The Mayor of Auckland in the Parade around the village!
I did a blog on Howick Historical Village in November - but we went back for their 'Living Day' today ..
there was a parade with pipes and drums and the Mayor of Auckland joined in and gave a rabble-rousing speech about Auckland!
Pipes and drums
Everyone was in fencible attire and the games were 'splat the rat' and 'toss the wool' ( be a tosser!), hit the coconut and hopscotch.
Outside the historical residence
Bodging!!
We discovered what 'bodging' actually was originally - hasn't the meaning changed! Greg was very good at it!
Inside the church before the service
We even attended a service, but apparently I sang the hymns too loudly - never!
The vegetable garden, complete with scarecrow
The gypsy palm reader was quite scary - she seemed to know a bit too much!
Sophia playing 'splat the rat'
Raupo sign
The buildings were interesting - when you arrived as a new migrant you could build yourself one of these - a raupo - or live in a tent - for the first three years! Although, I expect that after that five month voyage sharing one bunk with your whole family, you'd think you were in the lap of luxury!
The actual raupo where you lived for the first three years!
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