Prospect
The Society's annual journal, Prospect, was first published in 2002.
Members are encouraged to submit articles and photographs for Prospect .
Topics large and small relating to the history of the Epsom and Mt Eden areas are all welcome as you can see from the contents lists below. This includes stories about families, schools, transport, properties and anecdotes, to list just a few.
Articles are collected by the editor until the end of March. Publication is normally July/August each year.
Copies of Volumes 1-4 are available at a cost of $7.50. Volumes 5-6 at a cost of $8.00 from prospect@epsom-eden.org.nz.
Vol 1, 2002 CONTENTS
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Keith Fuller |
The Auckland Grammar School War Memorial |
| 3 |
Jill Richards |
Glimpses of a Mt Eden Doctor: Dr J.F.G. Richards |
| 6 |
Jim Millar |
Early days of Presbyterianism in Epsom |
| 10 |
Keith Fuller |
The place of Riukiuta-Te Tatua (Three Kings) |
| 15 |
G. Bush I. Crabtree J. Grant |
World War 11- through children's eyes |
| 21 |
John Stacpoole |
Stone Houses: an address to the Epsom & Eden District Historical Society, 2001 |
| 31 |
Jeanette Grant |
Pre-supermarket shopping |
| 41 |
Muriel Williams |
Dogs - an anecdote from the 1920s |
| 44 |
Helen Laurenson |
Were we amused? Some reflections on the theatre in Auckland in 1883. |
Vol 2, 2003 CONTENTS
| 2 |
Graham Bush |
The Epsom History Project - a progress report |
| 3 |
Valerie Ayers |
The Epsom windmill |
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Ron Carter Frances Rountree Jeanette Grant |
Trolleys |
| 11 |
Mary Dobbie |
‘Moorend’ and its legendary hospitality |
| 16 |
Muriel Williams |
Epsom Methodist Sunday School |
| 18 |
Jill Richards |
Dr Dorothy Richards |
| 23 |
Jeanette Grant |
Out of sight, out of mind -'the bunker' |
| 38 |
John Stacpoole |
A comment on the `Kelly House' |
| 40 |
Ann Baxter |
Round and round the mountain --1968-2002 |
| 45 |
Keith Fuller |
The mauri stone - Te Toka to Whenua |
| 52 |
Jeanette Grant |
Francis Sinclair of `The Pines' 1834-'1916; notes taken from Hugh Laracy's talk to the Society |
| 56 |
Owen Kendall |
St Barnabas history |
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Vol 3, 2004 CONTENTS
| 2 |
Christine Black |
Bew's School: Mt Eden Collegiate School 1895-1914 |
| 6 |
Jeanette Grant |
Dr Bruce Golden |
| 10 |
C.E. Keith Fuller |
The Cornwall Park Olives: their failure - a hypothesis |
| 17 |
Muriel Williams |
The Queens Birthday |
| 18 |
Valerie Sherwood |
The Royal Oak Hotel |
| 22 |
Mary Dobbie |
Herbert Boucher Dobbie - ferns man |
| 27 |
Jeanette Grant |
Lava Caves: fact or fancy? |
| 36 |
Bryan Boon |
Early Golf in Auckland and Epsom |
| 39 |
Ann Baxter |
Robert Rees Remembers |
| 43 |
R Graeme Gummer |
The Crossroads |
| 51 |
Mavis Fenelon |
Memorials and Memories |
| 55 |
C E Keith Fuller |
A road by any other name: the riddle of St Andrews Road |
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Vol 4, 2005 CONTENTS
| 2 |
Jack Baker |
From the Pacific to the Tasman - The only coast to coast tramway in the world |
| 9 |
Edna Griffith |
Horse-drawn buses |
| 12 |
Muriel Williams |
The day of the go-slow strike |
| 14 |
Jeanette Grant |
My tram trivia |
| 15 |
Jack Baker |
Fond memories of the Regent, Epsom, in the 30s and 40s |
| 19 |
Jeanette Grant |
Ruth Coyle of the Rutland Group |
| 28 |
Joyce Roberts & Jeanette Grant |
The RSR railway in Kimberley Road |
| 33 |
Jeanette Grant |
Household medicine |
| 40 |
Ella Greenwood |
Greenwoods Corner and the southern part of Epsom |
| 45 |
Helen Laurenson |
The Crystal Palace, Mt Eden - 'The Theatre Luxurious' |
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Bryan Boon |
Partying in the early 1930s |
Vol 5, 2006 CONTENTS
2 Mavis Fënelon Matareka
10 Jim Millar Janet and Greenwoods Corner
16 Gail Griffin The part that Eden and Epsom
have played in my life
22 Jeanette Grant The library that never was
25 Muriel Williams Royal Oak School and the essay competition
27 Linda Cocks & The origin of the St Andrews font
Jeanette Grant
30 Harold Stone The buried guns of New Zealand
32 Jeanette Grant Cooking, from the range to the microwave
42 David Armishaw Auckland Teachers' College - reminiscences
of the 1960s
43 Norma Bush Interview with Mr Stacey Cox
48 Helen Laurenson Hearts and soles
54 Jeanette Grant A victim of its own success
Vol 6, 2007 CONTENTS
2 John Stacpoole Construction of Old Government House
11 Norma Bush The Stirling Garden Centre
16 Bryan Boon Places in Mt Eden registered with the
Historic Places Trust
20 Graham Bush Piers Nicholson and the England Epsom
23 Jeanette Grant Eden Enterprises
29 Eric Laurenson Wheels over Kakariki
34 Valerie Sherwood How the fight for the Epsom Community
House was won
42 Eric Laurenson Kerbstones
44 John Stacpoole Old social life, Old Government House
55 Basil Hutchinson Well-drilling in Epsom
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