My fathers family at Tokirima, Edward  and Annie with Alice (eldest),  Sam, Ted, Mildred  front partial vew and baby Jean.  Mrs Thompson was a neighbour. Possibly from 1919.
Barrett, O'Donnell and Hughes ladies at Ngamotu  Beach in New Plymouth probably summer 1925-26.  Sarah and Ellen Barrett  at left, then my Aunt  Alice aged about 18, then Bessie O'Donnell  (both born 1908), then my Grandmother Hughes carrying Don b 1923.  My Aunts Jean and Mildred in the front,  Jean died in 2009.	b
My maternal Grand-mother Maude with her youngest child Trevor b 1918.
My Grandfather William Edgerley was keen on lawn bowls, I am guessing this was a very wet day on a green somewhere in central Auckland in early 1920's.  He is fourth from right.
William Edgerley's  house in Edgerley Avenue. Part of house first  built in 1849 by William's father, John Edgerley Snr.
Group photo of all the Edgerley's about 1922-25, Jack was on left, then Winfred (Bunny), William, Florence, Clifford, Ruby and Kate. William and Louisa in front.
While living at Huntly - my mother Connie on right and her sister Dulcie
Swimming lessons at Huntly School where my maternal Grand-father, William Edgerley was a teacher..
My maternal Grand-father, William Edgerley and his children, my mother Connie on right b 1911, Dulcie b 1915 and Trevor b 1918 - on steps of school at Huntly. William's wife Maude died in childbirth in 1924.  Another photo possibly on the same steps with children in costumes.
Children - looks mostly boys -  dressed up for a play.
Young ladies holding various objects - maybe participants in a play or pageant at Huntly School admiring a motorcycle and sidecar. Two other photos at same time - sidecar2 and sidecar 3.
Visiting dignitaries at Huntly School possibly Govenor General and wife being greeted by Dulcie.
Gathering of Huntly pupils and staff, maybe connected with above visit. They were SunSmart then too.
Lawn bowls underway way at Huntly while freight train passes.
Guessing again that this is a Huntly streetscape showing Farmers Union Store.
My father Sam with tie in middle of front row New Plymouth Central School, circa 1922.
Sam on right, with mate Len Kerr, New Plymouth Central School, dated 1923
Joseph Arthur O'Donnell b 1900, d 1992  (Artie) younger brother of my fathers mother. Artie lived in the   Tongaporutu district all his life and has left some memories of his and his families life kindly sent with this and some other photos by Alf Lovell and Brian Cummings of  the Tainui Historical Society Museum at Mokau.
Last photograph I have of Laura Whyman       Trevor says he has fond memories of visiting her after school.
New Plymouth Central School A cricket team  dated on back 1924, Sam holding bat.
Four All Blacks from Wills cigarette cards.
Sam, his father and Dick Barrett , My grandmother Annies Uncle from New Plymouth, dated 1925 on back.
All the Hughes siblings, from left, Jean, Alice, Ted. Sam, Don (b 1923), Mildred, at New Plymouth.
Stafford Park, Northcote, cricket match, motorway runs on edge of harbour here now.  Background shows much shipping moored in harbour.
Northcote wharf, sailing ship Rewa moored in background off Birkenhead
My mothe Connie on left with sister Dulcie ready for ball.
On right, Colonel George Everard (Don ), youngest child of Ted and Annie Hughes with model yacht and unknown friend.
Sailing ship Rewa moored off Birkenhead, dated 1929    Onboard 1        and   Onboard  2.
Young ladies hiking party, my mother in centre, could be from  Huntly District High school.
Fishing upper North Shore
Entire Hughes family at end of 1920's, from left, Len O'Donnell,  Annie, Alice, Ted, Mildred, Grandma O'Donnell, Don, Bessie at back, unknown lady, Jean, Edward Walter Arthur, Sam.
Tongaporutu from north side looking seaward.           dated 1929   View looking from sea.    The O'Donnell family used to run the camping ground and a boarding house.

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