The Coatesville Chronicle

The Coatesville Chronicle
Your Community Newspaper August 2014 Published by Wendy Whitfield
Editor: 278 Coatesville Riverhead Highway R.D.3 Albany. 415 8835 [email protected]
NOTE! New email address
Gone to Horse Heaven
Competing at a One Day Event on the reserve, ridden by Alex Badley.
Smokey- the very “Best Pony Club Pony.”
Early in July we farewelled our very special pony, Smokey.
We had owned him for 23 years.
He was 30, a 12hh Welsh Mountain pony, full of character,
lots of fun and sometimes naughty in the nicest possible way. He helped a string of Coatesville children love to ride, including:
Meredith, Kara, Loretta, Katie, Rebecca, Joshua, Chelsea, Alex,
Mikayla, Zalia, Grace, Jordyn, Ellie, and finally Jordyn’s little sister Hunter. All Smokey’s riders adored him and with only a couple of exceptions, went on to own their own ponies
and progress through Coatesville Pony Club. At Ribbon Days the judges loved him, and he always came home with lots of ribbons,
and usually a red one for ‘Best Pony Club Pony’’. Smokey was a real treasure and a privilege to own. We will miss him. Bladen family.
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A 1930’s Coatesville Childhood
No beer was allowed in the hall, Ben Marychurch
so folk hid it in the bushes!
Most farmers did their haymaking
during Christmas week. They all helped
each other, so we children got to go to
our neighbours and help too, even if it
was only taking round cold homemade
barley and lemon drink or watering the
horses. Most farmers built haystacks in
the paddock where the hay was so as not
to cart it too far. To build a haystack is
quite a tricky job (hence my saying for
buttering your toast- do the edges first
and the middle will look after itself.)
We children in turn were allowed up on
the stack to help trample and consolidate
the stack. The stacker would get a good
fork full of hay and place it near the edge
then give it a further push before pulling
his fork out. That was to ensure that the
side of the stack would be over vertical
so that when it was racked down all the
hay stalks were hanging downwards to
make it waterproof for winter. The centre
area would look after itself for the hay
was thrown up into the middle of the
stack by men with forks, or if it were a
real big stack and was going to be four
meters plus, the farmer would possibly
have a grab and hoist.
This hoist looked much the same as
the cranes they use on high rise buildings,
but instead of a motor, the farmer would
have a horse, preferably an older steady
type of horse, for it would only have to
walk 10-20 meters pulling the hawser
wire till the grab got up to the height of
the side of the stack, then the man on the
stack would swing it over to the middle
and trip the lever and the hay was spilt
out, then pushed back over the side and
the horse would have to back up the same
distance that it had walked. While this
was going on the men on the ground had
to make sure that they had a good heap
of hay ready for the grab to drop on to
so it could grab up another load of hay
and repeat the process all over again. The
job of driving the horse up and back was
usually done by one of the girls.
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In this era all commodities such
as wheat, pig meal and fertiliser were
all sold in jute sacks. The sacks were
used for all sorts of things, including
unpicking the stitching and laying out flat
and being sewn together again to make a
large cover to cover the hay stacks. Old
car tyres or pieces of concrete would be
attached to the corners to weigh it down
to stop the wind from blowing it off.
After haymaking it would be stocking
up on fire wood for the coming winter.
When that was done we only had our
daily chores. Being summer there was
lots to do in the garden too and as I said
we used to run out of water so mother
would take the washing down to the
creek where father had an outside fire
place to heat up and boil the washing
in steel drums. Our house only had tank
water so in the summer months, on
wash day, it always fell on a Saturday or
Sunday and the whole family would have
to participate in taking all the washing
gear down to the creek where there was
a good flow of clean water. First Father
would get the fire going in a fireplace
that was dug into a low bank with some
large stones with steel bars across to sit
the drums of water on to boil. The young
ones had to gather firewood. As mother
and sisters did the washing the elder boys
would have to do the wringing out of
the water. Fold the sheets longways then
with one at each end, twist it in opposite
directions till it knotted up and the water
stopped dripping.
