Whakatane

[NZBC]

When I was a kid growing up in Whakatane there used to be a Chinaman come around the streets selling fruit and vegetables from his horse and cart over 60 years ago. We used to call him Willie Washing but I believe his real surname was Wa Shing or similar. Joes family fruiterers were also on the Strand in Whakatane next to the old Bus/Service Car stop. The Joe family lived in Haig St. Whakatane. Family names I can remember are Ken, Gordon.



kissin (3:07 pm, Sun 16 Mar #60

[NZBC]

Whakatane and worked after school at Norman Low,s fruit and veg shop at the NZR bus stop end of the Strand in 1951-52 and remember the Joe,s shop further up the Strand.I was at school the same time as Gordon Joe.One of the jobs I had to do was to take all the rotten potatoes out of the sacks. taurus79 (0 ) 1:43 pm, Mon 21 Apr #73