The Mayor of Christchurch, A. R. Guthrey, and his wife greeting elderly residents during a Christmas visit to Mabel Howard Place in Opawa.
The Mayor of Christchurch, A. R. Guthrey, and his wife on a Christmas visit to Mabel Howard Place in Opawa. Frames one and two are of them meeting six year old Sharon Cole who is visiting her...
The Mayor of Christchurch, A. R. Guthrey, and his wife with elderly residents during a Christmas visit to Mabel Howard Place in Opawa.
The Mayor of Christchurch, A. R. Guthrey speaking with elderly residents during a Christmas visit to Mabel Howard Place in Opawa.
The Mayor of Christchurch, A. R. Guthrey with his wife (right) and Mrs M. Burt, a resident at Mabel Howard Place in Opawa during a Christmas visit.
Exterior of Opawa Methodist Church on the Corner of Opawa Road and Aynsley Terrace in Opawa.
Northern façade and verandah of 188 Richardson Terrace.
Left: Jack Foster; right- his cousin Ernest Symonds. Taken at Opawa fish ponds 105 Clarendon Terrace, Opawa.
Holt family home and garden in Opawa Road.
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...
Opawa School pupils Chris Jassett, Anna Miers and Sacha Cleverley in Halloween costumes.
Opawa School and memorial gates. Photo taken from 29 Ford Road.
Myself (in the middle) with a friend and my little sister Jenny on the right. Mum looking on from the doorway. Dad has rigged up the hose to the clothesline so that we can cool off in our togs. I can...
My grandmother and grandfather with one of the cows they had for milking, on the bit of land they rented out at the end of Butler Street, in Opawa. They had cows, chickens and a big vege garden and my...
A family Christmas in our back yard in Opawa. I am showing off my new scooter, my sister Jenny has a cane dolls pram and my cousin Wayne has a carpentry set. I can't see what his brother Chris has. My...
One of my mothers brothers during the Depression. The family lived at what was the end of Butler Street in Opawa where they rented some land. There was enough room for a few cows which the boys had to...
My first birthday. Taken on the back lawn of our house in Opawa. I am wearing a sun bonnet and Dad has been persuaded into wearing a tie. It looks as though he might have been mowing the lawn - I can...
Excello Service Station. Corner Wilsons Road and Shakespeare Road, Opawa. Now a car sales.
Flooding looking towards Judge Street, Opawa, from Tabart Street. My grandparents' house in the centre. Circa 1930-1940s.
"Wayne Sutton with carpentry set (Christmas gift), Chris Sutton sitting. Diane Carter with scooter (Christmas gift), Jenny Carter with doll's pram (Christmas gift). Taken in the back yard of 29 Ford...
"Cousins from Sutton and Carter Family at 29 Ford Road on Christmas day. Potato plants in the background." - Contributor's note
"Bertie Sutton in his tram drivers uniform. Taken at 11 Butler Street Opawa (now 21)." - Contributor's note
Exterior of the Opawa Dairy at 147a Opawa Road on the corner with Vincent Place in Opawa.