Dynamite 312 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 Is Trentham getting a all weather track like Cranbourne here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,721 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 5 hours ago, meomy said: On the 16th July 1950 Trentham Races were also abandoned due to storms and flooding.. Third Day of Wellington Winter Races abandoned https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19500717.2.79 query=Trentham+Races+abandoned and in July 1946 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19460607.2.9 Here's a Racing weather report for Wellington and Auckland in the summer of 1937.. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370122.2.133 May we all remember the July 1941 Race Meeting was abandoned because Trentham was used as a Hospital for the Measles and Mumps outbreak - when Hospitals didn't really exist, but the Public Health Nurses and Doctors did Home visits by electric Motor Cars or Horseback..Ahh those jolly Climate Change and Epidemic situations we have, Hmmmm https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19410702.2.7 Don't tell me they had Climate Change back then too? meomy and Patiti 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meomy 971 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 @Baz (NZ) This may be of interest about Climatic Change from around 115 years ago, to the exact date, as where @stodge lives https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19060717.2.19 Climate change also impacts on horses welfare when traveling abroad to Australia and deer.. Enjoy the read Climate Change and it's variations including Climatic Change https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers?items_per_page=100&snippet=true&query=climate+change Britain's Weather Changing Climate - Milder and Wetter ahh and it was in December so Britain's winter. I like the references back to the 1600's weather records..@stodgeand others based in the UK feel free to share and ensure those weather records are brought to the fore for our Academics and others to read and learn from. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19311228.2.65 In Quest of Good Health - Share with the Politicians https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18930202.2.130.1 Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disillusioned 389 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 Caroline, at the risk of getting clobbered by you-know-who for giving you another 'life story', ha, I once took a day off work when a youngster - so this would be in the early 1970s - to go out to what was then the middle day of the three days that then constituted Wellington's July meeting... The day, somewhat surprisingly, was fine. The ground, definitely not surprisingly, was muddy to the extreme. The cute young lass I was, erm, 'seeing' at the time must have equated Wellington in July to Royal Ascot in June and hence turned up in a frilly skirt, a summery hat and - ha - high-heeled shoes... I had to 'save' her from sinking into the Trentham lawn several times... Happily, she had a decent collect off the Parliamentary Handicap winner that year - Frederick - to help defray the expense of having to buy replacement shoes... Pam Robson, JJ Flash, Caroline and 1 other 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stodge 1,937 Report post Posted July 18, 2021 12 hours ago, poundforpound said: Clearly you’re the dude who writes Labour policy I'm not the one standing for election on a platform of.. All I can see is you're threatening Council workers with job cuts and like most businessmen you think you can run the Council the same way you run your business. In politics you have to argue, persuade and convince - not command. Perhaps you see yourself as Auckland's answer to Boris Johnson? Fair enough but you'll find his major contributions to London life were bicycles and getting stuck on a zipwire. Palliser and Insider 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakari 24 Report post Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 7:15 AM, pole said: No I had a good day. I say it as I see it . Looks like I rattled a few cages with my reply to Caroline. You didn't rattle my cage, it just proved you are a cock head Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meomy 971 Report post Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 9:16 PM, stodge said: I'm not the one standing for election on a platform of.. All I can see is you're threatening Council workers with job cuts and like most businessmen you think you can run the Council the same way you run your business. In politics you have to argue, persuade and convince - not command. Perhaps you see yourself as Auckland's answer to Boris Johnson? Fair enough but you'll find his major contributions to London life were bicycles and getting stuck on a zipwire. Bicycles and Scooters on Carriageways? We will always laugh at the old Carriageway Act from the 1800's being brought to the fore.... Can't stand those scooters all over the footpaths as they are a hazard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meomy 971 Report post Posted July 20, 2021 This little beauty cartoon from 1906, change a few characters around and it's just as applicable today Nothing to Fear Climate Change Wellingtonian (coming from the Big House) : Scientists agree that climates are changing all over the Globe. Is there any fear that Wellingtons climate may change for the worse? Visitor: Oh, No, it couldn't https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19061013.2.7.4 @Baz (NZ)@Archer@Ohokaman@Midget Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meomy 971 Report post Posted July 20, 2021 They turned up in droves with their umbrellas at Trentham in the rain on 20 July 1933, what's become of this country when it's raining? https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19330721.2.92.2 Wet weather at the concluding day of WRC Winter meeting https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19330721.2.92 Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
