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Feet in Auckland, Heart in Christchurch: A Diary a by Greg Davies

ISBN: 9781877577949 PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts & Associates Ltd FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 100 PUBLICATION DATE: 1.11.2012 DIMENSIONS: 210mmX148mm

DESCRIPTION: Nearly 90 years after being hidden, a diary and leather-bound photo album have re-emerged. They belonged to a spirited young man named Lance Rosser who died in Christchurch in 1928, aged just 24. In 1923 Lance was working as a grocer in Sockburn. For the sake of his health he left smoggy Christchurch for the cleaner air of Auckland, a trip that was considered almost the equivalent of today's 'Great OE'. The diary chronicles his wide-eyed journey north and what he found when he got to Auckland and began shaping a life. Auckland in the 1920s was going through a period of immense growth, and Lance's impressions of the Queen City during the Jazz Age are fascinating. He visits the newly opened zoo, details the arrival of the HMS Hood, goes to Town Hall performances and takes ferry trips to North Shore beaches (long before the harbour bridge existed). He also gives an interesting account of a trip to Rotorua and tells how a charismatic Scottish evangelist changed his life. Lance's diary and photographs give a clear and unique insight into the brief but full life of a headstrong man with dreams in 1920s New Zealand.

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