A close-up of the display, and the familiar photograph of Ernest Rutherford. He was the youngest of the nominees to receive a prize The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, in 1908. The museum itself is shown in an image taken in…
After a wonderful time away in Europe in the Northern Spring, the Southern one prompts me to return to matters hall. I visited Stockholm and the Nobel Museum and will share some photos with you. It was great to see…
Firstly, very best wishes to all our followers for the year ahead and thankyou heartily, for your support and interest in 2017. This year is a hopeful one as we move into seeking funding for the repair and repaint of…
This month, a century ago, Ernest Rutherford accomplished proof from his experiment, of splitting the nucleus. It would become what he was most known for and commonly referred to as 'splitting the atom'. His Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded…
It is with pleasure we indroduce the new committee members who have stepped forward to fill the roles needed to function as an Association. The role of Secretary-Treasurer has now been split into two postitions, which makes for an efficient…
Hello, thought it time I introduced myself. My name is Erica and I'm the Communications and Website person for the Association. My task- to cast the web wide and create our online community. Many of you have had direct connections…
If you were a junior pupil at Foxhill School in 1999, one of these beautiful ceramic images, is likely to be yours.... The ceramic pictures were created and displayed at the school before it closed in 2001. They then came…
Hall Tales...It’s often said, ‘if only these walls could speak”, and this is true of our lovely old hall. For all its historical significance, the hall has featured in the lives of many over the years. Dances, engagement parties, weddings,…
...as do a lot of people. The Rutherford Memorial Hall (Foxhill) Assn Inc, is administered by a committee all of whom love the building and its place in our history and locality. Pictured are the current committee at a meeting,…
Today, 12 October, 2017, New Zealanders honour their fallen, remembering a battle of horrendous proportions and consequences, inflicted at Passchendaele, Belgium. To those whose ancestral ties link back by blood, remembering the loss of more than 800 soldiers is not…