Alive and Well at Bulls Museum

Alive and Well at Bulls Museum

For the first time we are talking about an event in Bulls future, not its historic past. Join us at the museum for half a day, possibly a great event, to commemorate men and women from our district that went to war in 1914, ------ 100 years ago to protect our rights, ------ and a horse, the only one that came back to NZ from the Middle East Campaigns in WW1, home to Bulls.

One week before ANZAC weekend, on 18 April 2015, you are all invited to your museum from 11am --- 2pm. The High Street will be closed to allow us to remember our warriors. Armoured and other military vehicles, the 5th Wellington and West Coast Military Pipes and Drums Band, period motor vehicles and of course a Mounted Horseman, as a tribute to Bess, will be parading.

The day will be opened by Lt. Col. Sholto Stephens the current Commander of the Q.A. Mounted Rifles, followed by a commemorative fly past.

Inside the museum there will be short tributes to the Mounted Rifles, one by the notable military author Terry Kinloch whose books on the mounted rifles and wars are very highly regarded worldwide. Outside again, the band is parading, the horse is tributing, a kapa haka group is saluting and a heritage warplane completes its tribute flypast.

This is an event for the whole family, please come along. There is no charge but inside the museum you can make a donation, remember we are funded by no-one!

A mention of our past. I was speaking mid month to Colin Scott, the Great, Great Grandson of Tom Scott, the founder and operator of Scott's Ferry and who the settlement of Scotts Ferry was named after. Colin told stories his Grandmother told him and I will pass them on to you over time. Isn't it good for us to have such good sources of true stories of our early settlers.

The current Flock House display is incredibly popular, people are visiting from all parts of NZ, coming to Bulls to see the Flock House story. Many are ex students and all are very impressed with your museum’s display.

This month though is all about ANZAC weekend and your museum’s tribute to those early residents that went to war for our futures.
See you all on the 18th April.

Robin Boutcher

ENDS

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