS Glynne 15
Aircraft 8-12
ALEXANDER Owen 15
AMUNDSEN R 38
Amusement parks 53-54
Andrew’s Hotel 27
Anglican church 20
Antarctic 36-39
Aramoana 62-63
Armistice 51
ASKEW Priscilla 16
AucklandBrassQuintet16
Auckland HarbourBridge 6
Auckland 4-6,53
AUSTIN Tom 13
B
BACKHOUSE Ronald 15
Bandsmen 21,56
Baths 64
BEDGEGOOD Douglas 15
Berries 4-6
BIBBY Gillian 17
Bicycles 40-41
Brass band 21,56
BRUCE Kathleen 37
BUCKTON Carol 15
Roger 15
BURN Alice 41
C
Cable tram 55
Cairn 56
Camping 14-17,21
Cargo-liner 34-35
CARNELL Samuel 19
Carte de visite 19
Cave Bay 47
Chinese 48
CHISHOLM Alan 16
CHISHOLM J 51
Choir 14-17
Circus 23
Clifford Bay 63
Clothing 64
Collet & Sons 27
COUSINS John 17
COWAN Sandra 15
COX George 13
Sarah 13
Craig & Co 50
CULLIFORD Ingrid 15
CURTIS Mr & Mrs 41
Cycle touring 40-41
Cycling 40-41
D
DALTON John 14,17
Dannevirke Fire Brigade 25,27
Dannevirke HospBoard 28
Dannevirke 1,26-28
Dannevirke-Herbertville
Coach Co 27
DAVEY Elaine 15
De ALMEIDA Pamela 15
De Havilland DH 10
DIBBERN Georg Johann 42-45
DIBBERN Georg 1
Discovery 37
DON Rev Alexander 48
DRAKE Brian 17
Dunedin 52-55
Dunedin-Wanaka Motors Ltd 50
E
ELLIS Mrs 41
Eskdale 21
Exhibitions 53-54
F
Farming 30-31
Fashion 64
Fast Cat 63
FERNIE Maxwell 15
Ferries 62-63
FINNEMORE Russell 15
Fire engine 58
Fire 13,27
Floods 49
Flying trapeze 1
Forge 51
FRANKS Dobbs 16
G
Gaelic Society 56
Garage 50
GARCIA Ross 15
Gaumont Co Ltd 36-39
GEARY Jan 15
GEORGE Anne 15
Gisborne 20
Gold miners 48
GOODSON Win 15
Gore 41
GREY Governor George 63
Great IntExhibition 53
H
Harbour 62-63
Harold Egerton Studios 1
Harvesting 30-31
Hastings 22-24
Hawera Show 32-33
Hawkes Bay 18-28,42-45
Haystacks 30-31
HENDERSON Marg 15
HILDEBRANDT
Francis 42
GW Hugo 42
Wilhelm Hugo 42
HOLLINS Amanda 15
HOPKINS Virginia 17
Hudson sedan 58
Hudson Super Six 58
Hukarere homestead 29
I
ISSELL Robert 16
ISTANCE Jennifer 15
J
Jail 28
JENSEN Else 15
Owen 15
John Brown & Sons 35
JONES Vicki 15
K
Kaikorai 55
Kaitangata Post Office 51
Kaitangata 51
Kemp House 14
KENEALLY 42-45
Kerikeri Arts Centre 14
Kerikeri Players 14
Kerikeri 14-17
KERR Russell 16,17
King Edward VII 37
King of Denmark 28
Koromiko Valley 63
Kyeburn Diggings 48
L
LAIRD Wayne 15,17
Lake Wanaka 50
Lamb 32-33
Lancasters 8-12
LAWRENCE Murray 15
Lighting 53-54
LIMERICK Mr TH 25
LISTER Don 17
Logan Park 53-54
London 32-33
Loudspeaker 53
LOUGH Blance 41
LOWE Peter 24
Luna Park 54
Lyttelton 37-39
M
MacKAY Helen 59
Horatio 50
James 50
Magnetic Pole 37-38
Mail service 50
MAIR Emily 16,17
Mangatera Hotel 25
Mangatera 25
