THE ELDEST AT THE REUNION

Here stands Nola McClymont who is the wife of the late Ian McClymont, son of the tenth Manuka 14, Robert. She is in her late eighties and was snapped (in front of the pie van!) with one of her sons Angus, five grandsons and three nephews. From the left they are - Ben Mc, Alan Mc, Robert Mc, Hugh Mc, Alister Palmer, Rex Mc, Angus Mc and Scott Mc.

scenes from the gathering of the clan

There are lots of photographs being sent in and I will keep posting some as they come. The general veiw on the day was like this. At this stage Tom McClymont was giving a history of his family -the descendants of Norman McClymont the youngest of the fourteen children of Alexander and Isabella McClymont. I will post his full speech here soon.

THE GIRLS BEHIND THE GATHERING.

Judith Treweeke ( daughter of Robert McClymont 10th born of the fouteen) was the main drive behind the reunion idea. She is flanked by Lesley Cowper (daughter of Alexander, Judith's brother) and Penny Palmer (daughter of Ian, another of Judith's brothers) all wearing the Lamont tartan on the day. It was a big day for us three! We were very proud to have facilitated an occasion for family to connect. It gave us great pleasure to see everyone together and could not help smiling at the likenesses among the different clan members.

MANUKA RELICS

On the day of the reunion many family members generously brought and shared items from our ancestral home that they held in their posession. It was excellent for us to all see and talk about these and other stories that were then remembered about the old Manuka homestead. It gave the much younger family a better picture of life in those early days. I have included a picture of the old rosewood gramaphone that has pride of place in our house that lots of people came upstairs to see.Here are two images of Isabella's writing compendium - a beautiful writing box that Robert McClymont has in his home.