Thursday, October 18, 2012

Don Donovan's World - Gowan Bridge Store, Murchison-Nelson Highway

Ramblings of a much published New Zealand author - 18 October 2012

Leaves From My Sketchbooks. 60. Gowan Bridge Store, Murchison-Nelson Highway


This shop suffered the same fate as the Longford Store (see previous post) but was lively and active when I sat on the bank opposite and boldly scratched it into my pad. It serviced local farmers and the traffic that passed on the Nelson to Murchison highway.

I tried to find any hint of its existence some years later but it had disappeared without trace. I am pleased to have recorded it for history's sake.

© DON DONOVAN. 
donovan@ihug.co.nz 
 www. don-donovan.blogspot.co.nz

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