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May 2023 Newsletter

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…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 2 weeks17 May 2023 ago

April 2023 Newsletter

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…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 2 months8 April 2023 ago

March 2023 Newsletter

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…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 3 months7 March 2023 ago

February 2023 Newsletter

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…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 4 months8 February 2023 ago

January 2023 Newsletter

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…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 5 months9 January 2023 ago

December 2022 Newsletter

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…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 6 months3 December 2022 ago

November 2022 Newsletter

There are reports on the James Webb Space Telescope presentation by Dr Chris Benton from the Auckland Astronomical Society, a trip to Auckland Zoo held with Waitakere Combined Rebus, and a coffee morning at Esquires Café in Henderson, in the November 2022 newsletter. Ian Smith, who is in charge of Read more…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 7 months8 November 2022 ago

October 2022 Newsletter

At the September monthly meeting, there were eleven visitors. They had come to hear James Duncan give the third of his three talks on Auckland’s tram system. James described how one man’s effort to save a tram resulted in the founding of the Old Time Transport Preservation League, and how Read more…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 8 months12 October 2022 ago

September 2022 Newsletter

There were two guest speakers at the August monthly meeting. Retired Senior Sergeant Bob Barrett talked about his early days in the NZ Police. Not to be outdone, former St John Ambulance Officer Lindsay Roberts talked about working for St John during the 1960s, including his involvement in the recapture Read more…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 9 months18 September 2022 ago

August 2022 Newsletter

West Auckland Men’s Rebus Club had an information table at the Senior Network Provider’s function, held in the New Lynn Community Centre. The event was organized by the Whau Local Board. There is an article in the August newsletter about this event. Phil Sai-Louie, whose name appears on every contact Read more…

By Vincent Jacob Middeldorp, 10 months8 August 2022 ago

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