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DescriptionIf you don`t think photos are important, wait until they are all you have left.Get your best family digital photos printed and write who, what, where, when, why, how, etc. on each one.Map[1] ContributorHeather Newby
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CommentsNoeline Pinn
So true.
Glenice Hansen
So true
Gae Galway
I think a lot of our photos will just disappear into space as I am certainly guilty of not printing them from phones and iPads. I do have old family photos and stories that I have been able to share with our extended families so hope that will keep going into the future.
Bob Laing
Gae Galway
Hi Gae, can I suggest that you write those stories of yesteryear down which will give them a greater chance of surviving into the future
]=Gae Galway
Bob Laing Have been collecting those stories from several of my much older family members (siblings and cousins) over many years and have written and shared them. These families all grew up very close to each other in Karamea. Cousins all together, not like these days when they are scattered around the world and in lots of cases have never met their extended family.
Bob Laing
Gae Galway
Good on you
Sharyn Lodge
Gae Galway and thank goodness you did
Gae Galway i have taken heaps of photos and when my husband died 5 year ago i got a lot printed and put them on the wall.. Im so glad i did.
Bob Laing
Heather
What I have been doing across the family is rescuing old photos that are not named but I or others can identify. Digitising those and family photos that are named and circulating them to the family. Unfortunately I have seen suitcases of old photos that can’t be identified and will ultimately be dumped
Heather Newby
Bob Laing yes.. my brother told me when the Cobden dump was open .. he found whole albums of family photos.. no names.. nothing to identify them.. such a shame
Margaret Standen
Mum had a suitcase of family photos. Sadly most were not names and the memories stop there!
Mary Hopkins
I get into trouble cause I am always taking family photos lol
Heather Newby
Mary Hopkins so do I ..but they appreciate it a few years later
Jean Keenan
just had afew hours going threw old photos today with my sister and cousin.some named alot not.got some info we wanted.
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MIcheal Hunt
going through my wifes grandmothers photos after she passed there was a photo of a young child with her full name and an inscription of to my kiwi grandmother it took under 3 hours to have found her and made contact in the states amazing however she … See More
Heather Newby
MIcheal Hunt wow...thats amazing
Elaine Mcgill
I found old photo of very pretty uoung women only couple of oldies left to ask they didnt know sad she so pretty i have keot it silly i know
Heather Newby
Elaine Mcgill same with my brother.. he found a photo of a young woman at the tip and he kept it.. no name. no info on it.
Helen Joan Forrest
This is the reason I do scrapbooking and have a Heritage Album with photos of parents, their parents and Grandparents etc. I am starting to go forward with sibling, cousins, their children and any grandchildren. I am sending letters to cousins and asking all the information so it is more accurate. I may need to start another album or make a small booklet.
Mary Hopkins
Helen Joan Forrest awesome I love scrapbook
Heather Newby
Helen Joan Forrest great idea!
Noeline McCaughan
The poem will be a sharp reminder to some who have old photograph albums to make certain that name, places and events are recorded alongside the photos. Also if you have an album and cannot be bothered tracking down the names, hand it on to a family m
Dennis Gibbs
Certainly poignant.
So true.
Glenice Hansen
So true
Gae Galway
I think a lot of our photos will just disappear into space as I am certainly guilty of not printing them from phones and iPads. I do have old family photos and stories that I have been able to share with our extended families so hope that will keep going into the future.
Bob Laing
Gae Galway
Hi Gae, can I suggest that you write those stories of yesteryear down which will give them a greater chance of surviving into the future
]=Gae Galway
Bob Laing Have been collecting those stories from several of my much older family members (siblings and cousins) over many years and have written and shared them. These families all grew up very close to each other in Karamea. Cousins all together, not like these days when they are scattered around the world and in lots of cases have never met their extended family.
Bob Laing
Gae Galway
Good on you
Sharyn Lodge
Gae Galway and thank goodness you did
Gae Galway i have taken heaps of photos and when my husband died 5 year ago i got a lot printed and put them on the wall.. Im so glad i did.
Bob Laing
Heather
What I have been doing across the family is rescuing old photos that are not named but I or others can identify. Digitising those and family photos that are named and circulating them to the family. Unfortunately I have seen suitcases of old photos that can’t be identified and will ultimately be dumped
Heather Newby
Bob Laing yes.. my brother told me when the Cobden dump was open .. he found whole albums of family photos.. no names.. nothing to identify them.. such a shame
Margaret Standen
Mum had a suitcase of family photos. Sadly most were not names and the memories stop there!
Mary Hopkins
I get into trouble cause I am always taking family photos lol
Heather Newby
Mary Hopkins so do I ..but they appreciate it a few years later
Jean Keenan
just had afew hours going threw old photos today with my sister and cousin.some named alot not.got some info we wanted.
· Reply · 22h
MIcheal Hunt
going through my wifes grandmothers photos after she passed there was a photo of a young child with her full name and an inscription of to my kiwi grandmother it took under 3 hours to have found her and made contact in the states amazing however she … See More
Heather Newby
MIcheal Hunt wow...thats amazing
Elaine Mcgill
I found old photo of very pretty uoung women only couple of oldies left to ask they didnt know sad she so pretty i have keot it silly i know
Heather Newby
Elaine Mcgill same with my brother.. he found a photo of a young woman at the tip and he kept it.. no name. no info on it.
Helen Joan Forrest
This is the reason I do scrapbooking and have a Heritage Album with photos of parents, their parents and Grandparents etc. I am starting to go forward with sibling, cousins, their children and any grandchildren. I am sending letters to cousins and asking all the information so it is more accurate. I may need to start another album or make a small booklet.
Mary Hopkins
Helen Joan Forrest awesome I love scrapbook
Heather Newby
Helen Joan Forrest great idea!
Noeline McCaughan
The poem will be a sharp reminder to some who have old photograph albums to make certain that name, places and events are recorded alongside the photos. Also if you have an album and cannot be bothered tracking down the names, hand it on to a family m
Dennis Gibbs
Certainly poignant.
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West Coast New Zealand History (29th Dec 2020). Strangers in a Box. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 12th Apr 2026 10:15, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/28817