Auckland Heritage Festival 5-28 October 2019

[mare]

We were given the talk inside by the diagrams on wall and alongside window where he pointed out the round stone. Did notice same group of people indoors looking about and in discussion while we came and went Sunday 27th.

Closer view of stone over on fence line ...

[Fresh Fields]

Thanks for posting the close up photos. I would have had to hunt out a memory stick from an earlier open day, or a Gt Aunt's funeral to find a similar one.

Alan.

[Fresh Fields]

OOP's for the record, I've managed to have used Saturday's date, and NOT Sunday 27th October which was the open day. - Alan.

[Fresh Fields]

Hello Mare.

Last Monday I travelled, from the Waikato back up to the Pukekohe East Church. Their Preservation Society having advised of an open day. A chance to catch up with former chairwomen Suzanne, share in a two minute silence for the late Queen Elizabeth, and see what great work the aging volunteers were doing to preserve the legacy, and the memorial to the conflict there, on September 14th, 1863,  159 years ago.

A community my family branch left, 116 years ago.

The cemetery looked pristine, and the removal of the neighbouring old pine trees [reply #9] opens up the vista all the way to Pukekohe. There was a steady stream of visitors, and society members.

Two photos attached.

Alan.

[Fresh Fields]

Second photo looking more west, towards Pukekohe.

Alan.

[mare]

Cheers Alan, a very fine vista indeed from there now ... says peering yonder to locate general locations of family and friends 

Well done volunteers and an interesting open day for you to get to, great the weather was cooperative as well for the event  mare