Sailing craft at Redcliffs and Shag Point

1934 to 1936

Page 15 of photograph album. Views of sailing boats in Moncks Bay, and a view of Shag Rock. [Top left] A large number of yachts sailing in Moncks Bay. Two children are visible playing on the water's edge. Caption: 16 yachts at Redcliffs. [Top right] Three unidentified sailors aboard the sail boat, Sunbeam. Caption: Sunbeam again 1934. [Bottom left] Yachts moored in Moncks Bay, at the Christchurch Sailing Club. Caption: Redcliffs. [Bottom centre] Sailing boat, Tiki, at the Christchurch Sailing Club. Caption: Tiki Redcliffs. [Bottom right] View across Moncks Bay, to Shag Rock. Caption: Shag Rock 1936.

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-PH25-2016

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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