Warkworth's 160th Anniversary Feature

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Warkworth & District MuseumWarkworth & District Museum has created a display at the museum to help celebrate the 160 years of Warkworth. We have attempted to give recognition to the early families who donated generously to the museum and to show how fashion has changed down through the years.

Heritage walkabouts, a remembrance service and a Warkworth settlement re-enactment on the Mahurangi River are just some of the many events planned to mark Warkworth’s 160th anniversary.The heritage scow Jane Gifford will play a pivotal role in the celebrations and visitors can expect to see period costumes being worn at a number of local events.The celebrations will start on Friday, November 8, with a heritage walk through the town area, plus an hour-long excursion on the Jane Gifford.On the following day, November 9, there will be a re-enactment involving descendents of the district’s pioneering families who will arrive at the Warkworth Wharf at 12.30pm.Organiser Dave Parker says Mahurangi old-time row boats and steamers will precede the arrival of the Jane. There are also plans to ferry the descendents in vintage cars through the town to a lunch at the Bridgehouse. Anyone whose family has a long association with the district, who’d like to travel on board, needs to register.The official anniversary day on November 15 will include displays and entertainment at Warkworth School.The programme will also encompass the annual Warkworth Rose and Flower Show in the old Masonic Hall, on Friday November 15, from noon to 5pm, and the Embroiderers Guild display in the Rodney Lodge, on November 15 and 16.The Warkworth and District Museum is staging a special exhibition of

The Warkworth and District Museum is staging a special exhibition of clothing through the ages to mark Warkworth’s 160th anniversary. Pictured with a christening gown is museum volunteer Judy Waters.

Programme celebrates town’s proud heritage

clothing through the ages, throughout the week.Events will wind-up on Sunday, November 17. The day will start with a Service of Commemoration & Thanksgiving at the Anglican Church at 9.30am, followed by a founders’ graveside remembrance gathering at the Anglican Cemetery.Tractor buffs will have the chance to indulge their fancy at the Tractorama event at Snells Beach, which starts at 11am.Information about the heritage walkabouts and public sailings on the Jane Gifford is available at www.warkworthwalks.co.nz. To register for the re-enactment sailing, contact Dave Parker at dh.parker@xtra.co.nz or phone 425 5006.

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Celebrity landscape designer Tony Murrell will officially open the 93rd Warkworth Rose and Flower Show in the old Masonic Hall on Friday, November 15.Show secretary Annette Sharp says this year’s event will reflect two important anniversaries – Warkworth’s 160th year of European settlement and the Warkworth Embroidery Guild’s 25th anniversary celebration.“Club members will be dressing in period costume and we’ve introduced two new classes with a silver anniversary theme – your choice in a tin, and herbs in a tin,” she says.Altogether there will be 32 classes, ranging from most fragrant rose to the best arrangement in a domestic teapot. Entry is free and there is no limit on the number of entries per person in each class.Entries for best vegetable garden close

Roses in anniversary mood

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on November 1.The annual show is organised by the Warkworth Garden Club. It will be open to the public from 12 noon to 5pm. Admission is $2.Info: Phone Annette on 422 7766 or email glenedenfarm@xtra.co.nz.

A catalogue of photographs, which capture the district’s history, are being digitised for posterity at Warkworth Museum.The project started about 20 years ago, when volunteer Malcolm Clague began sorting and indexing the museum’s collection.The photographs, which could number up to 15,000, are being scanned, cleaned and, where necessary, restored by amateur photographer Wallace Wild.They date from about the 1880s onwards and capture everyday domestic

scenes and family groups, as well as local history milestones. Many were taken by Tudor Collins, but there are also many anonymous contributions.Wallace says the purpose of the project is to ensure that should disaster strike, these irreplaceable images aren’t lost.On another note, the museum would welcome donations of old district telephone books. Malcolm says they are an invaluable reference source. Any directory older than 2000 can be left at the museum or the Mahurangi Matters office, at 17 Neville Street, Warkworth.

Photo archivists Wallace Wild (right) and Malcolm Clague at Warkworth Museum.

Photos digitised for posterity

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