Water activities around Lyttelton Harbour

March 1934 to April 1934

Page 10 of photograph album. Sailing and marine birds and animals around Lyttelton Harbour. [Top left] Close-up view of the water in Lyttelton Harbour. Caption: A porpoise at Lyttelton. [Top centre] Seagulls coming into land on the water at Port Levy. Caption: Sea birds at Port Levy. [Top right] Two unidentified sailors aboard sailing vessel, Posiedon. Caption: Posiedon Port Levy. [Bottom left] An unidentified sailor seated in the dinghy, Sunbeam, in Lyttelton Harbour. Caption: Sunbeam reefed at Lyttelton. [Bottom left] Hoisting the sail of Sunbeam, at Port Levy. Caption: Early morning at Port Levy.

Contributors note: "The photographs in the album were taken by my father, Edward (Eddie) Walsh. He was one of ten children. His father, George Senior, died due to workplace poisoning when Eddie was 16, and to compensate the family for their loss, my father was offered a position at George's place of work, Bunting and Co. The family was very religious, and during World War II, was a conscientious objector. He was imprisoned at the detention camp at Balmoral, in the Hurunui. As he was very mechanically minded, my father worked on the forestry blocks fixing the trucks, which meant he had some freedom from the detention camp. At the time of his imprisonment, he was married, with a son. My mother had relocated to the area and was helping a family with six children under five – a set of triplets, twins and a singleton. Before moving to the Hurunui, she and her son lived with her mother-in-law in Vogel Street. Having a husband as a conscientious object was very difficult for her when meeting other women whose husbands were fighting in the war."

Creator: Eddie Walsh

Contributor: Walsh Family

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2011

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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