Afton Blackadder, Alan Rose and John Creighton all from Maruia - chopping team representing NZ in Australia.

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DescriptionMy uncle Afton Blackadder, Alan Rose and John Creighton all from Maruia. They were chopping team off to represent NZ in Australia.
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Date Created30th July 2025CommentsPamela Rose-Mytton
A Great photo..Proud to see my Dad Alan Rose, with his chopping mates. Legends. There were many stories my father shared with us.
His best man was Afton.

Robyn Wild
Wow what a kool tie, Alan has.

Liz Sheehan
Gwen Gardner

Ray Chandler
All good guys.

Neroli Lemon
What year would this have been roughly

Cheryl Hill
They were amazing

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Dave Curtain
Great to see shot of Rosey

Pamela Rose-Mytton
A Great photo..Proud to see my Dad Alan Rose, with his chopping mates. Legends. There were many stories my father shared with us.
His best man was Afton..

Linda Skelton
The went over to Sydney to the royal show competed and also did an exhibition chop in front of the Queen.Dave Curtain
Great to see shot of Rosey?

Neroli Lemon
What year would this have been roughly

Maud Ferguson
Neroli Lemon so if they chopped in front of the Queen at the royal show it would’ve been about 1954.

Maud Ferguson
Neroli Lemon not sure
Pamela Rose-Mytton
A Great photo..Proud to see my Dad Alan Rose, with his chopping mates. Legends. There were many stories my father shared with us.
His best man was Afton..

Kevin O'Regan
Champions all

Priscilla-Chang Newton
John married my cousin Edith he sure could chop,he used to be handicapped out of most chops, I seen him win a underhand. Chop at Hokatika, off the back-mark, the other choppers had turned before he started

Jonathan Watson
Back when men were real men.

Lorraine Brian
Afty and Collen left the Maruia and went ho Picton with Garry and I and Colleen ran the bottle store for us . X

Caro Dalton
Afton Blackadder rode in an early endurance event and coming downhill cantering his horse bucked him off at least twice..in the end after helping him on twice l was yelled at to hurry up and came in 3rd ..

Brian McIntyre
I was relief taxi driver for Alan Rose in Nelson in the 1960s

ShonaandMurray Marshall
I remember my dad (Kelly Wilson) often talked about Alan Rose in the chopping.

Pauline Barrow
Afton Blackadder was a very good friend of my Grandfather . Afty was a nice man .

Gibson David Len
I remember that time quite well it was all the talk in Murchison

Jack Tehan
If memory serves me correctly Alan Rose was a gold band taxi driver in Hokitika

George Colligan
All Gentlemen

Gibson David Len
Actually Afton and Alan were often at our place Alan used to use Badon Gibbs home made red Manuka are Handles I rember one day at the chops in Murchison when Alan was 14 seconds behind Johnny when he started and still beat Johnny never forget that day ?

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