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12 May 1982
Wed May XII Took Karen to R.T.S. and when I fetched her back I got invited to join in a game of HIT THE DECK with them. Decided to join the youth group and am going Swimming with them on … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, New Zealand
Tagged Auckland, Hit the Deck, Karen, Rossgrove Team Scene, Rossgrove Youth Group
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11 May 1982
Tue May XI The Proverbial Guides’ do? They took over 1 hr on the Treasure hunt, and even then we had to stop them for tea. And we got some very interesting spellings of ‘caravan’. It took me until quite … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Family, 1982 Diary
Tagged Auckland, Girl Guides, Handwriting, Spelling, Punctuation, Career
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8 May 1982
Sat May VIII Went caving with the Gaulds. The first cave was a wash-out, but the second was great. You had to crawl through a narrow slit to get into the main chamber and then there were lots of little … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, Happy Things, New Zealand
Tagged Auckland, Caving, Dad
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29 April 1982
Thur Apr XXIX Very Wet Soccer Practice. Still beat the U14′s 3-1 and Shane missed a penalty! I have no idea why I wrote the first part of this entry as if it were a title. As I have said … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, New Zealand
Tagged Auckland, Autumn, Parents, Rain, Winter
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21 April 1982
TueWed Apr XX 1st Soccer match. Played Avondale (friendly) and lost 2-0. I played in the second half. Their right back kept clobbering Shane & Me and the ref didn’t see anything wrong with it! Ah, the eternal lament of … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, New Zealand, School, Sport
Tagged Auckland, Avondale College, Bryce Chapman, Centre Forward, Corner, Crossing, Football, Free Kick, Penalty, Shane Owen
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3 April 1982
Sat Apr III Went to watch the Queen St Mile. Steve Scott won. Cricket Cancelled for the 3rd time. Then went to Parnell and looked around. Went to McD’s at New Lynn as well. Cleaned the fire-gaurd. The Queen Street … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, New Zealand, Sport
Tagged McDonald's, Auckland, Queen Street, Parnell, New Lynn, John Walker, Steve Scott
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31 March 1982
Wed Mar XXXI Went for a job at foodtown, but the *** manager wouldn’t even see me Foodtown was the supermarket at the St Luke’s shopping centre. My parents had been nagging and nagging at me to get a job. … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Bad Things, New Zealand, Work
Tagged Auckland, Foodtown, McDonald's, St Luke's
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27 March 1982
Sat Mar XXVII Round the Bays. I actually beat Dad! It was packed. I had to walk for 3 mins before I crossed the start line. Did the run in 67 mins 30 secs. Went to the house of a … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, Happy Things, New Zealand, Sport
Tagged 10k, Auckland, Bored, Round the Bays, run
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24 March 1982
Wed Mar XXIV N.S. Big Thunderstorm. In fact it rained nearly all day. Ran Carrington Rd – Grt Nth Rd – Western Springs Rd – New Nth Rd – Carrington Rd in 45 mins 5 secs Although my unprompted memories … Continue reading
21 March 1982
Sun Mar XXI N.S. Had a water fight with Dad. Lisa came home I commented yesterday upon how warm it was in Auckland at this time of year and here is further proof. Can you imagine having a water fight … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, Happy Things, New Zealand
Tagged Auckland, Dad, Homework, Water Fight
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