It is 100 years since Madge Stevens was born - Pt 19
Personal Memory; from Margaret Keech (nee Woolley)
After Nana passed away, (20 Mar 1967) when I was about 13 years old, Aunt Madge, and sometimes Gran would continue to come for visits, and likewise, we would go out West. I also recall lots of time spent with our (second) cousins, with all of them congregating at Aunt Madge's when we were there. One time, we stayed at David's house while they were away on vacation, and lucky me, being the youngest, got to sleep in young David's crib! (I think I was about 10 years old at the time!!!). It was great fun to have 'out West' cousins to play with, but unfortunately, over the years, especially once Aunt Madge moved to New Zealand, our contact with them diminished. Your grandmother was such a fun loving woman - as Mom and I recalled, she often would say "Aren't we having fun?"!! She was a wonderful cook, whipping up a batch of fudge, yet if you asked her for the recipe, it was always just in her head, and she never measured anything out.
One time, when Aunt Madge was visiting us when we lived in St. Marys, there was a farm field a block away that was never sold into building lots. Along the end of the field was what Aunt Madge thought was a patch of rhubarb, probably left over from the old farm house. She quite excitedly went back home, got a knife, cut off some stalks of rhubarb, wnet back to our house and proceeded to make a pie for dessert. We eagerly aniticpated dessert that night, but with the first bite, realized Aunt Madge had not found rhubarb, but burdock - a very rubbery weed!!! We had lots of laughs about that for many years!!! 1967 Songs; we were still under the influence of the ‘swinging sixties’ with the British influence on music trends waning a little and the American ‘flower power’ trends taking hold. I’m A Believer, San Francisco, A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, Puppet On A String, Silence Is Golden
Events; Decimal currency introduced into New Zealand, 6 Day War in the Middle East, Dr. Christiaan Barnard and team undertake the first heart transplant, French President de Gaulle causes controversy when he pledges to liberate French Canadians, the first microwave oven for consumers introduced.
10 Mar 1968, Madge and her mother, ‘Grama Humphrey’ took another trip from March 10 - April 4, 1968.1968 Songs; Honey, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Judy In Disguise, Love Is Blue, Mrs Robinson, The Dock Of The Bay, This Guy’s In Love With You.
Events; Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated, Haight and Ashbury Street intersection in San Francisco becomes a haven for hippies during the ‘Summer of Love’, Summer Olympics held in Mexico, Soviet tanks invade Czechoslovakia to prevent liberalization, Jacqueline Kennedy marries shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
08 Oct 1969, son Ian dies in Calgary, Alberta
1969 Songs; Aquaris/Let The Sunshine In, Dizzy, Get Back, Honky Tonk Women, In The Year 2525, Sugar, Sugar, Wedding Bell Blues
Events; The Concorde makes its maiden flight, Golda Meir is elected Israel’s fourth premier, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on the moon. Television cameras beam the event back to earth but, NZ not having a Satellite link has the footage flown from Australia to be shown on TV, Mary Jo Kopechne drowns in a car driven off a bridge by Senator Edward Kennedy, an estimated 400,000 people attend the Woodstock music festival
After Nana passed away, (20 Mar 1967) when I was about 13 years old, Aunt Madge, and sometimes Gran would continue to come for visits, and likewise, we would go out West. I also recall lots of time spent with our (second) cousins, with all of them congregating at Aunt Madge's when we were there. One time, we stayed at David's house while they were away on vacation, and lucky me, being the youngest, got to sleep in young David's crib! (I think I was about 10 years old at the time!!!). It was great fun to have 'out West' cousins to play with, but unfortunately, over the years, especially once Aunt Madge moved to New Zealand, our contact with them diminished. Your grandmother was such a fun loving woman - as Mom and I recalled, she often would say "Aren't we having fun?"!! She was a wonderful cook, whipping up a batch of fudge, yet if you asked her for the recipe, it was always just in her head, and she never measured anything out.
One time, when Aunt Madge was visiting us when we lived in St. Marys, there was a farm field a block away that was never sold into building lots. Along the end of the field was what Aunt Madge thought was a patch of rhubarb, probably left over from the old farm house. She quite excitedly went back home, got a knife, cut off some stalks of rhubarb, wnet back to our house and proceeded to make a pie for dessert. We eagerly aniticpated dessert that night, but with the first bite, realized Aunt Madge had not found rhubarb, but burdock - a very rubbery weed!!! We had lots of laughs about that for many years!!! 1967 Songs; we were still under the influence of the ‘swinging sixties’ with the British influence on music trends waning a little and the American ‘flower power’ trends taking hold. I’m A Believer, San Francisco, A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, Puppet On A String, Silence Is Golden
Events; Decimal currency introduced into New Zealand, 6 Day War in the Middle East, Dr. Christiaan Barnard and team undertake the first heart transplant, French President de Gaulle causes controversy when he pledges to liberate French Canadians, the first microwave oven for consumers introduced.
10 Mar 1968, Madge and her mother, ‘Grama Humphrey’ took another trip from March 10 - April 4, 1968.1968 Songs; Honey, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Judy In Disguise, Love Is Blue, Mrs Robinson, The Dock Of The Bay, This Guy’s In Love With You.
Events; Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated, Haight and Ashbury Street intersection in San Francisco becomes a haven for hippies during the ‘Summer of Love’, Summer Olympics held in Mexico, Soviet tanks invade Czechoslovakia to prevent liberalization, Jacqueline Kennedy marries shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
08 Oct 1969, son Ian dies in Calgary, Alberta1969 Songs; Aquaris/Let The Sunshine In, Dizzy, Get Back, Honky Tonk Women, In The Year 2525, Sugar, Sugar, Wedding Bell Blues
Events; The Concorde makes its maiden flight, Golda Meir is elected Israel’s fourth premier, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on the moon. Television cameras beam the event back to earth but, NZ not having a Satellite link has the footage flown from Australia to be shown on TV, Mary Jo Kopechne drowns in a car driven off a bridge by Senator Edward Kennedy, an estimated 400,000 people attend the Woodstock music festival
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