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Issue 3 Volume 2, June 2013

MT ROSKILL

(Puketapapa)HistoricalSociety

NewsletterVisit us on the web:. 

https://sites.google.com/site/roskillhistory/ 

JUNE MEETING

Incorporating the AGM of the

Mt Roskill (Puketapapa) Historical Society

2pm, Sunday June 9

Freyberg Room, Roskill War Memorial Hall,

May Rd, Mt Roskill

Speaker: Bill McKay, Auckland University

School of Architecture

Bill will speak on the History of War

Memorials in New Zealand. This will be

followed by an outline of the Mt Roskill War

Memorial Upgrade Project and the AGM.

Note that our Subs ($10 per year) are also

due!!

As mentioned, the long-awaited Annual

General Meeting will follow Bill’s talk.

Please give some thought to help you may be

able to give, positions you may be able to fill

such as treasurer, membership secretary,

helping maintain our books and materials,

putting together the newsletter…. 

There are exciting times ahead for the

Society - we’ve accomplished a lot in the

short time we’ve been around, so comealong and have your say, and think about

how you might like to be part of it!

... Someone who may be interested in joining

the society?

If so, please forward our information on to

them. See back page for details or pass on thewebsite link.

ADVANCE NOTICEAUGUST MEETING

Our guest speaker for the August meeting willbe Dave Wong of the Chinese New ZealandOral History Foundation.Dave will be facilitating a Workshop for us, a

'How To' on oral history.To be held at St Davids-in-the-Fields ChurchLounge, at 202 Hillsborough Rd,Hillsborough at 2.00pm, Sunday August 4th.

APRIL MEETINGThere was only a small turnout to our Aprilmeeting at St David’s in the Fields but wewere delighted to welcome a group of folk

from the Avondale Waterview HistoricalSociety to hear Garth Houltham’s talk on theCyrus Haley affair at the Pah Homestead.

NORMANSWOOD

MANOR

The above picture is 1 Normanswood Manor,

Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2AX

described as a ‘small manor house’ and as arental property was sold in 2008.

1It is the

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residential address of banker the Hon.

Thomas Russell (1830-1904) and family when

he died on 2nd

September 1904.2

In 1947 the

property was owned by Edward Agar Horatio

Nelson, 5th

Earl of Nelson of Trafalgar born in

1860 and who died in 1951.3

The property

appears to have been sold through themagazine CountryLife.

4  Some furniture  – an

antique table - was sold at Christies in the

early 1950s that was located in this building.5 

It stands today and appears to have in recent

years been associated with Ajit Sigh Kalirai

MBE (1927-2008) who was a Veteran athlete,

holding several British records.6

The 9th

Earl

Nelson, a plumber, died this year in March

2013.7

(Contributed by John Adam) 

THE HISTORY OF THREEKINGS

Lisa Truttman will be talking to the

Epsom U3A on the history of Three Kings

on Wednesday 10 July at the Fickling Centre

The meeting starts 10.00am and Lisa will be

speaking around 10.30am

THE MT ROSKILL WARMEMORIAL PROJECT

The launch of the project and designcompetition was held at the MtRoskill War Memorial Hall on MondayMay 27th.

There was only a small turnout, even thoughthe advertised guest speaker was Bill McKayfrom the University of Auckland School of  Architecture.Bill gave a background to war memorials inNew Zealand, Michael Wood spoke from theLocal Board’s point of view, and GarthHoultham gave a background to the project.There was a definite buzz in the air over justhow exciting this project will be for our area. If 

you know anyone who is currently studying or is a recent graduate of .... architecture,landscape, garden design, art.... let themknow about this opportunity. Copies of theentry information will be available at themeeting on the 9th of June.

CONTACT DETAILS

President, Garth Houltham,garph@ihug.co.nz 

Secretary/Treasurer: Peter McConnell.Temporary Vice-President: Emi Steedman.Minutes Secretary, Margaret Tingrobert.ting@vodafone.co,nz Newsletter Editor: Joanne joanne.graves@gmail.com 

Committee:John Adam, Lisa TruttmanAnneli Torrance, Basil Pinhey

JOINING INFORMATIONOne year subscription: $10Contact Garth Houltham garph@ihug.co.nz for joining information or write to:Puketapapa Historical SocietyGarth Houltham, 15 McIlroy StreetHillsborough, Auckland 1042. FOOTNOTES TO “NORMANSWOOD MANOR” 1  http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-

18715362.html 2http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1r20/russe

ll-thomas3

The 4th son of 3rd Earl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Nelson 4

Small Manor House. CountryLife, 1950, Volume 108.

P1749.5 “Provenance Probably acquired by William, 1st Earl Nelson

of Trafalgar, or Thomas, 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar for the

manor house of Standlynch, nr. Salisbury, and by descent to

Edward, 5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar, sold Woolley andWallis, 13-16 March 1951, lot 543, when acquired by the

present owner…. Lot Notes Trafalgar House was the name

given to the mansion of Standlynch, which had been bought

by a grateful nation in 1814 and bestowed on the 1st Earl

Nelson, brother of the victor at the Battle of Trafalgar. The

Nelson family retained Trafalgar House until its sale in 1947,

and its contents were used to furnish various houses,

including Normanswood in Surrey, the residence of Edward,

5th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar.

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx

?intObjectID=44198096

suki@normanswood.co.nz7 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/5090475/Earl-Nelson.html