Moody Peninsula

It's been a gloomy day.  I walked to have morning tea with my church friends,. then walked home along the lake front.  I was the only one at our famous tree, so got some nice photos there.  I did notice that the lake is filling up nicely.  This afternoon I went for another walk into town, clocked up my required 8,000 steps, so pleased with that.  

Blip No. 1932

Year 1932 in New Zealand.

The Olympic Games, were held in Los Angles.  We won just the one silver in the rowing.  This year we had 21 competitors.  Once again they travelled by ship.

Soup kitchens were set up during the Depression, to serve the unemployed men.  There were riots in Auckland and Dunedin.

Napier set up a temporary shopping centre, dubbed 'Tin Town'.  It was used for several years while the city centre was being rebuilt.  There were many improvements including wider streets and some of NZ earliest underground power and telephone lines.  Napier is now known as the Art Deco centre of NZ.

Dedication ceremony for the NZ National War Memorial Carillion in Wellington.

Famous New Zealanders born in 1932.

Madge Snow, Author/snowy on blipfoto.com  (Extra)  :  
Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, Politician, the longest serving female member of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1996  :  Maurice Shadbolt, Writer  :  Bob Blair, Cricketer  :  Paul Reeves, Anglican Archbishop, Govenor General from 1985 to 1990.

Famous people born in 1932

Johnny Cash, Country singer  :  Debbie Reynolds, Movie Actress  :  Elizabeth Taylor, Movie Actress  :  Omar Sharif, Movie Actor  :  William Roche, Soap Opera Actor (85)  :  Ted Kennedy, Politician  :  Petula Clark, 84, Pop Singer