Before electric washing machines
came a boiler was used do the washing.
It was called a copper. It was a round
concrete fireplace with a large copper
bowl sat in it. The fire lit underneath
would heat the water, some would be
bucketed out to hand wash and the main
wash was put in with soap and the clothes
would be boiled to get them clean.
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When boiled for ten minutes or so it was
lifted out into cold water and rinsed. The
second rinse always had a “blue bag” in
it to make the whites whiter and colours
brighter ghso it was told - and just a note
- a “blue bag” was good to put on a bee
sting as well.
Mentioning the copper reminds me
of the copper that was in the community
hall. Yes a copper in a hall. It was to boil
the water for tea-making and washing up
afterwards. Mr Higginbottom, whose farm
adjoined the hall property, always kept a
stock of wood for firing up the copper.
If sometimes the copper had not been lit
for a week or so it was often a bit tricky
to get burning well, the problem being
sometimes the kindling may have been a
little damp, or starlings had started nesting
in the chimney. The committee with all
their good intentions would be working
hard to get the fire started but smoke would
be bellowing out of the supper room and
into the dance floor.
Folk just carried on with their fun and
if an intermission was called most men and
a lot of ladies would take the opportunity
to go outside to have a beer. Beer was not
allowed in the hall so folk kept it in their
cars or hid it in the bushes. Next morning
after a “do” at the hall children would be
down there hunting for beer bottles at day
break. A brown bottle was worth a penny
and a clear bottle was worth threepence.
Until I left school all around the hall was
teatree and gorse, quite tall too in some
places. The patrons would drink their beer
then throw the bottle over into the under
growth. Sometimes we would find a stash
of full ones where someone had stashed
them then could not find them in the dark.
We would take them home for father. Not
that he drank much. Father very seldom
had a beer. Only if it was a “special
occasion” or we had visitors.
Our local hall used to have three large
kerosene lamps hanging from the rafters
on wire through pulleys so they could be
taken down to refuel, then pulled up easily.
Life was hard but good when I was young.
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Coatesville Resident and Ratepayers’ Association (CRRA)
Your Association has been very busy responding to the Rodney Board Plan with submissions, individually and as a group.
This is their response to the roads, paths and public transport section. Coatesville Riverhead Highway was not even mentioned in the draft
If you have not been contacted by the secretary recently it is because we haven’t got your correct details. Please contact Toni Wickman
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Rodney Local Board Outcome: Roads, Paths and Public Transport
Enable us to get Around Easily.
Background:
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The 12 km Coatesville Riverhead Highway is rated one of the most unsafe
roads in Rodney. There have been recent fatalities and serious accidents.
Road configuration and driver failure to handle the road conditions are the
most frequent cause of accidents.
Increasing intensification of subdivision in the Albany and Riverhead/Kumeu
areas has increased the traffic flow on the highway. Approximately 7,700
vehicles use the road daily - mostly commuter traffic with morning and late
afternoon peak flows.
Congestion on this highway and local roads comes also from recreational
cyclists from urban areas, pony riders, and walkers.
Coatesville suffers congestion, parking and traffic safety problems as a result
of increasing urban traffic pressure on the area.
Coatesville wish to have included in the Rodney Local Board Plan
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A resolution of long standing traffic problems in Coatesville village including:
o A reduction of the speed limit from 70 to 60 kph.
o Filling of roadside drains to create parking areas.
o Safe bus stops for school children
o Roundabouts at each end of the village to moderate traffic speeds
Improvement of road safety on the Coatesville Riverhead Highway through:
o Improved road design, camber on corners, visibility on corners and
improved road surfaces
o Slip roads to improve the ingress and egress on the 11 joining roads.
o Better signage warning motorists of road hazards and other road
users (cyclists and horse riders)
An east/west bus service between Kumeu and Albany with a park and ride in
Coatesville to reduce traffic volumes.
