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One of the
features of the day was a parade by local schoolchildren, along Main Waitohi Road, reflecting the past century in fashion and technology. It
was over by the time we got there, but we saw lots of small, wet and cold
children, in costumes, scuttling back to their buses to escape the rain.
Would've been quite good to see, if it hadn't rained on their parade.
This shot is of a lone cyclist carrying bamboo poles along the road. The
cyclist in question is Joseph Bailey, a Timaru secondary school
student, who performed the role of Pearse in a Timaru-based drama
production held earlier that week. He was supposed to represent Richard Pearse going along to this workshed
in order to work on his flying machine. His appearance marked the start of
the actual takeoff attempt.
The red streak across the photo is marker tape to prevent the throngs
crossing the road.
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