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Wokabaut wantaim = (Walkabout one time) : travelling together for over 60 years / Marcia & Fred Baker.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Christchurch [New Zealand] : Baker Family Publishing, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780473454791
  • 0473454793
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Contents:
Introducing Marcia 1929 -- Fred introduces himself 1929 -- High school -- After high school -- Deaconess House Marcia 1949-50, Trinity Methodist College Fred 1950-52 -- Invercargill Marcia 1951-52 -- Methodist Central Mission Dunedin, Marcia 1953 -- Central Methodist Church & mission Marcia 1954 -- Invercargill Fred and Marcia together -- Life in Gospel-Gully, Paparoa 1956-59 -- From farmland to timberland Putaruru 1960-65 -- Timber mills to wooden mills Mosgiel 1966-68 -- Back to stone age Mendi, PNG 1969-1973 -- Mahurangi, Warkwork 1974-1978 -- Christchurch East Wainoni 1979-87 -- Papanui, Christchurch North 1988-93 -- Retirement 1994 : beginnings and endings -- Earthquakes and ... -- Endings - and beginnings 2017-18.
Summary: "Tells the stories of Fred and Marcia Baker, from their childhoods in Lower Hutt and Halcombe through to their retirement together in Christchurch. Travelling together for almost sixty-three years as husband and wife, the book weaves together their adventures around New Zealand and abroad, guided by their love for their family, their many friends, and their faith. Expanding on and giving context to the stories already shares in You go where? and We all got off at the Hutt, this book isn't just the story of Fred and Marcia's lives - it is the stories of the places they lived and the people they met along the way"--Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
New Zealand/Pacific John Kinder Theological Library BX8325.9.B17 BAK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan A42334881

Introducing Marcia 1929 -- Fred introduces himself 1929 -- High school -- After high school -- Deaconess House Marcia 1949-50, Trinity Methodist College Fred 1950-52 -- Invercargill Marcia 1951-52 -- Methodist Central Mission Dunedin, Marcia 1953 -- Central Methodist Church & mission Marcia 1954 -- Invercargill Fred and Marcia together -- Life in Gospel-Gully, Paparoa 1956-59 -- From farmland to timberland Putaruru 1960-65 -- Timber mills to wooden mills Mosgiel 1966-68 -- Back to stone age Mendi, PNG 1969-1973 -- Mahurangi, Warkwork 1974-1978 -- Christchurch East Wainoni 1979-87 -- Papanui, Christchurch North 1988-93 -- Retirement 1994 : beginnings and endings -- Earthquakes and ... -- Endings - and beginnings 2017-18.

"Tells the stories of Fred and Marcia Baker, from their childhoods in Lower Hutt and Halcombe through to their retirement together in Christchurch. Travelling together for almost sixty-three years as husband and wife, the book weaves together their adventures around New Zealand and abroad, guided by their love for their family, their many friends, and their faith. Expanding on and giving context to the stories already shares in You go where? and We all got off at the Hutt, this book isn't just the story of Fred and Marcia's lives - it is the stories of the places they lived and the people they met along the way"--Page 4 of cover.

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