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Book launch at AveburyApproximately 60 peopleattended the launch of thebooklet "Avebury House: AHouse with a Story" by JanMoody, at Avebury Flouse

on the evening of 29 June.People from the

local community; repre-sentatives of the Flesherfamily; local city counciland community boards,including Mayor GaryMoore and Cr. AnnaCrighton listened to DrP. Shepherd, eldest greatgrandson of WilliamFlesher reminisce aboutthe days when the house

was the residence of the

Flesher family.Amanda Ross, Assis-

tant Heritage Plannerfrom the Christchurch

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City Council, spoke ofthe council's sponsorshipof the booklet, whichwas inspired by the localRichmond community's

enthusiasm for the houseand its history.

The booklet is avail-able from Avebury Housefor a donation.

Essie Summers Richmond connectionIn the 1960's and throughto the 1980's one of Millsand Boons most popularromance writers was EssieSummers. A Canterbury

writer, Essie's books weredeservedly popular beforethe days of 'steamy real-

ism'.Born in Linwood in

1912, Essie published 55romance novels, sellingmore than 19 millioncopies around the world.Her descriptions of theNew Zealand countrysidebrought many people tosee for themselves the lo-cations mentioned in her

books.

One of our readerscame across one of herbooks recently and wasdelighted to read thefollowing on page 54;'I've bought a house inAvonside near LinwoodAvenue'. And furtheralong on page76; 'Virginiacrossed the road to the riv-erside and walked brisklyas far as Swarms RoadBridge, over it, back alongthe other side, and acrossStan more Road Bridge...'and again on page 111,'Often she slipped into

Holy Trinity at Avonsidejust along the river..."

As the book, "Revolt

- And Virginia" publishedby Mills and Boon in 1969,is set in Christchurch,

many other well knownlandmarks and sites arementioned, but it was apleasure for our reader to

identify local places.Essie Summers died in

1998 after bringing plea-sure to millions of readers.Many of her books can befound in the Christchurch

City Library.

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Avebury in August

Rhythm and RhymePreschool Music Group -Friday mornings from9.30amSee article.

Embroidery Classes -Thurs 10am-12 noonCalm surroundings with apatient experienced tutor

Ring Allison on388-9377 for moreinformation

History and Heritagegroup -Wednesday 4.30-5.30pmIf you are interested inthe history of this area inwhatever form, do comeand join us. Our nextmeeting is Wednesday, 13August.

We are interested inobtaining any old photosor information of theRichmond area for adisplay.

People of Spirit Weekend,Sat 23-Sun 24

Parents Group, Monday25 August 10am-1lamHeld on the last Mondayof each month, this is aninformal meeting.

Children play, parentschat over a friendly cupof tea or coffee at our'Parents Cafe'.

All enquiries about thefacilities or programmes

at Avebury House,9 Eveleyn Couzins Ave,

please contact:

Lesley McMillanCommunity Worker

Phone 942 5615Or email:

avebury@paradise.net.nz

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Did you know?River Road ran both sides of the Avon River untilthe south bank had a name change to AvonsideDrive between the years 1936 and 1940.

Would you liketo Help fold

and/or deliverour communitynewspaper? It's agreat way to meet

people and we doj provide a cup of tea!

; Please contact us atAvebury House if

you would liketo help.

News and views and itemsof interest are needed

from you, the peopleof Richmond Commu-

nity for inclusion in themonthly newspaper. We

need your input to of-fer a balanced content.

All contributions aretreated equally and with

respect. Any opinion isthat of the writer only.Submissions to be sent to

aveb ury@paradise.net.nzor to Richmond Commu-

nity News> PO Box 26-097,North Avon.

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This has been yet anotherbusy month for our chil-dren and whanau. At theend of term we celebratedMatariki (the beginningof the Maori new year)in a very special way. Thechildren, caregivers andwhanau had an overnightstay at school and we allgot up at 4.00 o'clock inthe morning to plant out afence line of Pa Harakeke.Te Roopu Awhina andour Kaumatua councilled by Aunty Heeni Phil-lips braved the cold frostymorning which turned outto be a wonderful peacefuldawn. The harakeke hada double significance asour school name, giftedto us by Aunty Heeni, isTe Rito o te Harakeke. Inthe same week we had twoclasses have a noho rnaraeat school as well.This termalso has a great numberof exciting teaching andlearning opportunities,Kapahaka were asked toperform at the new ArtGallery and at the Christ-church Library as part ofMaori language week. Ourgroup are also gearing upfor the cultural festivalnext month. This groupis led by two teacher Ru-awhitu Pokaia and AllyO'Keefe. Our children

have been invited to speakat Canterbury Universitythis month to a lecturetheatre of 280 adults toshare their experiencesof Richmond School. 10brave young people! Thismonth we also start ourschool wide swimminglessons at Aquagym. Thechildren are really lookingforward to that too. Ourcommunity are invited toshare a celebration of allour cultures and whanuain the school at an Inter-national tea to held onSeptember 10 at 6.00pm,Please come along withsome kai to share withothers and enjoy theentertainment from ourtamariki. Last but notleast we have received oursite plans from the archi-tect who is designing ourcommunity based I.C.Tbuilding. The new build-ing is very innovativeand reflects what we be-lieve classes of the futureshould look like.The newbuilding should be startedby term four if all goes ac-cording to plan. Fingerscrossed!