MANSFIELD Katherine 21
Maori child 19
Maori language 20
Maori woman 19
Mararoa SS 62-63
MARKHAM Sir Clements 37
Marlborough Sounds 62-63
Marlborough 62-63
Masonic Hotel 27
MATEUCCI Juan 15
McGRATH Mary 8
McKENZIE John 56
MEWS Douglas 15
MITCHELL Alice 41
George 41
Lizzie 41
MOORE Bill 21
MOORHEAD Don 15
Morse code 34-35
Motor garage 50
Mt Cook Motor Co 50
Mt Cook 40
Mt Maunganui Fire Brigade 58
Music 14-17
N
NZ Shipping Co 8
Napier 20-21
Neagle’s shop 27
NEILSON Peter 25
NELSON Emma Caroline 20
William 20
Nelson Provincial Council 63
Norsewood 28
Northcote Wharf 4
Northcote 4-6
NZ & South Seas Exhibit 53-54
NZ Company 63
NZ Shipping Co 34-35
NZ Symphony Orchestra 15
NZ Wheelman 41
O
Orchestras 14-17
Ormondville Police Station 28
Ormondville 28
Otago 46-56
Owaka 51
Oxford trainers 8
P
Palmerston Brass Band 56
Palmerston 56
Pamelia 42
Passenger ship 34-35
PEARL Ruth 17
PEARMAN Janice 15
Pembroke 50
PHILLIPS Richard 17
Picton 62-63
Pilot 8-12
Port Chalmers School 48
Port 62-63
Post Office 51
POWER Patrick 16,17
Prince Albert 53
Processions 51
Public baths 64
Pukehiwitahi 56
Pukekaha 13
Puketapu 56
Purakanui 47
Putaruru Brass Band 21
Q
Queenstown 49
R
Radio 53
Railway 62-63
Regimental band 21
Richardson’s Forge 51
RICKETTS Jamie 15
RIES Pastor Hans 28
Rollercoaster 54
ROSENTHAL Irving 15
Roslyn tramline 55
Roslyn 55
Ruahine RMS 34-35
S
SAUNDERS Gavin 17
Scandinavian immigrants 28
Scenic railway 54
SCOTT Kathleen 37
Peter 37
Robert Falcon 36-39
SCULTHORPE Peter 16
SELWYN Bishop 20
Service cars 50,58
Seventy Mile Bush 28
Shakespeare Bay 63
Shipping 62-63
SKINNER Gordon 16
SMITH Wilma 17
Sounz NZ 16
South Pole 36-39
SOUTHGATE Sir William 17
SQUIRE Greg 15
Stone Store 14
Summer Music Camps 14-17
T
TAIT A 27
Tamahine 62-63
Taxis 50
Te Aroha baths 64
Terra Nova 36-39
Tiger Moth 8-12
TILLETT Robert GL 34-35
Timaru 8
TIPPING Simon 17
Toroa 5
Trams 54,55
Tramway workers 55
Transrail 63
Trapeze 1
TRIIS Lawritz 25
V
VINTEN Michael 15
W
WAHLBERG Ingid 17
Waiapu 20
Waikawa Bay 63
Wairau Valley 63
Waitohi Pa 63
Waitohi wharf 62-63
Waitohi 63
Wanaka 50
Warkworth Brass Band 8
WELFORD Frank Lincoln 8-12
Mary 8-9
Raewyn 11-12
White Star Hotel 50
White Star Tour Service 50
WHITEHEAD
Henry Norford 22-24
WILLIAMS Anna Maria 20
Elina 20
Emma Caroline 20
Frederick 20
Henry JR 20
Herbert 20
James Nelson 20
Jane 20
Jane Eliz 20
Lydia Katherline 20
Marg Mary 20
Marianne 20
Samuel 20
William 20
William Leonard 20
WILSON Ken 15
Roger 17
Wireless telegraph 52
Women 40-41
WWI 51
WWII 8-12
Y
YOUNG Andrew 34
Z
A
