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Newsletter Newsletter No. 64July—August 2013
Prepared by Lisa Truttman, President and Editor
History of Avondale Community Centres
1947-1990
How long have you studied Waterview?Have you been in the construction site?Is it possible to find stuff under the school if you dig it?When did the mill stop?Was there a wharf?Are you looking forward to finding more things?How did you find out about all this stuff?Who named Waterview - Waterview?Was there a school in Waterview before this one?What do you know about Oakley Ave?
Who was the first person living in Waterview?Are there any wreck’s in the mangroves off Water-view?Where exactly was the mill?Do you have any family relationship to Waterview?
I don’t have family connections with Waterview my-self, but did give them answers to the rest, and also toldthem about whales caught in the mouth of the OakleyCreek, and poultry farms right where their school istoday. They were really interested when I told themabout Papers Past and other places on the internet
where they could look up info on Waterview’s past. Inour age when so many in their generation and just a bitolder seem to expect ready-made facts served up on aplate — it was great to see clever young minds keen toexplore and discover for themselves.
I received this letter of thanks, written by one of thestudents (format theirs):
Dear Lisa Dear Lisa Dear Lisa Dear Lisa
Thank you so much for the interest- Thank you so much for the interest- Thank you so much for the interest- Thank you so much for the interest-
ing information you have given to us.ing information you have given to us.ing information you have given to us.ing information you have given to us.
Thank you for coming to our school.Thank you for coming to our school.Thank you for coming to our school.Thank you for coming to our school.
You have given us a big boost on his- You have given us a big boost on his- You have given us a big boost on his- You have given us a big boost on his-
tory with waterview tory with waterview tory with waterview tory with waterview .... Yours faith- Yours faith- Yours faith- Yours faith-
fully fully fully fully
Waterviews gate class.Waterviews gate class.Waterviews gate class.Waterviews gate class. Next meeting of the
Avondale-Waterview Historical Society:
Saturday, 3 August 2013,
2.00 pmat
St Ninians, St Georges Road, Avondale
This will be our Annual General
Meeting.
I’ve been notified via email from the Whau LocalBoard office that work is due to begin by the end of July on renovating and altering the old 1940s buildingto serve as a community space. I have written to theBoard’s Chairman Derek Battersby expressing my ap-
preciation for all his efforts in seeing this projectthrough — rescuing a small bit of our district’s historyfrom being just another forgotten footnote under a carpark.
I’ve finished this, and it’s ended up being a 28-page
document. Once it has been proof-read, I’ll forward acopy to the Whau Local Board, copy to AvondaleLibrary (probably on CD to keep the cost down), and asummarised version in an upcoming issue of the Journal.
Former toilets & plunket offices
at Rosebank Road
Visit to Waterview School
Whenever a local school asks me to come along andhave a chat with the students, I do wonder how onearth I’ll get along. I don’t have any children, and it’sbeen quite a while since I was one myself! But the
morning spent at Waterview School on 22 March waswonderful. Waterview’s Gate Class there is particu-larly interested in local history, including how to findout more about their neighbourhood, and what mightlie beneath their feet in their slightly-relocated school,next to the machinery and cranes building the northernportal to the Waterview SH20 motorway extension.
I was sent this list of questions:
Could you tell me interesting facts about HerdmanStreet?
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Murals on Control Boxes
Murals funded by the Whau Local Board are pendingfor the corner by Avondale Baptist Church (to featureJohn & Jane Bollard), Victor Street (hopefully, Avon-dale College & Intermediate’s 70th anniversary of con-struction), and Elm Street (Kirkpatrick’s cart). Imagesfor Glenburn brickyard was intended for a control out-side Saintly Lane on St Georges Road — but someoneelse has painted an abstract of railway lines instead.
My thanks to Board Member Kathryn Davie for keep-ing me in the loop as to planning for these murals.
140th anniversary of St Ninians cemetery
Auckland Council have approved our Open Day on 5
October to go ahead as part of the Auckland HeritageFestival, and I’ve finished the online cemetery so I cancollate information for some king of a handout or bro-chure for visitors on the day.
Alison Turner has arranged with Avondale’s local Flo-rist, Amanda 4 Flowerz, for supply of small flowerheads which visitor (and AWHS members) can leaveon the graves as a mark of remembrance on the day.
Dawn Moffatt has kindly offered to make a supply of sandwiches for light refreshments on the day — couldsomeone else among our members, with a dab hand atthe cooking arts, volunteer to make something likescones or pikelets? We could fundraise by sellingthese for a few dollars a plate on the day. I’ve had anoffer of assistance from the Avondale CommunitySociety to supply teas and coffees, which is very muchappreciated.
Upcoming Event dates
Birkenhead in 1880. Then swap.Lunch between12.00 and 12.45. Bus tour will depart at1.00 and visit the Museum. 3.00pm review of all Socie-ties activities. Afternoon tea available for those whowant, before departure.ALL ENQUIRIES TO MRS MAVIS THROLL 4837230 , E-MAIL: [email protected]
P.O BOX, 34- 419. BIRKENHEAD, AUCKLANDCost $20 per head.
2 October, 4 pm Memories of living in Avondale, at Avondale Library.Manjula Patel is looking for volunteers who would liketo pop along and share their memories of growing up orliving in Avondale in years gone by. Contact Manjulaat the library for info.
5 October, 9 am to 4.30 pm Open Day at St Ninians and our October meeting.
6 October, 7.30 pm Another night at George Maxwell Memorial Cemetery,organised by St Judes Anglican Church.
9 October, 10.30 am Talk on history of Lynfield, by L Truttman, Block-house Bay Library.
10 October, 10.30 am Talk on Early Days at Auckland Zoo, by L Truttman,
Pt Chevalier Library
12 October, 2 pmTalk on the history of Three Kings, by L Truttman,Fickling Centre, Three Kings.
14 August, 12 midday
Talk on Maternity Homes by L Truttman, AucklandCentral Library, 2nd Floor
15 August, 10.30 am Pt Chevalier Historical Society meeting, HorticulturalCentre, 990 Great North Road, Western SpringsSue Thompson, history of Carrington Hospital
24 August Auckland Regional Gathering @ Birkenhead Zion Hill Church Hall opens at 9-30 for a 10am startenter car park from Onewa Road,.Coral Malcolm to talk about Zion Hill Church, andshow half of the guests around the building.Brian Potter to give talk to the other half about
7 December—Thames bus trip
Garth Houltham of the Mt Roskill Historical Society isorganising a bus trip to Thames Saturday 7 December,and has invited our Society’s members to come along.
This will include visits to:The Treasury research rooms at the old CarnegieLibrary Building …Thames Museum …School of Mines Museum …Bella Street Pumphouse Museum/ Museum of Technology …
Bring your own lunch, or partake at nearby cafes.
Cost per head at this stage looks to be around $40.
Let Garth know if you’re interested—phone 624-2331,or email [email protected]
