Photo Hunt October: Corsair Bay, Labour Day 1953

Entry in the Christchurch City Libraries 2008 Photo Hunt. HWC08-LYT-035 CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ

"Labour Day, 1953. It's too cold for swimming that's why we are wearing our coats. It was a family ritual that we started our beach visits between Labour Day and Easter regardless of the weather."

Apparently a cold spring in 1953 as well.

Christchurch City Libraries, opens a new window has been running an annual Photo Hunt in conjunction with the city’s Heritage Week since 2008.  The 2016 Photo Hunt is running again from 1 – 31 October. During the month of October we will be posting a series of images from earlier Photo Hunts.

Enter the 2016 hunt online or at your local library.

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