Kia Ora Koutou.

- Annie BowdenPRINCIPAL

RICHMOND WORKING MEN'S CLUB & M.S.A.

P.O. Box26-036Chrtstchurch

Phone389-5778

WE ARE PROUDTO SUPPORT OUR

COMMUNITY

Community notices

Wednesday CafeGood Health and Weil-Being for Older PeopleAugust 13thOur popular monthly

Wednesday Cafe lunch ison this week.

What is the CommunityLaw Centre?This month's speaker willgive us important infor-

mation about this usefulservice available to us all.Date: Wednesday 13thAugust

Time: 11.30am - 1 pmPlace: In the church hallat Holy Trinity Church,Stanmore Road.Parking: Large car park,Lychgate Close.Donation: $2 includes alight lunch.

Also: The $2 Bring andBuy Table and Housie tofollow.

All welcome - invite afriend or neighbour - and

please telephone the Of-fice and leave a message tosay you are coming.

Telephone 389-6948.

Avonside Book DiscussionGroupThere are now a limitednumber of vacancies inour daytime Book Dis-cussion Group that meets

on the first Friday of eachmonth beginning withmorning tea at 10am.We use the WEA bookdiscussion programme,so we enjoy a wide vari-ety of books followed byfriendly and stimulat-ing discussion when we

meet. Men and womenof any age are welcometo join this group whichmeets in the Lounge atthe Holy Trinity Churchin Stanmore Road. Please

telephone the Group Co-ordinator for more detailson ph. 384 8396.

Let us quote you on cleaningyour furnishings and bedding

•Alterations / Mending

• Same Day Service

• Stain Removal Specialists

ENQUIRE ABOUT OUR PENSIONERS' CLUB

251 Stanmore Road

PH. 389 5875

Recollections from acake shop and dairy inRichmond 1945-1948

What about bread un-wrapped and baked on

only five days a week?Families ordering up

to 10 loaves for a longweekend.

Butter rationing- coupons for 6-8 oz. Perperson per week - nosubstitutes available, onlydripping or lard.

Milk collected in abilly or jug from 40-galloncontainers delivered tothe shop by a local dairyfarmer each day. Creamalso available.

Ice cream, which hadonly recently been pro-duced in the winter, inId. and 3d. cones andpint blocks mostly vanilla.

Many homes were with-out fridges so ice creamfor parties had to be col-lected when needed.

Ice cream sundaesavailable at the shop, alsomilk shakes and ice creamsodas. Moore's Dairy in

Workingfrom home?Give us your details

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Worcester St. producedtheir own ice cream,chocolate bombs and iceblocks for the two dairies.

Shops were open Mon-day to Friday and Saturdaymorning but dairies couldopen on Sunday morningto sell milk and some per-ishable items.

Cakes, pies and pas-ties baked by Marldonwere sold II- per dozenfor plain cakes and l/3d.for cream cakes (artificialcream) Also available- scones, pikelets, fruit

cakes and sponges.Chocolate, sweets and

biscuits were rationed tothe shops and were putout for sale at the shimof the owner. When the

news got out that thesegoodies were available,people came from all overthe district.

- S. Ward

RICHMOND DENTALCENTRE

Ph: 389-5923New patients welcome

FREE WINZ quotes

• Free treatment forunder 18 year olds

Community Services CardHolders may pay up to $25for emergency treatments

Voluntary euthanasia- is there an issue?

By the time you are readingthis, Parliament may havevoted to send the "Deathwith Dignity" Bill to aSelect Committee for fullstudy and consultation.Whatever decision ismade (and I intend tovote for it to be sent toa Select Committee), Ibelieve the issues will notgo away. But I also acceptthat the matter is morallycomplex, and that theterm "euthanasia" can tooeasily be used to describea wide range of situations,which actually bring up acomplex range of issues.

I have spoken tomany people aboutthe Bill, and a numberof local residents havewritten to me. Breakingdown the way that I amapproaching the vote, Ithink there are a in fact aseries of specific concerns,many of which end upbeing intermingled andconfused in the debate:

Attitudes to suicideSuicide is no longer a crime,although many regard it asa moral offence. However,the boundaries betweensuicide and assisted sui-cide, and assisted suicideand manslaughter andeven murder, can bematters of very fine degree,but treated very differentlyby the law. A number of"assisted suicide" cases inrecent years, in both NewZealand and Australia,have helped to fire up theeuthanasia debate, sincethey reach into the fears of

all of us that we might beleft in pain and helpless tocontrol our own destiny.

