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| No supermarkets then - grow it or go without. |
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| The person shows how tiny some huts were. |
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| Water for the horses and stock was essential, but sometimes very difficult. |
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| The "Smithy" was an important man - a Jack-of-all-trades in the 'fixing business. |
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| I went to schools like this in the 30's. No desks. No pencils and paper, just slates. |
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| Another essential. We had to make all our own butter in a churn just like this. |
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| A VERY posh child's room - luxury !! |
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| Dark wallpaper, dark carpet, dark stairwell - typical. No bright colours then. |
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| No flat tyres, No battery problems. Good economy - quite a few miles/bale of hay |
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| The Fencibles were an important part of our history. |
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| One of the worst things that happened in NZ - the import of rabbits (and gorse) from the UK. They have cost the country billions of dollars in damage and failed cleanups. |
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| In beer - happiness. In water - ecoli. |
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| We even beat the Aussies at beer making !!!! (As well as pavlova and Phar Lap). |
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| Nice touch. |
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