The creation of at least one “multi-user corridor” beginning with the Mahoenui
Valley/Ridge/Glenmore roads loop with infrastructure adjacent to the road
bed for the use of walkers, bike riders and pony riders - similar to that
provided at Matakana/Point Wells and Whenuapai.
The opening of “paper roads” between
Sunnyside Road and Coatesville
Riverhead Highway and also between
Glenmore and Mahoenui Valley Road
for pony riders, mountain bikers and walkers - and to link the multi-user
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Planting for our future
A team of enthusiastic gardeners hit the
Coatesville green last weekend, armed with
spades, shovels and barrows and clearly
focused on some pretty serious work.
The team was made up of members of the
Coatesville Country Garden Club, renowned
for being quite partial to plants, keen on
beautification and not adverse to the rigours
of digging, mulching and creating physical
barriers against the adversities that may
hinder the growth of choice plants.
It was after some consultation with the
Coatesville Pony Club, that positions for
planting were decided, ensuring that the
popular Cross Country Course was not
interrupted and consideration was given to
enhancing the country walkway recently
laid, enabling the local community to enjoy
the space without having to don a pair of
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The team made a selection of trees, taking into account a number of factors:
soil condition, climate, size, colour and form of growth. Most of the trees were
kindly donated by the Coatesville Garden Club as well as members, Warren
and Judith Howard, Mary Logan and myself. These were complemented by two
further donations from McKechnie Nurseries where the trees were sourced.
The following trees were chosen and are now
planted around the reserve and fenced until
they are large enough not to be eaten by the sheep.
Acer Palmatum, Japanese Maple
Betula Nigra, River Birch
Cornus Kousa chinensis, Chinese Dogwood
Nyssa sylvatica, Tupola
Liquid Ambar syraciflua, American Sweetgum
Aesculus x Carnea, Horse Chestnut.
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enjoyment for us all in the future.Tanya Ankersmitt
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The SCaV List
This stands for the suspicious
characters and vehicle list and has
well over 100 locals on board. If you
want to know when to be particularly
vigilant or want to report suspicious
activity locally contact
[email protected]
We’ve had a raft of burglaries in
Sunnyside Road this month.
Coupled with similar stuff around
Coatesville this year, I am pretty sure
there is a common denominator around
building activity in the area.
It may be a supplier, or a subcontractor
who has reason to visit the site, or even
one of the workmen directly employed.
My suggestion: when employing
strangers on the property, get a list of
who is going to be coming and going.
Further: if a neighbour not on this list
does any building, mention that there
have been a dozen instances of building/
burglary, and get them to get a list also.
At the least, the wicked ones will get to
hear of it, and maybe keep their hands
off for a while.
If this doesn’t stop, the next step might
be a bulk buy of CCTV gear – anyone
have trade connections? Charl du Toit
Property News
Wow over halfway through the year
already, doesn’t time fly?
In our real estate world Barfoot and
Thompson is currently selling a
property every 50 minutes, 24 hours
per day. That’s some achievement.
At the same time we sell a million
dollar plus property every 4 hours,
so there are a lot of happy sellers out
there, alongside some very excited
purchasers.
As traditionally happens during the
winter months, the market has slowed
slightly, but believe me after the
elections and during spring I believe
we will see a substantial increase in
sales activity.
Despite commentators saying the
market has cooled slightly, can you
believe that the average house price on
the North Shore in June was $845,000?
Thank you to those that have entrusted
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year. It is certainly very rewarding to
see those many SOLD signs going up.
As always we would love to chat if you
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Recipe of the Month
Pulled Pork
Mexican style
2 red capsicums.
2 medium onions, thinly sliced.
375g jar of chunky tomato salsa.
1 cup BBQ sauce.
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped.
3 tsp cumin.
1-2 tsp cayenne pepper.
1 tsp dried oregano,
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1 kg boneless pork shoulder.
12 large flour tortillas.
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