Birthday bash for St Mary’s 80th
St Mary’s Gordonton celebrated its 80th Anniversary on Sunday 2 March with a packed church service full of regular worshipers,
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History
The way it was in photos and words
80 grand years for Gordonton’s Church
St Mary’s Church is 80 years old. The beautiful old double-brick structure, built in 1934, celebrated its special day. Iris Riddell reports.
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More than chops at old-time butcher
Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice takes a look at butcher shops from times past. Surely that’s not sawdust swept under the
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Gordonton – the opera
Number 8 Network’s Annette Taylor spent a day talking to folk in and around Gordonton for a special feature in the Waikato Times.
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Old postcards keep telling the story
Postcards from days past allow splendid insights into what folk got up to, writes Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice. Look –
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Where Hamilton’s libraries began
Perry Rice records a special moment dear to the heart of all librarians and bibliophiles. In February 1908 a wonderful
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