July 4, 2020
Remembering our creek: the photos above are of the same place, but getting on for ninety years apart in time. The site of the basketball court near the Hungerford Road playground used to have a house owned by the Herlihys. It was built next to the creek that runs down our valley, which you can just see in the foreground. All the old houses were built near our waterways as that was their source of water. In the 1940s, landfilling began and the creek was put in a pipe and the stream gully filled in to create the current recreational fields.. Before the basketball court was built, the area had a short stint as a bowling green. The creek is still there, somewhere …
Events in the valley in July: There are a few events coming up in Houghton Valley, something to brighten up the wintry month of July. They are:
This Sunday July 5 at 10.30 am at the Houghton Valley Community Hall. We welcome back our community Koha Coffee get togethers after the enforced break. Katy is hosting.
Houghton Valley Progressive Association Meeting
This will be held on Sunday July 12 at 4 pm at the community hall. You are welcome to come along and find out what is afoot in our community. It’s membership time again, come along with the very modest sum of $10 to support our community representative. There may still be some cards of the hall’s colourful banners left to give away.
Kae Miller Trust Founder’s Day Celebration
Take a walk up to the Alice Krebs Lodge on the Te Raekaihau Headland on Saturday July 18 to arrive at 2 pm. The Trust celebrates its Founder, Kae Miller every year. Bring a spade, gloves and sturdy shoes to help with some tree planting, and stay for some afternoon tea afterwards.
(144 recipients, 93 opens)