Effectiveness of"living wills"An increasing numberof people are writingdocuments which explainhow they want to be treatedif they become unable tocontrol their own destiny,through poor mental orphysical condition. Suchdocuments are of shakylegal standing since if andwhen the crunch timecomes, they can conflictwith medical ethics andthe feelings of family orfriends.

The doctor-patientrelationshipOne reason that the lawand public feeling aboutvoluntary euthanasiais so strong in theNetherlands is that, withthe spread of AIDS/HIV,a comparatively largenumber of young andassertive people weresuddenly facing death50 or more years beforethey expected to. Theydemanded to know moreabout their condition, andwanted more control overtheir care and eventualdeath. In various ways andforms, patients worldwidehave demanded morepower. The euthanasiadebate has been boostedby this.

Pain relief andhospice servicesThe demand for different

laws around voluntaryeuthanasia has been fedby fear of a painful death,or the insufferable pain ofan incurable condition.Some claim that countrieswhere euthanasia lawshave been introducedhave inadequate hospiceservices. It is undoubtedlytrue that such servicescould always be evenbetter than they are.

Where it mightall stop...One strand of anti-

voluntary euthanasiafeeling is that once such asystem of state-authoriseddeath is introduced, theboundaries will start toloosen. What of someonewith Alzheimers, orsomeone in a long-termcoma, or with chronicmental illness.

On the basis that theissues will not go away, Iwelcome any comments!

- Tim BurnettCHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL MP

ChristchurchCentral'sMember ofParliament

,V E W Z E A L A ,'V

Level 3,103 Worcester Street, PO Box 13 295, ChristchurchPhone: 03 377 8840 Fax: 03 366 4770 Cell: 0274 570 809E Mail: tim.barnett@xtra.co.nz lnternet:www.timbarnett.org.nz

SUN NING TAKEAWAYS273 Stanmore Road, Telephone 389-3113

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Tues-Wed: 11.30am - 2pm/4.30pm - 8.30pm

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Sun: 4.30pm - 8.30pm Mon: Closed

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People of Spirit weekendAn inspiring, self-transforming, fun-filled smorgasbordfor both males and females honouring mind, body, souland spirit.

Time: 10am to 5pmDate: 23rd and 24th August, 2003At: Historic Avebury House, Eveleyn Couzins Avenue(off North Avon Road), Richmond, Christchurch

Workshops (covered by entry fee)• Journey of the soul• Unlocking your creative inner child• How to channeland more.

Stalls to purchase products and services (not covered byentry fee).• Cranio-sacral• Indian head massageand more.

Cost: One day's entry to workshops $50.00Weekend entry to workshops $90.00

Limited tickets so purchase now. Some door sales will beavailable.

Shafia (Universal Dance of Peace) will join us in theOpening and Closing Ceremony.

Phone Marianna 942-9717, Sheila 385-4743 and Pam980-5934.

Linwood Heritage Groupvideos

The Linwood ResourceCentre, based at 322 Lin-wood Avenue formed aHeritage Group to recordthe history of Linwood.Members of the grouphave lived in or aroundLinwood most of theirlives. To keep up with thehistorical side of events,people want to tell theirstories and save them forthe younger generation. Intoday's world young peo-ple are actually just start-ing to realise how differentlife was back in those days.One must imagine the hor-rors as well as the fun thatpeople had during thosedays and all the hardshipsthey experienced trying tobring up large families on

limited incomes.The Heritage Group

videos are about the re-alities of people living inLinwood, their ups andtheir downs. The firstvideo is entitled "A GraveSubject" and is about theLinwood Cemetery andthe stories of some of itsinhabitants.

"Places and Faces ofLinwood" contains inter-views with local peopleand their impressions ofthe area in which theygrew up.

These videos are forsale @ $20 and are avail-able from the LinwoodResource Centre.

Phone 981-5594 toorder.

FUNERAL DIRECTORSSince 1SS1 .„ & continuing

family tradition

John Rhind Funeral DirectorsPart of the Richmond community since 1881

Operating from our original sice in London Street for over 120years, John Rhind .Funeral Directors today offer a modern chapeland homely catering lounge, and a team of caring professionals,including an after-care bereavement support person.

379-9920John Rhind Funeral Directors,19 London Street, Ch risen hurch.Fax (03) 366-7488

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The Richmond Community News is published monthly by Avebury House Community Trust, 9 Eveleyn Couzins Ave, Richmond, Christchurch.Telephone 942-5615 or email avebury@paradise.net.az.