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DescriptionDoes anybody know the exact date of the Westland Centennial Parade? I have scans of slides that my Dad (George Berendt) took. I know it was 1960, but that's all. I would love to be able to put a date with them.PhotographerGeorge BerendtDate of PhotoJan 10th - 16th ,1960Map[1] ContributorTina Taylor
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Location (city or town)HokitikaEventWestland Centennial Parade.
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Date Created11th April 2024CommentsColinette Searle
First Day Cover - stamps - was issued 16 May 1960 - if that helps
Chris Burles
December 16th 1850 was the official founding date for Canterbury Province.
Carol Linklater
George Brendt was my teacher in Std. 4 . My grandfather bought the bakery in Hampden Street from a Mr. Brendt.
Tina Taylor
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Carol Linklater Yes, the Berendt family owned the Hampden St bakery. My great grandfather, Conrad Berendt senior, died in 1908 and I think my great grandmother (died in 1912) and my great aunts, Eva and Lou kept it going. Perhaps my great uncle George too, prior to WW1 where he was killed in 1918. My grandfather, Conrad junior, was a blacksmith and engineer. He may well have lived there though until his marriage in 1925. My records show they sold to Hurrens in 1932. Would that be correct? Percy Hurren is the name that immediately comes to mind, but he might have been a generation later. So many questions I wish I'd asked my Grandma! Mum is still alive (96) but has no short term memory and very little long term.
Carol Linklater
Yes Tina, my name was Carol Hurren before I married and I have early photos of the shop. Percy was my Uncle. My father John, also a baker but was the baker for both hospitals in Hokitika.
Billie Jo Mayer
Wow love the cars and how respectfully dressed everyone is and the old prams
Tina Taylor
Author
Billie Jo Mayer It must've been a big occasion for them because our family came down from the North Island for it. I think it must've been about January 1960. My mother would have been just pregnant with me and my grandfather, Conrad Berendt, died a year later. My father (back left) was a teacher at Woodstock and Hokitika DHS from 1950-1959. Pretty sure my Uncle, Bruce Berendt, (2nd from left) was living in the North Island at the time too.
Bruce Keddie
Was this a parade in Hokitika to mark the Centennial? I remember taking part in such a parade (far side center in the photo) but I remember a hot fine day, where as in the photos it appear to be an overcast day. Maybe they were two different parades. Possibly there was a Westland Centennial parade and another separate one to mark the Centennial of Hokitika on a different date?
May be an image of 4 people and text
1h
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Trish Barry Andrews
Bruce Keddie sun is shining in this photo and in the others as well, just overcast towards the hills. Looks a warm day as a lot in short sleeves. Baz
Fay Gilson
They are lovely photos
Tina Taylor
Author
Fay Gilson Dad took these photos using a new SLR camera that he could take colour slides with. I spent a couple of months scanning his slide collection. When I started I thought there'd be maybe 200. There were actually about 700!
Fay Gilson
The older cars certainly look great look forward to seeing more of your photos sometime thanks for sharing them
Fay Gilson
I bet you had a lovely time going through the photos especially since your Dad took them. It sounds like he had a wonderful collection.
Tina Taylor
Author
Fay Gilson I did enjoy it! I scanned them back about 2012 and haven't gotten round to sorting them properly. He was obsessed with sunsets and the building of a couple of the hydro dams on the Waikato near where we lived at Whakamaru. Only about a quarter of the slides are of people LOL I need to caption them before the knowledge is lost. Maybe this winter!
Fay Gilson
Thank you enjoy time doing it as i am sure you will.
Alwyn Couper
I have Berendt's on my family tree....I understand we are related through the Freeman Family that came into Nelson in Dec 1859. They lived out near Rimu originally I think.
Tina Taylor
Author
Alwyn Couper Yes, Conrad Berendt was married to Elizabeth Freeman. After her death her much younger sister Louisa came to look after the 5 children and subsequently married Conrad, having 3 more children. Louisa was my great grandmother. As far as I can tell they lived at Kaniere, Kumara and then Hokitika. They may have lived at Rimu at some stage. Conrad was a baker but also followed the gold! The Freemans were a large family. One of their other sisters, Maria, married Stuart Fane Ogilvie and owned the pub (The Half Way House) on Ross Road, at the southern end if Lake Mahinapua. The sisters' parents were Thomas and Sarah Freeman of Nelson. Which if their family are you descended from?
Carol Linklater
George Brendt was my teacher in Std. 4 . My grandfather bought the bakery in Hampden Street from a Mr. Brendt.
Tina Taylor
Author
Carol Linklater Yes, the Berendt family owned the Hampden St bakery. My great grandfather, Conrad Berendt senior, died in 1908 and I think my great grandmother (died in 1912) and my great aunts, Eva and Lou kept it going. Perhaps my great uncle George too, prior to WW1 where he was killed in 1918. My grandfather, Conrad junior, was a blacksmith and engineer. He may well have lived there though until his marriage in 1925. My records show they sold to Hurrens in 1932. Would that be correct? Percy Hurren is the name that immediately comes to mind, but he might have been a generation later. So many questions I wish I'd asked my Grandma! Mum is still alive (96) but has no short term memory and very little long term.
Carol Linklater
Yes Tina, my name was Carol Hurren before I married and I have early photos of the shop. Percy was my Uncle. My father John, also a baker but was the baker for both hospitals in Hokitika.