ADAMS Glynne 15
Aircraft 8-12
ALEXANDER Owen 15
AMUNDSEN R 38
Amusement parks 53-54
Andrew’s Hotel 27
Anglican church 20
Antarctic 36-39
Aramoana 62-63
Armistice 51
ASKEW Priscilla 16
AucklandBrassQuintet16
Auckland HarbourBridge 6
Auckland 4-6,53
AUSTIN Tom 13
B
BACKHOUSE Ronald 15
Bandsmen 21,56
Baths 64
BEDGEGOOD Douglas 15
Berries 4-6
BIBBY Gillian 17
Bicycles 40-41
Brass band 21,56
BRUCE Kathleen 37
BUCKTON Carol 15
Roger 15
BURN Alice 41
C
Cable tram 55
Cairn 56
Camping 14-17,21
Cargo-liner 34-35
CARNELL Samuel 19
Carte de visite 19
Cave Bay 47
Chinese 48
CHISHOLM Alan 16
CHISHOLM J 51
Choir 14-17
Circus 23
Clifford Bay 63
Clothing 64
Collet & Sons 27
COUSINS John 17
COWAN Sandra 15
COX George 13
Sarah 13
Craig & Co 50
CULLIFORD Ingrid 15
CURTIS Mr & Mrs 41
Cycle touring 40-41
Cycling 40-41
D
DALTON John 14,17
Dannevirke Fire Brigade 25,27
Dannevirke HospBoard 28
Dannevirke 1,26-28
Dannevirke-Herbertville
Coach Co 27
DAVEY Elaine 15
De ALMEIDA Pamela 15
De Havilland DH 10
DIBBERN Georg Johann 42-45
DIBBERN Georg 1
Discovery 37
DON Rev Alexander 48
DRAKE Brian 17
Dunedin 52-55
Dunedin-Wanaka Motors Ltd 50
E
ELLIS Mrs 41
Eskdale 21
Exhibitions 53-54
F
Farming 30-31
Fashion 64
Fast Cat 63
FERNIE Maxwell 15
Ferries 62-63
FINNEMORE Russell 15
Fire engine 58
Fire 13,27
Floods 49
Flying trapeze 1
Forge 51
FRANKS Dobbs 16
G
Gaelic Society 56
Garage 50
GARCIA Ross 15
Gaumont Co Ltd 36-39
GEARY Jan 15
GEORGE Anne 15
Gisborne 20
Gold miners 48
GOODSON Win 15
Gore 41
GREY Governor George 63
Great IntExhibition 53
H
Harbour 62-63
Harold Egerton Studios 1
Harvesting 30-31
Hastings 22-24
Hawera Show 32-33
Hawkes Bay 18-28,42-45
Haystacks 30-31
HENDERSON Marg 15
HILDEBRANDT
Francis 42
GW Hugo 42
Wilhelm Hugo 42
HOLLINS Amanda 15
HOPKINS Virginia 17
Hudson sedan 58
Hudson Super Six 58
Hukarere homestead 29
I
ISSELL Robert 16
ISTANCE Jennifer 15
J
Jail 28
JENSEN Else 15
Owen 15
John Brown & Sons 35
JONES Vicki 15
K
Kaikorai 55
Kaitangata Post Office 51
Kaitangata 51
Kemp House 14
KENEALLY 42-45
Kerikeri Arts Centre 14
Kerikeri Players 14
Kerikeri 14-17
KERR Russell 16,17
King Edward VII 37
King of Denmark 28
Koromiko Valley 63
Kyeburn Diggings 48
L
LAIRD Wayne 15,17
Lake Wanaka 50
Lamb 32-33
Lancasters 8-12
LAWRENCE Murray 15
Lighting 53-54
LIMERICK Mr TH 25
LISTER Don 17
Logan Park 53-54
London 32-33
Loudspeaker 53
LOUGH Blance 41
LOWE Peter 24
Luna Park 54
Lyttelton 37-39
M
MacKAY Helen 59
Horatio 50
James 50
Magnetic Pole 37-38
Mail service 50
MAIR Emily 16,17
Mangatera Hotel 25
Mangatera 25
