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Activities for Members


For reports and photos of past years’ activities, use the drop-down arrow.


Spring 2020 - Autumn 2021


Sunday 27 September: ‘Memories of Cribbie Days’

St Margaret’s Church Hall, Frankton

45 people gathered. Members Denise Heckler (nee Hunter), Owen Todd and Danny Knudson spoke and showed photos of the cribs their families had owned in Arrowtown and Queenstown.
































Sunday 1 November: Trip to Kingston

Meeting at the Kingston Community Centre, Kingston from noon for a picnic, then hearing history and memories from local people, followed by an inspection of the locomotives - one restored, one in progress - a visit to the railway station (now a cafe-restaurant) and the wharf.






















Sunday 22 November: Distribution of Courier 104, AGM and videos about the Chinese miners.

2pm at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Frankton



February or March: Proposed trip to Cromwell Old Town with local guides.



Sunday 11 April: ‘People From Our Past’

2pm at Arrowtown Presbyterian Church at 2pm.

The ‘people’ who were postponed in 2020 by the COVID lockdown will appear.


Sunday in late May: Distribution of Courier 105 and another topic.







       

              

        





                                                                                         




  



The Hunter family crib in Kent St, Arrowtown

Todd’ll Inn in the Queenstown Camp Ground

The Knudson crib in the Queenstown Camp Ground

When first bought                                                                When  improved

Kingston in 1883 painted by Christopher Aubrey. (Lakes District Museum)