The
August 03
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Working
Bee and Meeting |
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A working bee will be held on Sunday the
28th September to plant the Rowan tree avenue as on the village plan and also
extend the threshold plantings started last year. A brief meeting for all to be held |
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A Good Hat
There is a saying that cob cottages need ‘a good hat and a stout pair of
shoes’, in other words something to keep the water out, top and bottom. The
Anniss cottage was constructed a tailor made ‘hat’ over a period of 8 days in
Easter week this year and doesn’t she look a picture now. A cunning idea
evolved to build the roof supported on temporary poles with the aim of one day
building up the walls to meet the roof! The Hemmingsen and Batchelor
families with Tony Scott and Maurie Angelo put in marathon effort to
complete the job. Thanks also to Ivan
Eason for loan of equipment and D
Left: The new roof
Right: 3 generations of Anniss’s inspecting progress
Left to right; Brigid and Sally Feely and Noreen Liddy.
Thank you to….
· The Southern Trust who have made a generous grant for fencing materials,
· The Mid and South Canterbury Community Trust who have made possible the purchase of 3 year old Rowan trees to create the entrance avenue to the township and a contribution to costs of painting the church
· The Mackenzie District Council for making a further contribution to planning costs.
· Stephanie Cordes for auditing our annual accounts.
· The Munro family who have given permission to plant one side of the Rowan avenue on their property.
Heritage Covenant
The Trust is very pleased to have the agreement of the New Zealand Historic Places
Trust in signing off a Heritage Covenant. This is now in the process of being
registered on the title of St Patricks Church. This document gives the building
the highest degree of protection available to a building in
Fishing among the
Foundations
An expedition armed with trowel, spade and rake to explore the hidden depths
and great unknown under the floorboards
at St Patricks church revealed some intriguing finds. Sparked by a question of
what did the original windows look like I was determined to find a shard of
glass or evidence of them. Putting my best forensic training to work, there
rapidly emerged an odd mitten, many fragments of plain opaque window
glass, offcuts of joinery and lumps of clay, some with whitewash traces on
them. I was soon joined in the hunt by Helen and John Harry. John being a
fisherman by profession soon brought forth some real treasure from under the
porch; a coal shovel and ash rake, newspaper dated
1) Was the church building in its infancy lined with clay plastered and whitewashed walls and later matchlined? A record in the old church minutes 1882 suggests that it was.
2) Did the porch roof have wooden shingles on it originally?
3) A photo of the windows suggests a coloured border to the front windows. Who might remember what it was? We do know the leadlights were replaced with plain glass about 1959. Can anyone help?
Best Wishes to Jan McCarthy
It was with regret that the Trust received the resignation
of Trustee Jan McCarthy at our last meeting . She has moved to
Website address
change
Yes the last web address was a curly one to use. The new one is much more user friendly while still being inexpensive.
http://www.burkespass.kiwiwebhost.co.nz/
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Many thanks
Jane Batchelor email: jbatch@clear.net.nz 03 3481531
