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Vale Joe Noyer
1925 to 2012
Warkworth recently lost an old identity when Joe Noyer died peacefully at the Warkworth Hospital on June 21. Joe was the town baker for many years and a life member of both the Warkworth Masonic Lodge and the Warkworth Fire Brigade. Born and raised in Helensville, he joined the NZ Army in his late teens and spent two years in the J Force in Japan. When he returned to NZ, he moved to Wellsford where he met and married Noeline, the daughter of Albertlanders Frank and Florence Treadwell. They moved to Warkworth in 1949, when they bought Claude Brown’s bakery business, which was located in the old bakehouse, in central Warkworth. In those days, a bakery had very little machinery. Dough was mixed and left for about eight hours to prove, before being knocked back by hand and shaped to suit. Baking was in a wood-fired oven, which eventually changed to steam-heated. Joe and Noeline lived in a two-storey building where Ginger Café is presently located, and the bakery shop and tearooms stood where the present ASB is situated. After about five years, the couple purchased the Clegg bakery, which operated as part of The Bridgehouse. The purchase included a large parcel of surrounding land, as well as a number of buildings. The staff quarters for the Bridgehouse was converted to the family home. The couple carried on the baking business until the mid-1960s when they sold the bread making part of the business to Findlays Gold Crust Bakery, of Auckland. Over the years leading up to this change, the business had grown rapidly and a number of additions to the building were made and modern bread-making machinery purchased. During the summer, the bakery would run almost 24-hours-a-day and home delivery was the norm. The town received delivery six days a week, while outlying areas got a delivery three times a week. The stores at Snells Beach and Algies Bay collected their bread supplies but in summer, the bakery did a beach run which included the Sandspit Motor Camp, Martins Bay and Scandretts. In the very early days, they also towed a trailer which contained confectionery, ice creams and basic groceries. Toilet rolls were stacked one on top of the other up the tall radio aerial. After selling the bread business, Joe and Noeline continued a home cookery bakery, retailing from a store where the Bridgehouse restaurant is now located. It was also in the mid-1960s that they built a new home in Browns Road, opposite the ambulance station, where they spent the rest of their lives. After retiring, they carried on the catering side of their business, doing weddings and social functions. This business operated from a building on the corner of Falls Road and Elizabeth Street, where the Joeleen Coffee Lounge was sited. Joe’s community interests included scouts, Rotary, Lions, Probus and others. He was awarded life memberships of the Warkworth Masonic Lodge and the Warkworth Fire Brigade, recognising his long dedication to both organisations. Noeline pre-deceased Joe on August 12, 2010. He is survived by their five children – Kevin, Karen, Neville, Gavin and Stephen, 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Contributed
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