Flora Marker at Belfast School
Flora Marker, aged 9, sitting in front of a blackboard with a book at Belfast School.
Flora Marker, aged 9, sitting in front of a blackboard with a book at Belfast School.
"Interior of the former Christchurch Central Library at 91 Gloucester Street. ""I remember this library from childhood...I think this photo really captures a slice of that period in time that will be...
Jade Stadium, as it was named then, under the shroud of low heavy clouds on a September evening in 2010 - just as the sun was setting between the low cloud and the Southern Alps. Taken from St Andrews...
Young friends relaxing at sunset at New Brighton on Guy Fawkes.
My parents bought their first home in Grange Street, Opawa in 1953. They were great gardeners. The patch of potatoes (above my mother's back) was grown prior to the planting of a lawn. Fence palings...
My great-grandfather lived much of his life in New Brighton and had a major hand in the area's advancement. He died in 1924 after being struck by a car... There is a plaque with his name on it outside...
"Taken on the Godley Head track, looking at the old historic military buildings." - Contributor's note
Canterbury Author and Historian Gordon Ogilvie as a young boy on the Port Hills. His published books record the history of the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula.
One of the gorillas at Orana Park walking in his enclosure.
Two people in costume celebrating Halloween in the Barbadoes Street cemetery.
Exterior of Halswell Convenience Store on the corner of Halswell Road and Lillian Street in Halswell.
Two helicopters collecting water from Halswell Quarry to douse flames during the Port Hills fires.
Exterior of the Harrington Dairy on the corner of Peverel Street and Tika Street in Riccarton.
Crowds lining a residential street during the Hay's Christmas Parade watching a drummer float being driven past.
Exterior of Hay's Department Store on Colombo Street with decorations above the entrance for the Royal visit to New Zealand.
Man and two women ice skating at Lake Ida in Canterbury. "Person on the right is my mother - Hazel Marker, aged about 20." - Contributor's note
Headmaster's Residence at Medbury Preparatory School, 109 Clyde Road, Fendalton. The headmaster of the time was Mr Eric Chennells (the school's proprietor) who lived there with his family. His father...
Exterior of the Hills Road Discounter dairy at 113 Hills Road in Edgeware.
Group photograph of family and friends on holiday at Rakautara. "In this photo the camera is set to self timer on top of the bonnet of the car. But the camera begins to slide off as the photo is about...
Horace Waterman (left) and Eunice Waterman travelling in a cart pulled by a horse going through a stream at Oxford, Canterbury.
A man and a woman sat on a cart attached up to a horse on a farm. "Mode of transport because of petrol restrictions." - Contributor's note
James Mayo Jnr and James Mayo Snr running new drainage along a residental street, possibly taken from Cashel Street in the East of the city towards the Port Hills, in early 1940 using horse pulled...
A child sitting on the model horse on the nineteenth century Christchurch street in the Canterbury Museum.
Interior of the HOYTS EntX at 617 Colombo Street in central Christchurch which opened on Thursday 27 September 2018. The three level development has cinemas and food outlets.