2024

Welcome

Thanks for coming This site contains my father’s stories and my own. Dad (the coal miner’s son) wrote about life as an immigrant Kiwi working man and WW2 soldier. I’m writing about our family history and (in the Real People & Me section) about the lives Heather and I have been leading, ... Read more

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Not my story

My father Cliff loved an audience, and his grandchildren proved to be better listeners than me. Dad and I certainly enjoyed a good argument — more I’m sure than those around us — but as his son I found sitting and listening to him harder than they did. Fortunately he ... Read more

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