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Photograph by Lance Kenyon 2013
I thought Lance and I might have been the first family members to have stood on this
land in over 100 years. However, Trevor Parry informed me that his brother Paleg had
also found the old farm, some years ago.
From Lower Normanby Rd. on the Waimate Plains, to this steep country.
What was James George thinking of? (Lance thought it was alright.)
On Mangapapa Rd., about two miles from where the farm starts at Waipuru Rd, is a
little school which now serves a community centre. It is almost a perfect original
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mid-20 century country school, with a little tennis court, swimming pool, shelter
shed etc and in the class rooms are memorabilia dating from 1901 when the school
opened. (It closed in 1975).
Class lists for 1910 were on the wall, but there were no Kenyons.
If Wilfred or Janie were attending school in 1910, it must not have been this school.
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