Special Villa #1
SPECIAL VILLA: 7 King Edward Pde, Devonport. ( I hope you don't find this story boring!)
My maternal great grandfather, Oliver Mays, arrived in NZ from Leicester on November 21, 1858. His wife and daughter arrived in 1860 and they lived at 7 King Edward Parade. The B&W photo was taken some time in the 1920s, the other photo I took in March 2011.
Apart from being headmaster at what is now Devonport School he contributed greatly to Devonport but the list of his contributions is too long to copy. The photos are of the first Mays family home in NZ. (2 other Mays homes built by Oliver's sons to follow.)
In the second photo the house (on the right) had been moved forward to make room for an apartment at the back.
Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠
If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
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