This boarding house stood on the Worcester St/Barbadoes St corner. Driving past I noticed an elderly man sitting on the veranda in the sun. He sat like a statue while I took his photo. I even got in...
All that was left of 208 Worcester St after the 'quakes.
Winning entry in the People category of the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. Judge’s comments "Well observed and totally relaxed photo of a street scene in the CBD. The people are going...
My niece pushing her older brother in the family kart that my father built for my brothers. Later modified for me with steering wheel and bonnet. Note provisions for the trip packed in the back. No...
My father pushing his grandson in the family kart while his granddaughter follows behind. Dad made the kart in the early 1950s for my older brothers - so it served 2 generations. faithfully. Dad is in...
My older brother teaching our niece to ride the new bike she got for Christmas. Typical scene of family life where someone has to run behind the bike & hold it up until the niece gets the hang of it...
Spencer Park Domain, Family mini-gold competition. Old style mini-golf course. Short shorts, towelling hats, men and boys with no shirts.
Watching TV after a family tea. Phillips K9 TV on a rotating base. Record rack with cassettes on top. Dried arrangement on top of TV. Home-made wooden engine on the floor. My niece sitting on an...
Christmas day with my family at my parents' house. Dad again in polo shirt and shorts. Traditional roast lunch on the table, with a bottle of sparkling wine. Real pine tree in the corner. Net curtains...
Family picnic at Pines beach. Folding chairs and stools, chilly bins, car rugs, floppy towelling hats, high chairs of wood, plastic potty at the ready! Thermos flask. Griffins sampler biscuit box...
Family barbecue at my brother's house. Beach towels on the line. Para pool with polystyrene float board. Lots of tanned bodies. Old style folding chairs. Deck chairs with canvas covering, fringed top...
Typical Christchurch summer day at Pines Beach. Blue sky, scattered cloud, easterly coming off the sea. My brothers and sisters and their families making castles in the sand. Who is having more fun -...
Family tea for my mother's birthday. My mother (in blue) and my father (in polo shirt and walk shorts, aunts and uncles. Typical family "do" from the 70s - neatly permed hair, lots of creamed goodies...
The old problem of getting the charcoal barbecue going. More smoke than heat to start with ! My brother and brother-in-law trying to get some heat out of the BBQ. My nephew in the sandpit. Tomatoes on...
View from overbridge. Old 1960s and 70s cars; old buildings. The old Tug Lyttelton firing up. No security back then - you could walk on the wharves. Old dredge middle left of the shot. 16 February...