HomeImagesTeam Photo: Manawatu Deaf Indoor Bowls Club, 1987

Team Photo: Manawatu Deaf Indoor Bowls Club, 1987

Back Row.— A. DAVIDSON, R. McNAB. Middle Row.— L. JONES, B. HAZELWOOD, M. SINCLAIR, G. KEARNEY. Front Row.— L. AUSTIN, N. ANDERSON, W. ARTHUR, M. HALCROW, M. KIRK. Absent.— M. WARD.

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Alan Davidson
Alan Davidson
Barbara Hazelwood
Barbara Hazelwood
Gay Kearney
Gay Kearney
Lillian Austen
Lillian Austen
Lindsay Jones
Lindsay Jones
Margaret Sinclair
Margaret Sinclair
Matthew Ward
Matthew Ward
Mona Kirk
Mona Kirk
Murray Halcrow
Murray Halcrow
Neville Anderson
Neville Anderson
Russell McNab
Russell McNab
Wally (Walter) Arthur
Wally (Walter) Arthur
Taonga source:
Manawatu Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1987-P003-MDS
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