tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post2370008503629466006..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: CK Stead commemorates the centenary of Allen Curnow’s birth with a poemBeattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-8489840852962242322011-06-24T10:53:45.940+12:002011-06-24T10:53:45.940+12:00What is Wystan Curnow talking about? It may have ...What is Wystan Curnow talking about? It may have been called Takapuna but it certainly was 'the same inner harbour' - i.e. not the Gulf side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-24574685166216392872011-06-23T23:02:05.894+12:002011-06-23T23:02:05.894+12:00I enjoyed the poem ...I enjoyed the poem ...Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-85725291501432862552011-06-23T13:29:14.533+12:002011-06-23T13:29:14.533+12:00Dear Graham, Just as a matter of geographical fac...Dear Graham, Just as a matter of geographical fact: our first Auckland home was in Sandringham, the 'small room with large windows,' was in our first North Shore home, in Takapuna (not Bayswater), it did look out on Shoal Bay, but not onto the same inner harbour scene as Elizabeth Caffin's lovely place in Birkenhead. Nice to see your piece on Carl's poem, however! Wystan.wystan curnownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-45185606980693957192011-06-23T13:25:17.145+12:002011-06-23T13:25:17.145+12:00Dear Graham, Just as a matter of geographical fac...Dear Graham, Just as a matter of geographical fact: our first Auckland home was in Sandringham, the 'small room with large windows,' was in our first North Shore home, in Takapuna (not Bayswater), it did look out on Shoal Bay, but not onto the same inner harbour scene as Elizabeth Caffin's lovely place in Birkenhead. Nice to see your piece on Carl's poem, however! Wystan.wystan curnownoreply@blogger.com