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We lived in Thorndon - St Mary Street - for just over six years. It was the first house we owned. A wee cottage. We loved it so much. There were great kitchen parties and music was always a feature.
We moved in the day Ray Charles died. I know this because when I was collecting boxes from the service station down the road from our old place - to help wi…
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