Further to the Bunker: Roger Giles was involved in running the club for almost 50 years and also had a big hand with Auckland Festival. Roger was from Shropshire and worked with Fred Jordan as a young man. He made his way to New Zealand in order to perfect his skills as a sheep shearer. He became one of the most respected members of his trade in the toughest school in the world and never did return to England to live. By sheer happenchance he was on one of his sporadic visits to the UK when Fred died and when he went to visit Fred's niece shortly afterwards she asked if there was anything of Fred's he would like as a momento. That is why Fred's boots finished up in the land of the long white cloud! Roger died in early March this year. Lovely man.
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