Walsh family vehicles, boat aground at Sumner and holiday at Wainui

Possibly 1937

Walsh family vehicles, boat aground at Sumner and holiday at Wainui

Possibly 1937

Page 59 of photograph album. Views of Walsh family cars and motorcycles, trawler, The Muriel, beached at Sumner and a family holiday snap at Wainui.

[Top left] A car parked on the street outside residential houses. Caption: Alex's car.

[Top centre] Jack Walsh, seated stationary on his sidecar motorcycle. Caption: Jacks motorcycle.

[Top right] Colin and Eddie Walsh's cars, parked on on a residential street. Caption: Colin's & Eddie's cars.

[Bottom left] The trawler, Muriel, stranded on Sumner Beach. Children can be seen playing in the water around the boat. Caption: The Muriel Hard on.

[Bottom centre] Children playing in the shallows of Sumner Beach near where the Muriel trawler has run aground. Caption: Trawler Muriel on Sumner Beach Xmas 1937.

[Bottom right] Colin Walsh sitting on a rock in the water at Wainui. Caption: Colin at Wainui.

Contributors note: "The photographs in the album were taken by my father, Edward (Eddie) Walsh."

Creator: Eddie Walsh

Contributor: Walsh Family

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

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2060

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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