Bill Pearson — Beginnings and Endings - Sport 5: Spring 1990

Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. I would stand on the bar of the front gate and watch the main road. Up at the cutting there was a glimpse of passing trains or perhaps, like a revelation needing to be explained, four railwaymen propelling themselves urgently on a push-pull jigger. There were horses pulling drays, the infrequent car, and once even a traction engine chuffing and ...