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...
Exterior of Risingholme Community Centre during extensions to the craft block. A workman is visible on the left hand side cutting wood for the extension.
Workers and vehicles on grounds of Risingholme Community Centre, 22 Cholmondeley Avenue, Opawa.
Gay Le Comte using the indoor ski ramp at the Big Apple ice fair at the Big Apple Ice Rink on Brougham Street.
John Vryenhoek and John Mitchell, developers of Big Apple ice rink on the Brougham Street site during the early stages of construction.
Exterior of Big Apple ice rink under construction on Brougham Street.
Ice skates for hire at Big Apple ice rink shortly ahead of the rink's official opening.
Skaters at the newly opened Big Apple ice rink, the first international sized rink in Christchurch, on Brougham Street in Opawa.
People taking a break from ice skating at the café at Big Apple ice rink shortly after it opened on Brougham Street in Opawa.
Painter, Dave Blyth, with the Swiss mountain mural he is painting on carpet to reduce echoes at the Big Apple ice rink ahead of its opening on Brougham Street in Opawa.
The interior of the Big Apple ice skating rink under construction, prior to pipelaying under the soon-to-be ice rink.
Warren Chamberlain (left) and James Rich connecting the under ice pipes at Opawa Big Apple Rink.
Members of the Risingholme Division of St John Ambulance Brigade tending to "victims" of a simulated car accident as a training exercise at Risingholme Community Centre in Opawa.
Views of the Ensors Road Hostel reconstruction done by trade trainees, Tom Keenan, Robin Matthews, Ray Harris, Ken Norton.
Exterior of the Opawa Dairy at 147a Opawa Road on the corner with Vincent Place in Opawa.
[Frames 14a to 15a] Captain Basil Brooke Irwin, former captain of the old Rangatira, standing with a group of four friends. [Frame 16a] Captain Basil Brooke Irwin smoking a tobacco pipe. [Frames 17a...
Views of a St John Ambulance brigade exercise at Risingholme Community Centre.
Views of boats parked outside houses along Raycroft Street in Opawa.
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.
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...
Flooding looking towards Judge Street, Opawa, from Tabart Street. My grandparents' house in the centre. Circa 1930-1940s.
Students on the grounds of the Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School practicing their maypole dance ahead of the school's open day.