Recently one of our registered readers sent me a link to the Papers Past website. Now McSnotty and I are aware of the immense amount of work that is being undertaken at the National Library in digitising New Zealands history but we were unaware of the Papers Past website that is part of the National […]
A little bit of history Read More »
I was chatting to a bloke at work the other day and he dug out some interesting information about this ‘Barnstormer’. Further research on the good old internet brought back some interesting information. Ive tried to tie it together in an informative way from various sources. I hope you enjoy this little spot of history.
William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC Read More »
This is an amusing story about what motorcyclists got up to, even in the 1930s. It was originally published in the New Zealand Classic Motorcycle Racing Registers newsletter Megaphone in 2002 and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the original author Peter Beazley. Thanks Peter. Some twenty five years ago whilst living in Auckland I
A Tale of Friends, Florins and Rudges. Read More »
Throughout ones life you always hear interesting stories of rare or special finds. You know the ones, the $10,000 plate bought for a fiver at a flea market, a diamond ring found while digging in the back yard, or that very rare 1930s motorcycle (and no not a bloody Brough!!) that the lawn mower man
A Tale of a 1930 Royal Enfield. Read More »
Here are a few postcards featuring the type of machines the Barnstormers chaps like. You will have to dive into the post as putting the images on the front page may slow down the loading of the site. (We are thinking of those people who dont have fast Internet access.)
Postcards from a Bygone era Read More »
