Joseph Akari

Hi Mervyn Thanks for the welcome and it was a wonderful surprise to see someone doing research on Grandad. I do not know Hubert grove and I was looking forward to a response. By the way the photo is of my husband Joe and our daughter. Hope Hubert can make contact. Tracey

Well very interesting to see all these replies. Arthur C Clarke was my grandfather and he did indeed live in NZ where I still reside. I have his commission to the army and his mention in despatches for his contribution to the mulberry habour construction. My brother has a painting of the harbour inherited from my grand father after my Grandmother (Lottie known as Billie) passed away in Auckland 1998. Granddad passed away in 1969, not long after his retirement from the harbourboard. I still think of the fantastic things he built for me and my brothers and sister, and the times we visited the auckland harbour wharves, particularly at Xmas time. I also still have many of his slides .... heaps of photos of boats!! Had no idea about step daughter, so a bit of a surprise. My mother, Margaret and auntie Sylvia were adopted by Arthur and Lottie when they were babies. Margaret had five children all still in NZ, including myself. Auntie Sylvia has one child living in England. There is loads of other things and memories, contact frogz12@clear.net.nz Tracey