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The "Penny Pile" IHC Fundraiser, Whangarei Hotel
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DescriptionPiles of pennies stacked on the bar of the Whangarei Hotel.
The penny pile was a pile of coins donated at the bar of the Whangarei Hotel which raised 1,800 pounds for the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Society.
The president of IHC and manager of the Whangarei Hotel Meynell Strathmore or "Lofty" Blomfield (1908-1971), had been a successful professional wrestler. The Blomfield Special School and Resource Centre is named in his honour.
Photograph and information from the book Between Two Mountains by Florence Keene.
Date1961
The penny pile was a pile of coins donated at the bar of the Whangarei Hotel which raised 1,800 pounds for the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Society.
The president of IHC and manager of the Whangarei Hotel Meynell Strathmore or "Lofty" Blomfield (1908-1971), had been a successful professional wrestler. The Blomfield Special School and Resource Centre is named in his honour.
Photograph and information from the book Between Two Mountains by Florence Keene.
Date1961Relates to
OrganisationsIntellectually Handicapped Children's SocietyPlacesWhangareiPublicationsBetween Two Mountains by Florence KeeneSubject/KeywordsHistorical photosFundraisersHotelsHistory
PlacesWhangareiPublicationsBetween Two Mountains by Florence KeeneSubject/KeywordsHistorical photosFundraisersHotelsHistoryFurther Information
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The "Penny Pile" IHC Fundraiser, Whangarei Hotel (1961). Northland Room Digital Collections, accessed 06/12/2023, https://whangarei.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/477
