Grubb cottage in the rain

Grubb cottage - Lyttelton

Mr John Grubb was one of the earliest residents of Lyttelton. he was born at Tayport, Fifeshire, Scotland in 1817. He trained as a shipwright and gained his mates certificate. He was a ships carpenter on the General Palmer when that vessel, on a journey from Melbourne to London in 1847, put into Wellington in a leaky condition, and was there condemned.

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The cottage might be turned into a museum....