Uruti: A Taranaki Childhood in the 1930’s

Recollections of Uruti during the Great Depression of the 1930's and WW2, as seen through the eyes of a boy growing to manhood. Neighbors, community events and institutions including Mt Messenger School and Uruti Home Guard are detailed through many stories and insightful anecdotes. Places: Uruti, All Saints Church, Mangahia Rd, Mimi, Urenui, Moki, Pehu, Pukearuhe. Names: Allen, Austin, Banks, Barnitt, Bell, Brown, Buick, Butt, Byron, Cannel, Chapman, Clarke, Copeman, Cornish, Davies, Day, Dickey, Duncan, Dunn, Fabish, Farquhar, Feek, Finley, Fitzgerald, Fleming, Gavin, Gibson, Hall, Haylock, Hayward, Heath, Herbert, Houston, Huggard, Hutchins, Hyland, Jina, Johnson, Jones, Lange, Larsen, Laurence, McAllister, McCabe, McCoy, McDonald, McFarlane, McGregor, McKay, Meredith, Miller, Murray, Nopps, Patterson, Payne, Radcliffe, Radford, Rea, Richardson, Riddell, Rigg, Savage, Selby, Sellars, Sharrock, Shorter, Smith, Stanford, Stevens, Sutton, Taylor, Tempero, Terei, Townley, Waters, Wells, Wetton, Young.