MELODY
Todays photo above is most likely the launch MELODY, it popped up on Lew Redwood’s fb – with the boats name and possible date for the photo being 1940>1949.
The photo was captioned ’The motorboat MELODY at a jetty’.
Back in June 2021 WW was contacted by Donna Lewis, a kiwi living in Australia who had purchased a collection of 1/2 models from a garage sale on KAWAU ISLAND , the models made their way to Australia when the buyer immigrated. Fast forward they were getting on in life and wanting to down scale so they contacted WW and the models were sent back to NZ.
At the time of the 2021 story (link below – lots of chat in the comments section) we learnt that one of the 1/2 models was most likely MELODY (see below) and K Ricketts commented that the builder was Roy Lidgard and sent in a screen grab (refer below) of MELODY taken from a old home movie shot by KR c.1954 https://waitematawoodys.com/2021/06/29/lidgard-1-2-models-help-needed/
Are we able to learn more about the launch and what became of her.
INPUT ex K Ricketts – magazine article below + 2017 photos
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Hello Lindsay McMorran
I believe you are right. Certainly, Islington or Drunks Bay. The last bach left on the west side belonged to Cal Crooks parents. Forty-five (+) years ago, I took two daughters ashore and watched his mother feed the Wallabies. The landmark house has been vacant for years. A real shame seeing it depreciate.
Now, I recall Calvin owned “Melody” and in the image she is moored at their jetty. I further recall “Melody” being in the old Dales freight way yards in Penrose. That makes sense as Bill Moyes appears to have owned “Melody”. Maybe Cal was buying or selling her at the time. I worked with him as an apprentice, and I recall lunch time conversation about him buying the Roy Lidgard built “Melody” Sadly at the time I was more interested in Mullet boats.
Chris McMullen
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She was built in the early 1950s — KEN R
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The pic looks very much like Islington Bay, looking across to Motutapu. I presume some of the baches on the Rangtoto side had their own private jetties.
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The boat in the image is beyond doubt the MELODY — I knew her so very well when she was new–KEN R
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