Day Three LOCKDOWN: 28 March 2020.
Take the challenge to remember what you were doing FIFTY YEARS AGO!
Okay, a difficult challenge for those not born before 1970, if so where were your parents living fifty years ago? What jobs did they do? Do you know what their lives were like eg Did they own a Car?
For many, this enforced 'lockdown' has meant we can't socialise and celebrate special events..
On this day, I was attending my sister's wedding at St James Church, Thames. The 'kitchen evening' held at the Osmond home. A good used car cost around $2000 (see advert below).
What else happened in March 1970 - as per reports from The Thames Star (TS) Newspaper:
TS 2 March: The National Party Rooms were being demolished to make for a new building (central Pollen Street).
TS 9 March: The new Coromandel State Forest Park had been opened Saturday 7 March.
TS 12 March: The Captain Cook Memorial was moved from the Kopu Bridge site to outside the Kopu Hall. (Photo right)
TS 16 March: A tramcar from Mr Newton's property at Kopu was taken to the Museum of Technology and Transport (MOTAT) for use in a display.
TS 18 March: Thames Shop-rite Supermarket owned by the Rolfe family, joined forces to become part of the New World Supermarket group. The business had originally started as William Scott's Bakery in 1880, before branching out into a grocery business in 1888.
TS 20 March: Twenty-four nurses and two radiographers graduated at Thames Hospital - this included Registered Nurses, Maternity Nurses and Community Nurses. (Photo below)
LOOKING BACK at January / February 1970
Major news was the production of the 1000th car at Campbell Industries Ltd. The Fishing Fleet reported Good catches. The new playground at Porritt Park was very popular over the summer months.
TAKE THE CHALLENGE:
While the future at present is uncertain, take some time to think back.
Even better jot down your memories! Who knows it may be the start of an article or book!
