There is a post card for sale which is off interest to me as says 5000. school children formed the Union Jack in Newtown. Wellington, March 1924. what would this have been for please. its on the normal trademe site. Would have been spectacular seeing all the children taking part and wearing the red white and blue. what was to happen in 1924 to get all these children together to form the Union Jack? Thank you Adele

Earlier today, Adele wrote: >> There is a post card for sale which is off interest to me as says 5000. >> school children formed the Union Jack in Newtown. W'gton, March 1924.the >> what would this have been for please. its on the normal trademe site... I recall my late parents telling me that they and some of their siblings took part in this event on 7 March 1924. My mother was only six years old at the time and her memory of the event was somewhat hazy however my father, who was a few years older, remembered it clearly and spoke of it to me on a number of occasions. It was definitely nothing to do with the British Empire Games which were first held in 1930. The only Empire Games held in NZ were in Auckland in February 1950 and my parents attended those Games, I have many of their photos. The Commonwealth Games (which succeeded the Empire Games) were held in Christchurch in 1974 and Auckland in 1990. I was lucky enough to attend the Games in 1990. Those interested in the 1924 display at Newtown Park, Wellington, will find a write-up on the PapersPast website in the Evening Post, dated 8 March 1924, page 9, or you could search PapersPast for "Living Union Jack". Adele, because of the distances involved I very much doubt that any schoolchildren from the Carterton-Clareville area were involved in this 1924 Wellington pageant but I guess one never knows. Angela

> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19240308.2.17&e=-------10--1----0-- On 5/07/2014 6:15 p.m., Angela Reynolds wrote: > 7 March 1924