MANSFIELD Katherine 21
Maori child 19
Maori language 20
Maori woman 19
Mararoa SS 62-63
MARKHAM Sir Clements 37
Marlborough Sounds 62-63
Marlborough 62-63
Masonic Hotel 27
MATEUCCI Juan 15
McGRATH Mary 8
McKENZIE John 56
MEWS Douglas 15
MITCHELL Alice 41
George 41
Lizzie 41
MOORE Bill 21
MOORHEAD Don 15
Morse code 34-35
Motor garage 50
Mt Cook Motor Co 50
Mt Cook 40
Mt Maunganui Fire Brigade 58
Music 14-17
N
NZ Shipping Co 8
Napier 20-21
Neagle’s shop 27
NEILSON Peter 25
NELSON Emma Caroline 20
William 20
Nelson Provincial Council 63
Norsewood 28
Northcote Wharf 4
Northcote 4-6
NZ & South Seas Exhibit 53-54
NZ Company 63
NZ Shipping Co 34-35
NZ Symphony Orchestra 15
NZ Wheelman 41
O
Orchestras 14-17
Ormondville Police Station 28
Ormondville 28
Otago 46-56
Owaka 51
Oxford trainers 8
P
Palmerston Brass Band 56
Palmerston 56
Pamelia 42
Passenger ship 34-35
PEARL Ruth 17
PEARMAN Janice 15
Pembroke 50
PHILLIPS Richard 17
Picton 62-63
Pilot 8-12
Port Chalmers School 48
Port 62-63
Post Office 51
POWER Patrick 16,17
Prince Albert 53
Processions 51
Public baths 64
Pukehiwitahi 56
Pukekaha 13
Puketapu 56
Purakanui 47
Putaruru Brass Band 21
Q
Queenstown 49
R
Radio 53
Railway 62-63
Regimental band 21
Richardson’s Forge 51
RICKETTS Jamie 15
RIES Pastor Hans 28
Rollercoaster 54
ROSENTHAL Irving 15
Roslyn tramline 55
Roslyn 55
Ruahine RMS 34-35
S
SAUNDERS Gavin 17
Scandinavian immigrants 28
Scenic railway 54
SCOTT Kathleen 37
Peter 37
Robert Falcon 36-39
SCULTHORPE Peter 16
SELWYN Bishop 20
Service cars 50,58
Seventy Mile Bush 28
Shakespeare Bay 63
Shipping 62-63
SKINNER Gordon 16
SMITH Wilma 17
Sounz NZ 16
South Pole 36-39
SOUTHGATE Sir William 17
SQUIRE Greg 15
Stone Store 14
Summer Music Camps 14-17
T
TAIT A 27
Tamahine 62-63
Taxis 50
Te Aroha baths 64
Terra Nova 36-39
Tiger Moth 8-12
TILLETT Robert GL 34-35
Timaru 8
TIPPING Simon 17
Toroa 5
Trams 54,55
Tramway workers 55
Transrail 63
Trapeze 1
TRIIS Lawritz 25
V
VINTEN Michael 15
W
WAHLBERG Ingid 17
Waiapu 20
Waikawa Bay 63
Wairau Valley 63
Waitohi Pa 63
Waitohi wharf 62-63
Waitohi 63
Wanaka 50
Warkworth Brass Band 8
WELFORD Frank Lincoln 8-12
Mary 8-9
Raewyn 11-12
White Star Hotel 50
White Star Tour Service 50
WHITEHEAD
Henry Norford 22-24
WILLIAMS Anna Maria 20
Elina 20
Emma Caroline 20
Frederick 20
Henry JR 20
Herbert 20
James Nelson 20
Jane 20
Jane Eliz 20
Lydia Katherline 20
Marg Mary 20
Marianne 20
Samuel 20
William 20
William Leonard 20
WILSON Ken 15
Roger 17
Wireless telegraph 52
Women 40-41
WWI 51
WWII 8-12
Y
YOUNG Andrew 34
Z