Posts by Amy Banks
Cambridge in the 1950s
The Golf Club arranged to buy 130 acres on SH1 from the Defence Department in 1950 for £2,475. Plans then got under way to turn the course around to fit in with a new clubhouse…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1960s
The 1960s were all go. The babies who were born after World War Two were now having their own babies. The Maternity Home on the corner of Hall and Taylor Streets was opened and the…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1970s
1970 saw the average weekly earnings rise to $45. Ten years before the average wage was $27.99c. Cambridge Borough Council introduced bi-monthly payments for rates. A farmlet of 9 acres with a three bedroom house…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1980s
1980 saw Mark Todd win the Badminton Whitbread Trophy in the cross country horse jumping event in England. Throughout the 1980’s further wins included Olympic gold and Top Sportsman of the Year. By 1999 Todd…
Read MoreCambridge in the 1990s
1990 marked 150 years since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi – The Treaty of Waitangi. The Cambridge Electric Power Board turned 70 years old at the beginning of 1990 and by the end…
Read MoreA List Historic Buildings
The Cambridge Historic Buildings appearing on the ‘A’ List are set out here alphabetically and the bracketed numbers relate to their position in the Waipa District Council Plan – Appendix 10. Researched and written by…
Read MoreB List Historic Buildings
In 1997 Dinah Holman was commissioned to survey the Waikato District’s European Historic Places. Her report suggested further buildings, which add to the character of Cambridge, and these were made into a ‘B’ List by…
Read MoreCambridge Pioneering Women
Pioneering for women (in the colonial sense) has only recently been addressed – possibly from the insurgence of family history research. Our Cambridge women were doing their bit to colonise their new home and as…
Read MoreReturned Service Women after World War Two
At a meeting in Cambridge to form a branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association in 1917, there were 4 women on the promotion committee. Women already working for various patriotic groups could be Honorary Members…
Read MoreCambridge Women on 1893 Electoral Roll
New Zealand was the first self-governing country in history to give women the vote. This was achieved only after a determined campaign which brought together women from all walks of life around the country in…
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