Our Wedding Party - Bryllup i New Zealand

Some of our Guests - Nogle af vores Gæste

Fairy Grace - Fæ Grace

Fairy Grace - Fæ Grace

Grace Watson was our lovely flower fairy, Duncan has been close friends with Grace's parents for several years.

Grace Watson vores søde blomsterpige er datter af nogle af Duncans nære venner.

 

Of the hundred or so people we drew from lots of different groups. Some of Maj Britts friends turned up from her time at Auckland University School of Architecture.

Af de circa 100 gæste var der nogle fra mange forskellige gruppe. Nogle af Maj Britts venner fra Arkitektskolen i Auckland var også til stede.

 

Duncans extented family was well represented with counsins and aunts and uncles, All Duncans grandparents came up from Wellington.

Duncan familie var godt repræsenteret med masser af fætre, kusiner, tanter og onkler. Duncans bedsteforældre var kommet til fra Wellington.

 

Amoung the many family friends were our neighbours and some of Fiona and Stuarts university friends.

Blandt de mange venner af familien er vores naboer og nogle af nogle af Fiona og Stuarts universitets venner.

 

Amoung the guests were teachers and friends from Michael Park School, university friends and political comrades. Duncan's best friend from school, Jeremy made it over from Australia. The core friends from Hawke Sea Scouts also came.

Nogle af gæsterne var Duncans lærere og venner fra Michael Park School, andre var universitetsvenner og politisk kammerater. Duncans beste ven fra skolen, Jeremy, var kommet fra fra Australien. Vennerne fra Duncans tid som søspejder var også repræsenteret.

 
Robert and Inge - Robert og Inge

Robert and Inge - Robert og Inge

Duncan's grandmother, Inge Keith-Kirk is keeping Robert Lithgow on the straight and narrow. Inge is from Prussia (now partly in western Poland - formally the german seat of power) and married Keith, a major in the British army shortly after WWII. After a few years in London they moved to New Zealand with little Fiona. Because Fiona was born in London, Duncan was able to work & reside in Brittain.

Duncans mormor, Ingeborg Keith-Kirk snakker med farbror Robert. Mormoren er fra Preussen og blev gift lige efter krigen med Keith, en new zealandsk major i den brittiske hær. Efter nogle år i London, flyttede Keith tilbage til New Zealand med sin tyske kone. Duncans mor er født i London og derfor har Duncan arbejds- og opholdstilladelse i England.

 
Margaret Lithgow

Margaret Lithgow

Stuarts parents Margaret and Bob Lithgow came up from Wellington. The Stuart and his four brothers and sister grew up on a farm not far from Wellington. A family of four boys and a girl kept Margaret and Bob on their toes. Bob spent over 50 years working for the New Zealand Automobile Association and Margaret found inspiration in china painting, releasing her own book.

Duncans farmor og farfar Margareth og Bob Lithgow bor i Wellington (hovedstaden). Duncans far er vokset op på en gård lidt uden for Wellington sammen med 4 brødre og en søster. Bob var regnskabsmedarbejder i over 50 år ved noget, der minder om Falck. Margareth gik meget op i porcelænsmaling og fik udgivet en bog om emnet.