Running Across the Rocks

I have had little 'h' spend the day with me.  Firstly we went to morning tea with the church ladies, then on the way home had a photo shoot at the rocks at Beacon Point.  She had fun running up and down this line of rocks.
Home for lunch, then a walk through the Park to the lake and back again.  Only clocked up 4,000 steps.  That's enough for the day as it is now sleeting, and too cold to venture out.  She is coming back tomorrow, weather permitting!

Blip 1960

The extra is the typist pool in 1960.

NZ news 1960

Passing of the Waitangi Day Act, 1960, first step towards a national day.
First television station begins broadcasting in Auckland.
NZ at the Olympics.  2 gold and 1 bronze
Peter Snell, Men's 800 metres
Murray Halberg, Men's 5,000 metres
bronze, Barry Magee, Men's marathon.

Famous NZers born in 1960

Jock Hobbs, rugby player and administrator  ;  Richard Loe, rugby player
Frank Nobilo, golfer  :  Lianne Dalziel, politician  :  Tau Henare, politician  :  Temuera Morrison, actor  

Pop songs 1960

Running Bear, Johnny Preston  :  Teen Angel, Mark Dinning  :  It's Now or Never, Elvis Presley  :  The Twist, Chubby Checker  :  Everybody;s Somebody;s Fool, Connie Francis  :  Wild One, Bobby Rydell  :  El Paso, Marty Robbins  :  Alley Oop, Hollywood Argyles

World News 1960

U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia.
Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina.
Elvis Presley returns home from Germany.
Ben-Hur wins a record number of Oscars, including Best Picture.
Senator John F Kennedy is nominated for President of the Us at the 1960 Democratic National convention in LA.
Mohammad Ali (Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
US Presidential election Democratic US Senator John F Kennedy is elected over Republican US Vice President Richard Nixon.

Famous people born in 1960

Diego Maradona, (56), Soccer player  :  Jeremy Clarkson, (57), TV Show Host  :  Bono' (57), Rock singer  :  Colin Firth, (56), Movie actor  :  Hugh Grant, (56), Movie actor  :  Jolhn F./ Kennedy Jr. Entrepreneur  :  Bradley Walsh, (57), TV Actor, currently hosting 'The Chase"  :  Nigella Lawson, (57), Journalist  

A pretty bleak day, so a night in front of the TV is just the ticket.