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  30.11.20

  Now On: Made in Our Backyard

  Enjoy local history and visit our new exhibition: Made in Our Backyard. A blanket made from slag bags and an eel skin golf bag, learn […]

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  09.09.20

  Warkworth Anglican Church Cemetery Tour

  Many of the people who lived in the Warkworth area and helped to create the community we live in today, are remembered in local cemeteries.  […]

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• 09.09.20

  2020 Annual General Meeting

  The 2020 AGM will be held in the Museum at 1.30pm on Sunday 20 September. Essential business only, no guest speaker and no refreshments. Please […]

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  19.08.20

  Thank you Te Papa National Services Te Paerangi

  We would like to thank the TePapa National Services Te Paerangi team at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa for recently awarding us […]

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  01.05.20

  1950’s Electrical Toaster

  Before pop-up toasters there was this kind which dates to the 1950s. It still toasted two slices at once but only one side at a […]

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  24.04.20

  The story of James Malcolm Fleming Shaw

  Born 25 September 1880 in Warkworth. James’s parents, William and Marion Shaw, lived at “Burnside”, Pohuehue. On his enlistment in 1917 he was living in […]

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  23.04.20

  The story of Ralph Semple Darrach

  Born 10 April 1893. Describing himself as a “wireless student” Ralph enlisted on 21 July 1916. He was killed in action at Ypres 28 December […]

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  22.04.20

  The Llewell Family’s Sacrifice

  17 January 1917 “ The Rodney and Otamatea Times” reported:- “Much sympathy is expressed for the Llewell family”. Four sons volunteered for the War……The Minister […]

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