A record of the first 50 years

1970s

Working in insurance offices in Christchurch
(plus a 6-month stint in Wellington in 1975)

Regular involvement with Opawa Baptist Young People's Group

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Family dog and Malcolm in 1972 The night before heading up to Hanmer for Labour Weekend - about a dozen guys
Cruising in style around the cousins' Canterbury farm One of many children's summer camps at which our family was involved at Woodend - young Cheryl (front left) and Carolyn
(at right)
Age 21, early 1975 (he looks quite respectable compared with the larrikin in the next shot) A friend of Malcolm's by the name of Dave C
Summer holidays with the same Dave up Nelson way At the roadside north of Murchison
Motorcycling literally from one end of New Zealand to the other in the 1970s - Invercargill, West Coast, Gisborne, Taranaki, and the Bay of Islands shown here First car, a Ford Cortina
Mark III
His little Fiat 128,
Geraldine-way (inland South Canterbury)		 Malcolm is the one with the heavy tan
QBW 1978 - at Peel Forest (S Canterbury), where we stayed a few different times One of many games of cards played over the years
The lads away for the weekend Mudfight at youth group end-of-year breakup, 1978 - Malcolm is the one endeavouring to stay 'clean'
Meanwhile another handsome dude models his plaid swimming trunks Phil's Ford Transit which experienced a number of adventures over time
The biggest (and only) salmon he's ever caught - Rangitata River Stylish skier at Tekapo - the field to which we got a few times
Some of us at the beach on a pleasant Christchurch summer's day Three Sparrows a-tramping (and Bevan with stick)
Certain friends enjoying a Sunday afternoon outing on the Port Hills - the 'hat wearer' features in the next shot Alan suffering in silence - NOT!
The 'electric chair' in action at a Young People's Camp
Dining out in style Another stylish diner - Trisha
Birthday time - Joanne And yet another stylish dude
End of the 1970s - weekend at Geraldine,
S Canterbury		 Christmas 1979 - Raewyn now married to Graham (at right)

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