Mabel Moore & The All Blacks

Tina and I were talking on Saturday - we are very comfortable in each others' company and talk on every subject under the sun - obviously children and the family, we love them all dearly, and the past. It being Saturday we touched upon rugby, we both enjoy the rugby on the weekend, particularly the Six Nations series.
I then remembered that Tina had mentioned that Grandma had watched the All Blacks play and we tried to work out when and where she had this unique experience. I pulled out a book Gerard had given me as a birthday present when he was a boy - the History of Rugby up to 1976 - and looked at the All Blacks Tours and there it was 1905 Tour. This was the second tour ever of New Zealand, the first as the All Blacks. They played the Midlands Counties in Leicester on 28th October 1905 and beat them 21 - 05 - this is picture below was taken at that match.
Attending that match was a 21 years old young lady called Mabel Moore and her older brother, Will. This was Tina's maternal Grandma

The photograph [at the top] of Gregory and Gerard with Grandma [the boys Great grandmother] was taken in April 1968. You see an old lady in her 80's and fail to realise that this was once a girl who enjoyed life with an older brother [who went to sea as a Chief Engineer], saw a land mark rugby tour. A young woman who was courted, loved, and married a man who went off to the Great War an saw Ypres, Passendale, and other awful battles but did come home. So often we forget the old were young once and experienced life to its very full.

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