tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post8636692610466274579..comments2024-03-19T00:17:41.069+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Street Stories 22: The broom makerTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-3725926722867601702018-09-04T09:24:57.547+12:002018-09-04T09:24:57.547+12:00Hi, sorry I didnt see this at the time. My grandmo...Hi, sorry I didnt see this at the time. My grandmother was Ethelwyn. I visited Sydney in the 1960s with my mother. We stayed with a woman who I think was Ella's daughter but her name escapes me. I'll try emailing you. I understood that TJH named Oakleigh after somewhere in his home town. I said in an earlier post that my mother was growled at for playing in the cornfields. It was actuallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-87278477098672326492016-01-03T12:53:11.960+13:002016-01-03T12:53:11.960+13:00Here's the contact details link for the local ...Here's the contact details link for the local board. Just copy paste if the link isn't live.<br />http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/representativesbodies/LocalBoards/AlbertEdenlocalboard/Pages/contact.aspxTimespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-65392738003662916942016-01-03T08:11:47.257+13:002016-01-03T08:11:47.257+13:00A small simple plastic sign witH a QR code would c...A small simple plastic sign witH a QR code would cost $50-100. We could donate the money if the Board was willing. Nikauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815646440944045223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-78152180266818018952016-01-03T05:26:05.584+13:002016-01-03T05:26:05.584+13:00That would be nice. Unfortunately, I don't thi...That would be nice. Unfortunately, I don't think the Albert-Eden Local Board have any plans.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-37982342411216374552016-01-02T12:53:58.590+13:002016-01-02T12:53:58.590+13:00Has anything happened about a plaque? Maybe with a...Has anything happened about a plaque? Maybe with a QR code linking to this page?Nikauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815646440944045223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-35898962764771869512014-01-30T21:08:12.622+13:002014-01-30T21:08:12.622+13:00Thanks, Jenny. :)Thanks, Jenny. :)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-20331880338719158392014-01-30T20:00:33.343+13:002014-01-30T20:00:33.343+13:00Hello from Kirrawee in Sydney, Australia. The inf...Hello from Kirrawee in Sydney, Australia. The information you have put together is wonderful. My paternal grandmother was Ella Harbutt, the 14th child of Thomas Jefcoate Harbutt. She married my grandfather, Stanley Farmer Allen, in a Quaker ceremony in Auckland on 6 December 1906 and they settled in Australia - first at Lawson in the Blue Mountains and then in Epping, Sydney. I'm coming toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-26678906931395296752012-11-12T08:41:30.866+13:002012-11-12T08:41:30.866+13:00Awesome article! Thanks Timespanner!Awesome article! Thanks Timespanner!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965030343633604563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-78631009844784385812012-07-07T12:16:57.506+12:002012-07-07T12:16:57.506+12:00Thanks, Lizzy. Let us know if you find anything fu...Thanks, Lizzy. Let us know if you find anything further! Good hunting.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-23385109082331763172012-07-07T09:51:14.541+12:002012-07-07T09:51:14.541+12:00Thank you so much for that information. Actually I...Thank you so much for that information. Actually I believe it should be Hayle in cornwall. I originally came from Bristol but now live in Cornwall.In the Harbutt book about the history of the family there is a photo of William Jennings and Eliza Jennings. Eliza his first wife, my GG Grandmother died before William emigrated to New Zealand so I thought it strange it should appear in this book. I lizzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-2284943837091530882012-07-07T05:31:26.092+12:002012-07-07T05:31:26.092+12:00Hi Lizzy,
There's this from the Auckland Star...Hi Lizzy,<br /><br />There's this from the <i>Auckland Star</i> of 8 October 1900:<br /><br />"JENNINGS.—On the 7th October, at the residence of Thos. J. Harbutt, Oakleigh, Mount Albert. Auckland, N.Z., Ann Jennings, of Hoyle, Cornwall, in her 82nd year; relict of the late Wm. Jennings, Bristol. "Her end was peace. Home papers plase copy. Private interment."<br /><br />She was Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-75495186264514452292012-07-07T03:47:56.735+12:002012-07-07T03:47:56.735+12:00I was wrong they arrived in Auckland in 1876 not 1...I was wrong they arrived in Auckland in 1876 not 1896, slip of the fingers.<br />Lizzylizzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-5096564147924542012012-07-07T03:46:38.893+12:002012-07-07T03:46:38.893+12:00I live in England and have read this fascinating s...I live in England and have read this fascinating story. Anabelle (Jennings) Harbutt was the older sister of my Great Grandmother Amelia Jennings, and they looked so alike. I have a copy of the 'Harbutt' Ancestry put together by Great Uncle Syd, but all this history of the company is new to me. The family arrived in Auckland in 1896 along with my Great Great Grandfather William Jennings lizzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-92031383792772510762012-06-10T22:55:28.070+12:002012-06-10T22:55:28.070+12:00Thank you -- any further information on the house ...Thank you -- any further information on the house would be fantastic.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-16133768320618941762012-06-10T22:38:24.397+12:002012-06-10T22:38:24.397+12:00She lived there with her widowed mother, her grand...She lived there with her widowed mother, her grandmother Annabelle and some of the unmarried aunts. She was born in 1911 and her father died later that year. She went to primary school at the school down by Unitec - it had a different name in those days. She used to travel by train to secondary school from Woodward Road. By the time she went to Auckland University College, she was living in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-52867735685599987232012-06-10T16:18:05.076+12:002012-06-10T16:18:05.076+12:00Thanks for sharing that memory with us. How long a...Thanks for sharing that memory with us. How long ago was your mother at the house?Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-51696338652804887312012-06-10T15:17:31.307+12:002012-06-10T15:17:31.307+12:00my mother grew up in the Harbutt house; she rememb...my mother grew up in the Harbutt house; she remembers being growled at by her grandfather for playing in the cornfieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-64565233132863749222012-01-10T22:12:08.745+13:002012-01-10T22:12:08.745+13:00Hi Claire,
Brown's Brushware's own public...Hi Claire,<br /><br />Brown's Brushware's own publicity going back to 1969 in the local papers indicate that the firm's founder arrived here in the 1870s, and almost immediately went into the brush making business. <br /><br />It appears that J F Brown opened a shop in Wakefield Street in March 1879, selling "Household Brushes, Crockeryware, Pictures, &c." -- the brushesTimespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-59685414020501589382012-01-10T21:22:36.672+13:002012-01-10T21:22:36.672+13:00Any interest in pursuing the local history of broo...Any interest in pursuing the local history of broom manufacturing further, Lisa? I've been fascinated recently to walk past an old but renovated "Mop and Broom" factory in Portage Rd, New Lynn. The internet tells me that "Brown's Brushware", which operates from those premises, began in 1879.Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549609289169890919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-4708133114828853912012-01-08T14:15:43.694+13:002012-01-08T14:15:43.694+13:00Thanks, Liz.Thanks, Liz.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-25416124989521286022012-01-08T14:08:58.333+13:002012-01-08T14:08:58.333+13:00What a fascinating story. I remember that house in...What a fascinating story. I remember that house in the aerial shot. Soon as I looked at the road layout I thought I remember that lovely old house. It's quite large too. Memories for sure. The maps are absolutely stunning.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100812038496671783noreply@blogger.com