Eastwoodhill
In 1927 Bill Crooks came to Eastwoodhill, and he would stay there for most of his life. He would serve for 47 years. 38 years he worked for William Douglas Cook, and nine years for H.B. (Bill) Williams.
In the 1920s Eastwoodhill was still a farm. It covered just over 1,200 acres (4.9 km2). Bill came to live in a small room in the workshop cum was-house on the back lawn of the homestead. “When the dilapidated structure was demolished in 1992, the linoleum floor coverings were lifted in Bill's old room to reveal copies of The Poverty Bay Herald newspapers from 1912″.
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