It is unusual for a coffee morning to be the standout article in the newsletter, but in this issue, the coffee morning at Selwyn Village takes centre stage. What was special about this coffee morning was that Kathy Fitchett and her team put on a free morning tea for our Read more…
When Selwyn Village sales consultant Kathy Fitchett asked if she could come and talk to us, it was suggested that a better idea would be for us to go to Selwyn Village for a coffee morning. We have had a coffee morning at a retirement village before. It was at Read more…
Neil Castle despite being in his nineties, delivered another exuberant talk at the March 2023 meeting of the club, this one about his gold fossicking sojourns to the South Island. He brought along his homemade sluice box, his shovel modified with welds down the sides and vials containing gold flakes. Read more…
The guest speaker at the February 2023 meeting was Jude Walter from Brainfit World. After the meeting, Jude wrote on the Brainfit Facebook page, “Thank you for having me, Rebus West Auckland. It was great to share some of the latest exciting memory research with you all and provide simple Read more…
Wednesday 22 February 2023 has been selected as the Gold Card trip to Waiheke Island date. The plan is to catch the 11:00 am, Fuller’s ferry to Waiheke Island. It goes to Waiheke Island via Devonport. Those travelling on the western line should catch the 9:30 am train from Henderson. Read more…
At the January 2023 meeting of the Club, Mensto De Roos showed members the film, “Roads to Roam.” It was made by the National Film Unit in 1967 and the director was Hugh McDonald. The film has been described as, “a characteristically quirky 14-minute account of what could have been Read more…
Dacre cottage is located on a historic reserve close to the water’s edge at Karepiro Bay. The story of how bricklayers, Ernie Mullaney and Neil Castle, rebuilt the cottage in 1984 is in this newsletter. The cottage was in a dilapidated condition and remote location. There was no power for Read more…
We have combined with the Point Chevalier and Avondale Historical Societies to make a booking at Ryders Cinema and Dining Venue on Riversdale Road. Ryders only caters for groups and has a minimum requirement of 25 people. On the eve of the function, we have 40 people on our list Read more…
The December 2022 newsletter reports Alan Verry’s presentation at the November monthly meeting. Alan Verry was a long-serving President of the Railway Enthusiasts Society and Bill Mutch was his secretary. There is an item on the SeaLink ferry trip to Pepperjacks Restaurant at Pine Harbour. Once again, it was an Read more…
There is an outing to Pine Harbour on Wednesday 23rd November and it is a Gold Card trip. That means we use the Gold Card to get to Britomart, walk over to the Ferry Building, and then use the Gold Card to get to Pine Harbour. The last time we Read more…