By: Rae Roadley

Rae Roadley — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:31:11 +0000

Hi Judy, further… No, I’m sorry, can’t help you re Lance Field and whether you’re related. Hope your friends are enjoying the book. I’ve just had another ‘Morgan’ contact me via Facebook. Best wishes & thanks, Rae

By: Rae Roadley

Rae Roadley — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:03:47 +0000

Hi Judy, Delighted you got the book, enjoyed it – and told me so. For a ‘dumb blonde’ you have great recall of a raft of people – and lots of friends. Lovely that you know so many of the cast of characters that make up my life. Thanks for coming to The Fat Camel – it was great to meet you and hope to do so again, best wishes, Rae

By: Judy Field

Judy Field — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:54:14 +0000

Hi Rae, I am just writing to say I enjoyed your book very muchly, I was the dumb blonde who missed your night at PaperPlus however caught up with you at one of my favourite spots, The Fat Camel. By the way, thanks for signing my copy. I was very interested to read about your history – my partner and his family grew up in Russell Road – the Whithams – Garry said to me as I just read the part – ‘they lost their mother quite early’ – a big blow to the teenage psyche. I came across the piece where you spoke of your brother Neil, and he married the younger sister (Raewyn) of an old schoolfriend Carol Doel. More interestingly, was mention of the ‘Morgan’ family from the Batley area. A very old friends mother passed recently and she was the daughter of Fred Morgan (or maybe grand daughter?) Dennis Thompson is my very old friend – he is the descendant. Another interesting piece of info was the Crawford connection. In my younger days I was the Cashier at the Advocate and worked with them when they owned it – one of Gerald’s sons is our neighbour today. The you mentioned Wendy Read – another old schoolfriend who I have lunch with. Then the reference to Robyn and Sofie – more friends, I had to ask Robyn and confirm it was alluding to her – Lol . What a small world we live in. Another part that roused my interest was the Lance Field and I wonder where he stemmed from? As we share surnames, I wonder whether you know anything about his origins? My grandfather came out from Yorkshire as a boy with his family, and they originally settled in Helensville and my great grandfather was a layman preacher in the gum fields in the north before they moved down to Manawatu where they bought a farm.. My parents met in Wanganui. Well, that’s enough for a Sunday Rae, but just wanted to share that I did enjoy your book and I have a list of friends who are keen to read it. Judy

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