Otto Gustav Rosenau a Jewish refugee from Germany who worked with my Grandfather Max Ogilvie for a time on his orchard in Horotane valley and then went to enlist on the 26th December 1939
"Purau Bay at the original Fernglen house before it burnt down, Buller, Alan and Frank Jackson with 3 girls brushing hair sitting enjoying the sun on the veranda." - Contributor's note.
"A photo of Anne Ogilvie in traditional Brownie uniform at the family home in Centaurus Rd. Working on badges like sewing and first aid were important skills to learn. The Girl Guide biscuits were a...
Fred, Dave and George Hanna rowing on the Avon River in the Botanic Gardens. They all later went to fight during the First World War, George was at Gallipoli.
Edna Jackson, school girl, here with her teacher Miss Eleanor Isherwood, outside the school house at Purau. Miss Isherwood taught at Purau from 1903 -1923. "A teacher decades ahead of her time." -...
Canterbury Author and Historian Gordon Ogilvie as a young boy on the Port Hills. His published books record the history of the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula.
Gordon Ogilvie (Canterbury Author and Historian) picking apricots with his sister's Helen and Ruth on his parents Max and Margaret's orchard in Horotane Valley.
The Canterbury University College pipe band on capping day. The band marches from Cathedral square down Worcester street whilst Gordon Ogilvie ( far right) keeps time. He was later Band master for St...
Max Ogilvie aboard his veteran Caterpillar tractor as family and pickers pose alongside the last load of apricots to be sledged to the packing shed in the Horotane valley, in the Heathcote Valley. In...
An encounter with Father Christmas 1940. Gordon Ogilvie (Christchurch author) aged 7 with sisters Helen and Ruth (wearing corrective eyewear) Their look of uncertainty is similar to that of most...