New photos #1

As I gather the material for this blog and talk with local residents, more photos come to light. The beauty of the digital medium is that I can share these at any time. So here is the first of what I'm sure will be a number of 'catch-ups' - with recently acquired images from harbour bays I have already written about - Governors Bay, Teddington and Little Port Cooper.

The jetty at present-day Sandy Bay, Charles Beken collection, Canterbury Museum, undated.
This jetty was demolished in 1938 but the piles are still clearly visible. See an earlier blog post for the story of this jetty.

The jetty at present-day Sandy Bay, Lyttelton Museum, undated.
Note the two boys peering through the buoy!

Mrs Fred Mackie (Hazel) launching the new Charteris Bay Yacht Club rescue launch  from Lionel Jefcoate's boatbuilding shed by the long jetty in Governors Bay, c. 1958/9. Oliver Hunter, Patron of the Yacht Club is watching on the left. Mr J. A. White is in the driving seat. (Mary Harrison)

Out on the flats at Teddington. David Bundy suggests that these deep, parallel ruts were made by the traction engine that once hauled wool bales to the head of the jetty at Teddington. See earlier post on this jetty (Jane Robertson, 2018)

A recent shot of the old jetty piles at Teddington. Two channel marker posts can be seen in the distance. These markers conclude at what appears to be the remains of another, much shorter jetty on the opposite side of the channel. I know nothing about this other jetty and would love to discover more. (Jane Robertson, 2018)

Boy in boat, Little Port Cooper, Lyttelton Museum, undated
Note the long jetty in the distance. The pilot boat is moored outside its boatshed and slipway on the west side of the bay. Click here for more about the settlement at Little Port Cooper.

Another view of the jetty at Little Port Cooper. Lyttelton Museum, undated