Masons preparing stone for the Memorial Church Tai Tapu
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Alexander Suttie and stonemasons at Tai Tapu Church.
The photo was taken of my great grandfather Alexander Suttie while helping to build the Tai Tapu Church. He was a stonemason and also helped to build the Sign of the Takahe building on Cashmere Hill. His signature is one of the group retained on a wall downstairs in the Takahe building. The photo has been passed down through the family and I recently had it reframed. The names of the stonemasons are hand written on the lower frame of the photo.
Date: 1930s
Entry in the 2017 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.
Stonemasons (from left to right in image) - Donald McBain, C. Rennell, A. Suttie, A. Beare