Photographs at the family home

1928

Page 12 of photograph album. Photographs of the Walsh family at their home in Vogel Street. [Top centre] Eddie Walsh seated on a motorcycle, wearing riding goggles. Caption; Myself 1828. [Top centre] Portrait of Walsh siblings, Effie and Jack, standing outside a house. Caption: Effie & Jack. [Top right] A large tree in front of a small dwelling. Caption: The Whare. [Bottom left] Two unidentified children standing in front of a garden shed, with an unidentified woman looking on. [Bottom right] A row of dead rabbits lined up, with a shotgun in front. Caption: The Bag.

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-PH25-2013

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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