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...