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The Wright and Wrong Of It
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:57:18+00:00The Memoirs of William Raymond Wright - 'A Man of the Soil'.
Publisher | Bill Wright |
Creator | Bill Wright |
Creation date | June 2009 |
To read this on-line book click on the chapters below:
Chapter 1 | How it all began | ![]() |
Chapter 2 | Ernest Cecil Wright - Husband of Rose | ![]() |
Chapter 3 | William Raymond Wright | ![]() |
Chapter 4 | The Rural Cadet Scheme | ![]() |
Chapter 5 | From Head Office Public Service to the Wide Open Spaces of Santoft | ![]() |
Chapter 6 | Table Hill | ![]() |
Chapter 7 | Hunterville | ![]() |
Chapter 8 | Hawera | ![]() |
Chapter 9 | Last Days at Hawera and Moving to Shannon | ![]() |
Chapter 10 | Te Horo and then to Waitotara | ![]() |
Chapter 11 | The Twilight Years | ![]() |
Chapter 12 | Final Thoughts | ![]() |
Postscript | on 7 November 2013, Bill passed away. WRIGHT, William Raymond (Bill). Of Levin. | ![]() |
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- Chapter 1 - How it all began </ li>
- Silver Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs WR Wright </ li>
- Chapter 2 - Ernest Cecil Wright - Husband of Rose </ li>
- Tribute to EC Wright </ li>
- Chapter 3 - William Raymond Wright </ li>
- Nigger Minstrel Show at Arno Hall about 1937 </ li>
- Pupils at Waihao School - 1929 </ li>
- The Wright Children </ li>
- Bill Wright Winning the Llewellyn Cup 1948 </ li>
- Photograph of the trophies Bill Wright won in 1948 </ li>
- Bill Wright as child </ li>
- Bill Wright at Waimate Show 1938 </ li>
- Bill Wright at Oriental Bay, dressed in Sunday Best - 1940 </ li>
- Bill Wright - at home - 1945 </ li>
- Chapter 4 - The Rural Field Cadet Scheme </ li>
- Farewell for Caselberg </ li>
- Supervisor of Rural Field Cadets Honoured </ li>
- Arthur and Phyllis Taplin </ li>
- Early Hedgecutter circa 1948 </ li>
- Rural Field Cadets selected on first two years of course </ li>
- Chapter 5 - From Head Office Public Service to the Wide Open Spaces of Santoft </ li>
- Land Rover I took to Santoft in August 1949 </ li>
- V.F.M. </ li>
- Marriage of Heather Dalziell to Bill Wright 1950 </ li>
- Chapter 6 - Table Hill </ li>
- Sheddon's Farm House </ li>
- Table Hill Hay Barn </ li>
- Bill Wright ploughing Hunterville 1956 </ li>
- Chapter 7 - Hunterville </ li>
- Chapter 8 - Hawera </ li>
- Chapter 9 - Last days at Hawera and moving to Shannon </ li>
- Chapter 10 - Te Horo and then to Waitotara </ li>
- Old Church on its way to Emerald Hills </ li>
- Chapter 11 - The Twilight Years </ li>
- Levin Bocce Courts near completion at adventure park </ li>
- Bocce Courts - building </ li>
- Bocce Courts - completed </ li>
- Chapter 12 - Final Thoughts </ li>
- Members of the Shannon Pony Club 1970s </ li>
- Bill Wright at pony club visit to Rangieatea Church </ li>
- Aerogen Lighting Plant </ li>
- Waitotara Farm and Homestead </ li>
- Greg with pony Raffles </ li>
- Clearing out drain with a drag line at Sheddan's farm </ li>
- Rugby team at Lincoln College </ li>
- Trip to Porters Pass </ li>
- The 1st get together of RFCs 1941 at Massey College </ li>
- Maringi </ li>
- Waihao Downs Primary School </ li>
- Ploughing Match </ li>
- Ploughing </ li>
- Ploughed furrows </ li>
- Header Harvester </ li>
- TD9 on Table Hill </ li>
- Castle Farm, East Shilton </ li>
- Richard Wright - Cyclopedia of New Zealand </ li>
- On Tasman Glacier </ li>
- The Aussie Hayman cousins </ li>
- Pine Grove </ li>
- Farm at Hawera 1962 </ li>
- Te Horo Homestead </ li>
- Otaki Office </ li>
- Remnants of Haybarn from Ashford Park </ li>
- Remnants of haybarn used to build new shed </ li>
- Putting finishing touches to Ashford Park </ li>
- The Wright Family 2006 </ li>
- Wright Family 1972-3 </ li>
- Novice vineyard shows how it's done </ li>
- SS100 Jaguar </ li>
- Pony Club Visitors </ li>
- Polly at the Riding for the Disabled School in Levin </ li>
- The Wrights 50th wedding anniversary letter </ li>
- Mystery sheep to be sold for charity </ li>
- Cecil and Rose Wright with their family - 1938 </ li>
- The Wrights at Cannington </ li>
- Fargo truck </ li>
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Bill Wright passed away 7 November 2013
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