FLORENCE
photos ex Clare Jordan
Todays photos of Florence (1910, HN Burgess) are from Clare Jordan. Clare found them in an old album of her great-grandparents (Jim Turner), they show one at sea, two with the life preserver ring and one that looks like on a creek somewhere, dated early 1920s. Clare’s not sure where the Creek area is, but commented that it looked like her family spent a bit of time there camping. They had a batch in Titirangi, but Clare felt it didn’t make sense for Florence to be on the Manukau Harbour area?
Jim Turner spent a lot of time with his best mate (Alexander Lewis) at Jenkins Bay, Titirangi. Alexander (Sandy) had something to do with the VCC.
Claire’s not sure who the people are, the man in the photos looks like the same person with the captains hat on.
I have forwarded these photos to Florence’s current owner Adam Wild & as expected Adam was rapt to get them, he is currently looking at some subtle rework to the painting scheme of Florence’s superstructure and commented that these photos will assist greatly.
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Harold Kidd Update
FLORENCE spent her years from 1922 in Whangarei owned by J.C. Reynolds but, if the companion pic of JEAN GRAY is anything to go by, the album contains pics of the period before that and associated closely with people in Victoria Cruising Club. FLORENCE was owned in 1919 by F. Price, like JEAN GRAY’s owner, A. Lewis and later A. Hazleman, a VCC stalwart, and was Vice-Commodore from 1920. In fact, the life ring in the lowest pic has “VCC” on the bottom. So the pics pre-date her Whangarei period. Quite where the creek pic was taken is anyone’s guess but I don’t think it could have been on the Manukau unless they fitted FLORENCE with wheels. Just to confuse things a bit, there was a FLORENCE on the Manukau, owned by Pardington, but it was only a 20 footer.
So, these are companion pics to the JEAN GRAY pic, featuring VCC notables of the time.
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She was a flushdecker originally. The tramtop was put on her on the VCC slip in September 1919 so some of these pics are after that. The dodger was later again.
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Picture two: Heading off to Islington Bay ex Tamaki River? Motutapu off stb bow; Waiheke behind that? Hence are those pics in the stream the upper reaches of the Tamaki River?
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They are indeed Romantic photos.
You said it best Russell.
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FLORENCE spent her years from 1922 in Whangarei owned by J.C. Reynolds but, if the companion pic of JEAN GRAY is anything to go by, the album contains pics of the period before that and associated closely with people in Victoria Cruising Club. FLORENCE was owned in 1919 by F. Price, like JEAN GRAY’s owner, A. Lewis and later A. Hazleman, a VCC stalwart, and was Vice-Commodore from 1920. In fact, the life ring in the lowest pic has “VCC” on the bottom. So the pics pre-date her Whangarei period. Quite where the creek pic was taken is anyone’s guess but I don’t think it could have been on the Manukau unless they fitted FLORENCE with wheels. Just to confuse things a bit, there was a FLORENCE on the Manukau, owned by Pardington, but it was only a 20 footer.
So, these are companion pics to the JEAN GRAY pic, featuring VCC notables of the time.
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That is the most stunning array of pictures! I am stunned. I particularly love the Captain lounging with ciggie -completely at peace with the whirrled. Also another of him with the children (grandkids?) with cap delightfully awry. Underneath it all, he is a man of protocol -note the flags. Just dropped his guard for a moment -kids do that for you. Pics of boats in creeks are delightful and thought provoking.These are a time apart -one pic pre-doghouse even. The building in the background should give a clue.
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