RANDOM MEANDERINGS

Ohhh no this is terrible :-( St Pauls, Cnr Cashel and Madras Street, Christchurch. The beautiful $800,000 organ is ruined. A news item including video of the damage http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/2721692/Fire-at-St-Pauls-Trinity-church/ A still from a family video of St Paul's [to the left with columns] on the day of my parents marriage 1959 On October 17th 2009 it will be 50 years since my parents married here. It had just received funding for future strengthening work. http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&t=97&id=38616 Tragic. Update on the church: 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake obliterated the church.  It was under repair from the 4 September 2010 quake at the time. http://tinyurl.com/9stze6t

Me - c1965 How lucky am I! I had an uncle who in the 1950's and 60's had a movie camera... a rarity in those days for the masses. A few weeks back my daughter bought a DVD with her when she came to visit and there on it were some of the home movies that my uncle took way back then including my parents as teenagers before marriage; their wedding [at St Paul's Presbyterian Church...since obliterated in the February 2011 earthquake ]; me as a toddler being chased by my dad. Very precious...especially as i got to see my great grandmother as a moving person! She died before i was born. As it is mum and dads 50th wedding anniversary on 17 October 2009 this is now especially timely :-) and i only had black and white photos of their wedding. It was wonderful to see the moving footage. These are only stills, but hopefully i will be able to rip parts of the DVD off to add to this post. Mum and dad late teens - early 20's - c1957 Mum entering St Paul's...