Hi,
we are both safe and well and our family and lovely grandchildren are safe and well...
Our lovely home and it's contents... well at this stage I can't say except the whole area is cordoned off due to the imminent danger posed by a neighbouring highrise apartment block which could fall at anytime.The Weston House has suffered extensive damage.
We managed to save a few treasures and I grabbed some wine as I ran past....hardly any clothes-no shoes but a few clean pairs of knickers....and a bottle of Chanel no5 that was on the floor!
We cannot go back into the house and were nearly arrested when we 'stole' Lens's T56 Formula Junior racing car from the undamaged garage!
The destruction in the heart of the city is horrendous and those poor families who have lost loved ones are the worst hit.
I never thought I would say this but I fear I have just converted to minimalism.
I will also post this message on my blog - accessible via the website www.westonhouse.co.nz
Our cell phone number is 027-283-9546.( if you text please sign your name -I may not be able to reply to you as for some reason my cell phone is deleting read messages!)
Keep emailing -your support is keeping us going but the volume of incoming emails has exceeded my ability to answer them all individually.
Thankyou all so much and please pray for those individuals less fortunate than ourselves - many many people cannot recover their lives as they have known them - they have nothing left.
Much love and many thanks,
Len and Stephanie
PS For those Formula Junior fanatics - the wife saved my new BMC 'A' series block and the carburettors - I have ordered a new crankshaft and con rods but missing my head (or will be when Stephanie reads this!) and camshaft .If you have spares for sale please let me know.Engine was out - awaiting a rebuild following an air conditioning modification acquired when a con rod broke and escaped through the block.
..email address is of course enquiries@westonhouse.co.nz.
5 comments:
thank God you are safe. The Stewart family in NY.
Thank God you are all safe. We are sayin our prayers for everyone in Christchurch. It was this time last year that our son Cameron was leaving for Canterbury. We also loved Lyttleton. What a shame.
Love, Gillian
Len and Stephanie
All that matters is that you and your family are all OK. We know you well enough to realise that you have the strength of chacter to climb the hill and raise your flag once again. We are all behind you and PUSHING!!
Glad you got your priorities right when you left the house = nickers, wine, Channel No. 5 but not necessarily in that order!
Jean and Colin Griffiths (Wales)
Pleased to hear you are all safe, and that you have kept your sense of humour through all this devastation.
Best wished for the future as you pick up the pieces, literally and figuratively!
Steve and Wendy Wood, Korimako Lodge, Murchison
We're sending this as the media move on to other excitement, leaving you forgotten- but not by us. We guess the long dreary path of trying to recover has now been reached and it must be awful for you and the wonderful city we loved so much. Love your priorities which confirm that laughter is the best medicine. Keep your chins up in the best British way!
Much love, Steve and Lynda
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