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NewsletterNo. 78NovemberDecember 2015
Prepared by Lisa Truttman, President and Editor
Pencil your calendars for around the middle of April Alison
urner !ill be !or"in# on or#anisin# an$other movie % lunch at
&yder's( as !e did this year.)ore info once boo"in#s are
confirmed.
NZ History Federation conference &
AGM 2016 at Auckland
*ontact Alison urner( 825-0+00( if you have anysu##estions for
our ,uest -pea"ers schedule for thene! year.
Upcomin speakers!
December 5isa ruttman( sho!in# some of my
postcard collection/ebruary 201revor Pollard. ife and imes
of
a est Auc"land Plumber3
Ne"t meetin of t#eA$ondale-%ater$ie Historical 'ociety!
at 't Ninians( 't Geores )oad( A$ondale'A*U)+A,( - +ecem.er
201-( 2/00 pm
April 2016)yders inema outin
As a bit of a chan#e from me trottin# off to other partsof the
country the 201 conference is bein# held inAuc"land over the course
of 24 April to 1 )ay. At themoment( 'm puttin# to#ether the event(
in con6unction!ith ,arth oultham of the )t &os"ill
Pu"etapapa9istorical -ociety9 startin# !ith a /riday evenin#
#et-to#ether at :inder ouse in Parnell( -aturday confer$ence and
A,) at Alberton in )t Albert( -aturdayni#ht dinner and a movie at
&yder's *inema here inAvondale( and a -unday mornin# visit to
the Porta#e
*eramics )useum in Ne! ynn.
Any help !ith sortin# thin#s out( especially on-aturday April +0
!ould be very #reatly appreciated.
Guest 'peakers
#ildrens .ook on story ofakley reek
can only report bac" on the -eptember ; meetin#(as !asn't !ell
enou#h to #o to the nion Parish !as pre$sented !ith a !ell-deserved
community a!ard from the;oard for all her decades of service as an
or#anist tothe parish( alon# !ith the !or" she has done over
theyears in #ivin# piano lessons. t !as !onderful !it$nessin# her
acceptin# the pla?ue.
he ;oard also decided on the leaseholder for theformer
toilet@Plun"et@raffic Dept offices at 50A&oseban" &oad. his
!ill be the Pacific vents nter$
tainment rust. must say( !hen approached the pre$vious ;oard
re#ardin# the possibility of savin# thebuildin# to some eBtent(
rather than see it sold andbo!led for another carpar" space( !asn't
sure it!ould !or" out. Ac"no!led#ement must be made toDere"
;attersby( the chairman of the ;oard at thattime( for supportin#
the concept and seein# it throu#h(and to ;oard )ember Duncan
)acdonald !ho alsosupported it from day one.
%#au 3ocal 4oard
heard from the *hairman of the Albert-den ocal;oard( Peter aines
via /aceboo"9 that his ;oard are
bac"in# a pro6ect to have a history of
