Number 8 Network shares some photo highlights from the Pioneer Fundays held at Woodlands Estate last week. The free family fun, during the school holidays, are an extravaganza of 19th Century delights and goings-on – featuring pony rides, vintage machinery, old fashioned games, and skills including butter churning. It was a fabulous three days, thank
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Descendants of the Riddell family are having a reunion at Woodlands Estate this month. A highlight will be catching up, seeing and meeting all the relations connected to the family, known and unknown, says Jacquie Haselden, one of the organisers. The event will include placing a memorial plaque in the garden for Corporal John
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A reminder that this year’s Anzac Day celebrations in Gordonton are on Tuesday 25 April. “Everyone is invited, and it’s an occasion where people can come together and share in a communal sense of remembrance,” Keith Jellyman said. The service starts at 10am, and will involve a remembrance in the Gordonton hall and a wreath
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