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Paving paradise
Changes have taken place on Thomas and Hukanui Roads. Horsham Downs’ photographer Claudia Aalderink snapped these pics after the trees were cut. (Not so many years ago the space was a mini woodlands, with mature trees within and roses growing … Continue reading
Church pic lays legend to rest
Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice finds there is new information to be had in old pictures. In some of the very earliest photographs of the south end of what is now Victoria Street but was, until about 1918, Tisdall Street, we … Continue reading
A little treat
Today’s tea-time treat is brought to you by the Big Muffin Serious Band. Filmed in Te Pahu in Graeme Cairns’s lounge, kitchen and spare bedroom, it commemorates 30 years of the band performing. Number 8 Network would like it known … Continue reading
Posted in Food, News
Tagged Graeme Cairns, Jim Fulton, Te Pahu, The Big Muffin Serious Band
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Pea and ham revolution
I’m done with pea and ham soup. For years I’ve turned ham hocks and dried split peas into the well-known winter warmer; it’s cheap, easy to make and there sure is a lot of it. That’s part of the problem. … Continue reading
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Tagged farmhouse cooking, ham hock, Pea and ham soup, The Farm Shop, winter soup
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The eczema lady
Born in 1914 and trained as a dental nurse, Gladys Reid was farming at Te Aroha when she identified zinc could prevent or reduce the impact of facial eczema. She recieved an OBE for her work in 1983. Annette Taylor … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History
Tagged early work on facial eczema, facial eczema history, Gladys Reid, The eczema lady
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Old troughs tell tales
Alan Sharp unearths some of the history around those old farm troughs. Is this the last of the old 12-foot troughs that were dotted around Gordonton and surrounding districts? Until recently, one was across the road from the Tauhei Hall, … Continue reading
