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9 unusual facts about Trentham


1861 in New Zealand

The Championships are held in conjunction with various district contests until the first centralised Championships at Trentham in 1902.

Haywards

Supply transformers at Haywards step down voltage to 33 kV and 11 kV and provide a connection to the Wellington Electricity subtransmission and distribution network serving the central-north Hutt Valley, from Trentham in the north to Taita in the south.

Rainbow Bird and Monster Man

The story begins with Tony recalling himself as a child in the 1960s at the age of four, coming from an aloof family in Trentham, Victoria.

Super Impose

The chestnut colt who would become Super Impose was selected by trainer Lee Freedman at the 1986 Trentham yearling sales, in New Zealand, for a small syndicate who paid $40,000.

Trentham Park Branch Line

The Trentham Park Branch Line was a 1¼-mile railway line that ran through the Trentham area of Stoke-on-Trent.

Trentham, New Zealand

The suburb is home to the Trentham Racecourse, the base of the Wellington Racing Club (WRC), the site of Hutt International Boys' School and is also the site of the Trentham Military Camp, which was used extensively for training soldiers in preparation for World War I and is still a base for the NZ Army and Defence Force.

Trentham, Staffordshire

The village was served by Wedgwood railway station on the Stafford to Manchester Line, although no trains have stopped there since 2003, the service having been replaced by Baker Buses X1 service.

Wedgwood railway station

Nearby is Wedgwood Hall, and the station also serves the village of Trentham, near Stoke-on-Trent.

Wellington Racing Club

The Wellington Racing Club (WRC) is a racing horse racing club based in Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand.


Ernst Plischke

From 1943–47 he worked for the Department of Town Planning producing work in areas including: Naenae, Trentham, Tamaki and Mangakino.

Holden VK Commodore

The VK was assembled by General Motors New Zealand at their Trentham assembly plant, near Wellington.

New Zealand Oaks

The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres (1½ miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.

Trentham Park Branch Line

It left the main line at Trentham Junction where there was a platform connected by a short path to Trentham station, although Trentham Junction itself never appeared as a separate station in the timetable.

Trentham Stakes

The Trentham Stakes is a Group 3 weight-for-age race held for thoroughbred racehorses at Trentham Racecourse near Wellington, New Zealand.


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