26-May-2002, 04:58 AM
Sorry no but it's on my birth certificate.Have got Mossy searching via his Mum.
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26-May-2002, 04:58 AM
Sorry no but it's on my birth certificate.Have got Mossy searching via his Mum.
26-May-2002, 11:28 AM
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Yes,New Zealand does have its extremes in climate and yes indeed Dunedin is very very cold in winter.I'm still a Lancashire lass at heart though and felt immediately at home in my old surroundings. More later I for one look forward to more. I have a friend Rob who lives in Auckland who owns an ice cream factory shop. Have read his messages about the beauty of NZ. Lady G I live in Lostock Hall well right on the border with Farington Moss, if we want to impress people we live in Farington Moss :-) The most startling changes I find are the behaviour of people , particularlythe younger ones. Or am I getting old.
26-May-2002, 11:32 AM
Maybe I should add, yes the clock is on the large roundabout at the centre of Leyland. The old cross is just about to be dwarfed by Tesco and I have a very good web site for Mauri music from Rob , Lady G.
http://www.maori.org.nz/kapahaka/waiata/index.htm
26-May-2002, 02:49 PM
Re Dunedin snow - I had e-mail from my cousin this morning to say they had heavy snow and she is snowed up - may not be able to get into work tomorrow. She lives up in the hills, just outside the city.
Re the Scots connection - Dunedin is Scots Gaelic for Edinburgh. The elder of my two cousins is married to a Scot who has retained his accent though he's been over there for more than 50 years! His wife still sounds like a Cheshire girl as she was 13 when they emigrated, but my other cousin (her sister) was only 5 and she now sounds like a native Kiwi - though she can still pull out a bit of Cheshire when the mood takes her! My Dad was out there to visit them last year and his photos of the scenery are stunning. I have to get there one day!
26-May-2002, 05:17 PM
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Sorry no but it's on my birth certificate.Have got Mossy searching via his Mum. I'm racking my single brain cell. I went to Balshaws, behind the church on the way to Balshaws there was the Mayfield Tennis Club which is now no more. It's a development of superior detached homes £200k plus. Was it anywhere near the tennis club Lady G?
27-May-2002, 09:30 AM
Yes, well we're all getting old,Noel.I like to think wiser.
I find I like nice long silences these days.Am afraid even the "Winterless" North of New Zealand is rather chilly today but the South is in for a colder day still tomorrow.It was snowball time in Dunedin and Invercargyll yesterday but great celebrations in Christchurch on the Rugby win by the red and blacks. All the same I have roses still flowering,camellias beginning to open and daffodils shooting up.All seasons in one here. I used to have piano lessons at the Farington school house for a few years, from the Headmaster's wife.Seem to remember a steep hill -Spion Cop in that area. There used to be a tannery behind the house where my Grandfather lived on the road from the Pleasant Retreat to Farington School.
27-May-2002, 09:41 AM
Sorry Wiganer as there's not much better news for your relatives.More ice and snow tomorrow.My husband started off at Taeri when he first came here and really liked Dunedin.
We were fortunate to live in just about every part of the country. Started off in Marlborough .It wasn't wine country then,spent time in Christchurch then Wellington and made our way up North. Many Kiwis don't seem to have visited the South Island.It's like another country and there is often great rivalry between the provinces----sort of Lancashire /Yorkshire stuff.It all goes back to rugby I think.
27-May-2002, 09:52 AM
I used to have many a game of tennis on the Mayfield courts with friends from Balshaws.
Have found a photo of the 1953/54 rugby team -or is it rugger - on the Balshaws site. They look familiar but I can't put a name to any of them.Well it is rather a long time ago.Went once or twice on the trip to Stoneyhurst to cheer our team on.
27-May-2002, 07:14 PM
Lady Griffin - thanks for the NZ weather reports. My cousin said she'd probably e-mail today if she was snowed up and she hasn't, so I'm surmising she got down the hill into town and work, but the heater has gone on her car, so I bet she froze! The snow seems to be starting early this year - your May is the equivalent of November here and I usually reckon the weather to be the seasonal equivalent to here in Dundedin. We don't usually see snow in November, and I don't recall Sue ever telling me about snow so early in your Winter, but then the memory can play tricks!
27-May-2002, 10:14 PM
Hi Wiganer,
Sorry the news is not much better but don't worry as the Southerners are a hardy lot.It's the porridge and the hooch. I've met a few. There is heavy snowfall mostly around the Catlins but expected to ease tomorrow. It is a bit early maybe in May but weather here is so unpredictable at times. Gore had 0 degrees yesterday,Christchurch 2,Wellington 11 and Auckland 14 so you can see the range. August can be a bad month down South especially for young lambs but good for the ski set. Some trivia.The police in the Dunedin area have been told it's not cold enough for the issue of winter gear---woollen hats,proper footwear gloves etc. Police in Queenstown however have possum skin hats.Queenstown is the Mecca for tourists and is a very pricey place to visit. If you want to read the latest news.www.stuff.co.nz has the highlights from the regions. Cheers Lady G Will I ever catch up with other subscribers!!!! |
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