Veda Crofts (left) & friend at the Mayfair Lounge. My mother & a friend.
P-class yacht racing at Sumner.
View of the breakwater at Sumner.
A picture from what I assume was a South Island holiday taken by my grandparents Keith & Essie Gorrie and my mother Eve who would have been 18 at the time. They all lived in Auckland at that point.
Taken Easter 1949, possibly by my mother (who would have been 18 at the time) or by my grandparents Keith & Essie Gorrie. It must have been a holiday trip to the South Island as they lived in...
"This photo is of Dorothy Noldus (nee Merriman) and Gertrude Merriman (nee Wood) her stepmother, outside the Christchurch Cathedral in 1949." - Contributor's note
Country and city folk get together at the Southbridge Labour Day agricultural fair in 1949
Cashel Street at Oxford & Cambridge Terrace corner - Bridge of Remembrance in background.
Work being carried out in a Vanguard motor car at Motor Assemblies who were situated in Tuam Street 1940s - 1965. From back of photo: Soldering or lead-loading joints which would otherwise not be...
"This photo belonged to my mother who died in 1979. She is featured third from the left. Her name was Win England. The title on the back of the photo is ""Mannequin Group"" taken Oct 1949."
Trinity Hockey Senior Team, Lyttelton. Late 1940's. Left to right: Jimmy Jackaways, Noel Cave, Norman Bachop, Oskar Richardson., Peter Harkness. This team were winners of their grade.
"Bertie Sutton in his tram drivers uniform. Taken at 11 Butler Street Opawa (now 21)." - Contributor's note
Islington Freezing Works Volunteer Fire Service at the Ballantynes fire. Fire Fighters (from right to left) Boby Meyer & Bolo Arps. Two bystanders on the roof of Smiths (before being aware of death...
This is an RNZAF Weedons Fancy Dress party. I am second from the left, Little Red Riding Hood (my name was Wendy England) we had a lot of social events for the families who lived at the Air Force Base...
Aerial view of Shirley. Straight road leading off to left is Marshland Road. Note Shirley Intermediate School at intersection of Marshland/Shirley Road (Predates construction of Shirley Boys' High...
From left: Maureen Goulding and Helen Fawdray; Kathleen Goulding and Patricia & Janet Finnie. These photos are of my mother Doris Goulding, my older sister Maureen and my three cousins Helen, Patricia...
My mum, Lyn Annand all dressed up going to the races in Christchurch in 1949.
My parents Jim and Lyn on their wedding, 1949, in Christchurch.
Uncle Alf Breakwell, Ethel Agnes (Agnes) Frampton, Auntie Annie Breakwell, great grandmother (name unknown), sisters Beverly, Theby (standing) and Little Joan on the dickey seat looking out the car...
Demonstration of safety technique from the Municipal Electricity Department safety booklet.