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Name: SPOONER, Walter Percy 'Bob'
Birth Date: 1894 Sheffield, bapt. 6 Feb
Death Date: 20 May 1967 Nairobi
First Date: 1930
Profession: Farmer
Area: Gilgil, Rumuriti
Married: b. 1893
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, A.G.D. White
War Service: 3rd Essex Regt.
School: Felsted
General Information:
Bob Spooner, who worked for Bert at Curragilla, Lesirko and Ndurumo in the 1930s and now has a property in Central Queensland, told me that life was very 'spartan' at Curragilla. There were no carpets or curtains, let alone pot plants or paintings. The standard meal was pumpkin, potato and steak. Occasionally they had roast beef. For desserts they had bread and plum jam.. When they were logging cedar at the back of Curragilla they would have their breakfast of pumpkin, potato and steak at 4.30 am and then head up on horseback to the hills to meet up with the oxen before they were inspanned. Despite the austerity of the lifestyle, Bob said he was happy. He did not have high expectations and liked pioneering life.
Hut has Capt. W.P. Spooner 1938 Ndurumo Estate Rumuruti
Gazette 12 Jan 1968 probate
Nat Probate Calendar