Carol Linklater
My mum was friends with Dawn Berendt and I have a photo taken of Mum and Dawn with a little boy about 3or 4years old and I am thinking his name is Mark but unsure. The photo was taken outside our home before the Berendt moved from Hokitka.
First Day Cover - stamps - was issued 16 May 1960 - if that helps
Chris Burles
December 16th 1850 was the official founding date for Canterbury Province.
Carol Linklater
George Brendt was my teacher in Std. 4 . My grandfather bought the bakery in Hampden Street from a Mr. Brendt.
Tina Taylor
Author
Carol Linklater Yes, the Berendt family owned the Hampden St bakery. My great grandfather, Conrad Berendt senior, died in 1908 and I think my great grandmother (died in 1912) and my great aunts, Eva and Lou kept it going. Perhaps my great uncle George too, prior to WW1 where he was killed in 1918. My grandfather, Conrad junior, was a blacksmith and engineer. He may well have lived there though until his marriage in 1925. My records show they sold to Hurrens in 1932. Would that be correct? Percy Hurren is the name that immediately comes to mind, but he might have been a generation later. So many questions I wish I'd asked my Grandma! Mum is still alive (96) but has no short term memory and very little long term.
Carol Linklater
Yes Tina, my name was Carol Hurren before I married and I have early photos of the shop. Percy was my Uncle. My father John, also a baker but was the baker for both hospitals in Hokitika.
Billie Jo Mayer
Wow love the cars and how respectfully dressed everyone is and the old prams
Tina Taylor
Author
Billie Jo Mayer It must've been a big occasion for them because our family came down from the North Island for it. I think it must've been about January 1960. My mother would have been just pregnant with me and my grandfather, Conrad Berendt, died a year later. My father (back left) was a teacher at Woodstock and Hokitika DHS from 1950-1959. Pretty sure my Uncle, Bruce Berendt, (2nd from left) was living in the North Island at the time too.
Bruce Keddie
Was this a parade in Hokitika to mark the Centennial? I remember taking part in such a parade (far side center in the photo) but I remember a hot fine day, where as in the photos it appear to be an overcast day. Maybe they were two different parades. Possibly there was a Westland Centennial parade and another separate one to mark the Centennial of Hokitika on a different date?
May be an image of 4 people and text
1h
Reply
Trish Barry Andrews
Bruce Keddie sun is shining in this photo and in the others as well, just overcast towards the hills. Looks a warm day as a lot in short sleeves. Baz
Fay Gilson
They are lovely photos
Tina Taylor
Author
Fay Gilson Dad took these photos using a new SLR camera that he could take colour slides with. I spent a couple of months scanning his slide collection. When I started I thought there'd be maybe 200. There were actually about 700!
Fay Gilson
The older cars certainly look great look forward to seeing more of your photos sometime thanks for sharing them
Fay Gilson
I bet you had a lovely time going through the photos especially since your Dad took them. It sounds like he had a wonderful collection.
Tina Taylor
Author
Fay Gilson I did enjoy it! I scanned them back about 2012 and haven't gotten round to sorting them properly. He was obsessed with sunsets and the building of a couple of the hydro dams on the Waikato near where we lived at Whakamaru. Only about a quarter of the slides are of people LOL I need to caption them before the knowledge is lost. Maybe this winter!
Fay Gilson
Thank you enjoy time doing it as i am sure you will.
Alwyn Couper
I have Berendt's on my family tree....I understand we are related through the Freeman Family that came into Nelson in Dec 1859. They lived out near Rimu originally I think.
Tina Taylor
Author
Alwyn Couper Yes, Conrad Berendt was married to Elizabeth Freeman. After her death her much younger sister Louisa came to look after the 5 children and subsequently married Conrad, having 3 more children. Louisa was my great grandmother. As far as I can tell they lived at Kaniere, Kumara and then Hokitika. They may have lived at Rimu at some stage. Conrad was a baker but also followed the gold! The Freemans were a large family. One of their other sisters, Maria, married Stuart Fane Ogilvie and owned the pub (The Half Way House) on Ross Road, at the southern end if Lake Mahinapua. The sisters' parents were Thomas and Sarah Freeman of Nelson. Which if their family are you descended from?
Carol Linklater
George Brendt was my teacher in Std. 4 . My grandfather bought the bakery in Hampden Street from a Mr. Brendt.
Tina Taylor
Author
Carol Linklater Yes, the Berendt family owned the Hampden St bakery. My great grandfather, Conrad Berendt senior, died in 1908 and I think my great grandmother (died in 1912) and my great aunts, Eva and Lou kept it going. Perhaps my great uncle George too, prior to WW1 where he was killed in 1918. My grandfather, Conrad junior, was a blacksmith and engineer. He may well have lived there though until his marriage in 1925. My records show they sold to Hurrens in 1932. Would that be correct? Percy Hurren is the name that immediately comes to mind, but he might have been a generation later. So many questions I wish I'd asked my Grandma! Mum is still alive (96) but has no short term memory and very little long term.
Carol Linklater
Yes Tina, my name was Carol Hurren before I married and I have early photos of the shop. Percy was my Uncle. My father John, also a baker but was the baker for both hospitals in Hokitika.
Carol Linklater
My mum was friends with Dawn Berendt and I have a photo taken of Mum and Dawn with a little boy about 3or 4years old and I am thinking his name is Mark but unsure. The photo was taken outside our home before the Berendt moved from Hokitka.
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