Rex Flanders was man of the land until the end - Hawke's Bay Today
Rex Flanders and his reliable ute, stocked with fruit and vegetables, was a familiar sight on the main road out Havelock North way through the years. Many, many years. So it was fitting that when it was time for him to make his final journey on this earth it would be in his reliable old Mazda B1600, and that vegetables, which he grew and worked with pretty well all his life, would be part of that journey. And he worked as long as he could, despite illness creeping up day by day. "He had a granny smith orchard out the back of his house and he was out there picking this year. at the age of 82," Mr Blue said. Mr Flanders came from a large family and he was born in the house off Main Rd, which he went on to live in all his life. His life revolved around the land and the fruit and vegetables it could bear. "He had green fingers alright," Mr Blue said. Mr Flanders worked at Unilever for a time and was also a paddock boss for pea viners in the region. Source: www.nzherald.co.nz
