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Wednesday 7 August 2013
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Upgrades for show jumping
New signs point to Richmond
Sinead Ogilvie Reporter
reporter@nelsonweekly.co.nz Richmond is “too easy to drive through” says the town’s promotions group Richmond Unlimited and it is hoping to change that by installing three welcome signs worth around $90,000. The project for the new signs is spearheaded by Richmond Unlimited and it
is sinking $40,000 of its own money into the project, with Tasman District Council contributing $50,000. That is enough to get three signs erected before the end of the year, with another two planned for a later date. Richmond Unlimited committee member Toni Lane says town signage is long overdue. “Richmond Unlimited is here to promote Richmond as a destination so we want people to come to Richmond and do their shopping, to benefit our retailers who
A graphic of a proposed design for the new Richmond signs. are our stakeholders. So, we are always keeping that in mind when we do any-
thing. The goal for this is to make sure that Richmond is clearly sign posted, possibly not so much for our locals but if people are coming to the area it is too easy to drive past Richmond.” A meeting next week between the two groups should give a clearer picture of what the two metre by eight metre signs may look like, but they will fit with the overall image of the town centre upgrade, SEE PAGE 2
110 year old tractor gets a makeover
Bringing a steam tractor from 1901 back to life is no easy feat, as Appleby engineer David Walker has discovered. Rusted and full of holes, the Clayton & Shuttleworth tractor was found sitting under a tree out in a Woodburn farm. David, who is working on the project with Phil Amberger, is now hoping it will be one of the star attractions at the Nelson A&P Show later this year. “She was laying around for awhile but now she’s full of water and ready for a test,” he says. With a lot of the parts well past their use-by date and not even in existence anymore, David says he has been forced to remake a lot of them as it is too costly to import them from the UK. Self confessed as “passionate for steam”, David says the whole reason for the restoration project was “just to get another one going”.
DESIGNED & BUILT FOR WORK & LIFE ! Appleby engineer David Walker stands alongside the 1901 steam tractor he is currently restoring. Photo: Phillip Rollo.
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