It has to be a Yacht

All New Zealanders are very proud of our yachties for winning the Americas Cup yacht race this morning.  The last race started in Bermuda, just after 5 a.m. with many people either watching their TV or going to a Yacht club to watch the exciting racing.  Not me, I slept through it all, and found out we had won when I got up this morning.  Because everyone is talking yachting today, I was pleased that some yachties were out in the very calm conditions so I could blip them.

I went to morning tea with the church ladies, and a nice walk along the lake front this afternoon.  (9467 or 6 k's).

Blip No. 1946.

Family news 1946.  I started school at Horotiu Primary.  My dad survived a heart attack, (aged 51), so we moved to live in Raglan for 6 months while he recuperated.  While there I attended the Raglan Primary School, (extra 1).  Not too far away from our house were some  interesting shaped outcrops, which we called The Doughboys'.  (extra 2).  (Sadly they are no longer there).

NZ news

Family Benefit of £1 per week became universal.
The Bank of New Zealand was nationalised.

Famous NZers born in 1946

Graham Thorne, rugby player, commentator and politician  :   Ian Kirkpatrick, rugby player  :  Graham Henry, rugby coach  :  Bruce Cribb, motorcycle speedway rider  :  Sam Hunt, performance poet  :  Keith Quinn, broadcaster  :  Ken Wadsworth, cricketer  :  John Banks, politician, radio host, former Mayor of Auckland

Popular names James, Robert, Mary and Linda
Winston Churchill coined the phrase 'The Iron Curtain".
Show Boat opens on Broadway
The American dance craze Jitter Bug sweeps the world
Victory parades' held to celebrate the end of World War II
WV Awdry's children's book, Thomas the Tank Engine first published
The first flight from London to Buenos Aires
First bikini swimsuit.

Famous People born in 1946

Ian Lavender, Actor  :  Donald Trump, (71) US President  :  Bill Clinton (70), Past US President  :  George Bush, (70), Past US President  :  Sylvester Stallone, (70), Movie Actor  :  Dolly Parton, (71), Country Singer  :  Steven Spielberg, (70), Film Director  :  Cher (71), Pop Singer  :  Andre the Giant, Wrestler  :  George Best, Soccer Player