This week John brought in his carving using the same template. It is good to see where he has made some decisions, …
Pipes and Chisels Blog
Christmas Santa Parades are over for another year. This year started with the Farmers Santa Parade down Queen street on Sunday 29th …
Progress has begun, starting to take shape on the left hand side of the head 20201208-update2 20201208-update3 december 8th update1 20201208-update4 Previous …
Starting a new carving. I have this piece of Rimu and have taken a liking to the below pattern. I have chosen …
Trip to Waipukurau This post is a bit late, that is because I have been processing some of the information from this …
The Wairau Massacre Today, while on my holiday, I visited the sight of the Wairau Massacre. This event has impacted the Maori …
The Binns Family This is a quick post outlining my Binns family relatives at the time my Great Grandmother Beatrix Helen Binns …
Deighton Family Research After doing some work on my website last weekend, I had found that Horace Arnold Deighton, Brother to Morrel …
I have heard many stories of musical instruments, especially other bagpipes getting stolen. There was the story of the great Lewis Turrell’s …
After trying to do some research on the Camerons, I found it hard to work out exactly where they were, by the …