Mid Winter Swim

After church today these hardy souls went for a dip in the lake.  Some are coming out, others still going in!!  They all said it was cold!!  The hymn for today is 'Thine Be the Glory'.

I went for a nice walk in the sun this afternoon, clocked up 9.145, steps, so pleased with that.

Blip No. 1944

1944 news

Refugees from Eastern Poland arrive in NZ via Siberia and Iran.
The Education Act lifts the ban on women teachers marrying.

Famous NZers born in 1944

Brian Turner, Sportsman and Writer  :  Kiri Te Kanawa, Opera singer  :  Tariana Turia, Politician  :  Neroli Fairhall, Archer  :  Alex Wyllie, Rugby Union player and Coach  :  Andy Leslie, Rugby Union player and Administrator  :  Keith Loche, Environmentalist and Politician  :  Anand Satyanand, Judge, Ombudsman, 19th Governor General of NZ.

Allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy.
Glen Miller is reported missing following a plane crash.
People were encouraged to grow vegetables to help ease the food shortgages.
Cost of living  :  Bread 10c  :  Rent $50 per month.
Paris is liberated.
The assassination of Hitler fails.
The Great Escape from a German POW camp..  76 pow's escaped, 73 were recaptured.   It is a great movie.
15 year old Anne Frank is captured and sent to a concentration camp.

Famous people born in 1944

Diana Ross, (73), Soul singer  :  Danny De Vito, (72), Movie Actor  :  Gary Glitter, (73), Rock singer  :  Michael Douglas, (72), Movie actor  :  Joe Frazier, Boxer  :  Erno Rubick, (72) Scientist  :  Ban Ki-Moon, (73), Politician  :  George Luc as, (73), Director  :  Frank Oz, Puppeteer.

The extra photo is of me, I think it should have been yesterday, taken in 1943.