Thanks to those who told us more about the Pywell photos... there are still a few gaps!

We found the following photos when we were sorting through some boxes at the Diocesan Office. We don't know everyone who is pictured. So... for any who have a good memory for faces, have a look at the following which were shots taken of Archdeacon Pywell's 65th Jubilee of his Ordination Celebration at  All Saints Hall in Dunedin.  Let us know any people you can identify (email Andrew Metcalfe registrar@calledsouth.or.g.nz):

Update: thanks to Alan Edwards, the Ven Jan Clark, Rev'd David Crooks and Ven Michael Godfrey for filling in a few more blanks...

Michael Godfrey writes: The Blain directory notes (Ven Arthur) Pywell from was ordained deacon in Ballarat on 25 Jul 1916 and priest also in Ballarat on 03 Jun 1917 ... so his 65th Jubilee is likely to have been of priesting. The date of the photograph must have been close to June 1982. Apparently there was an obituary in the Otago Daily Times on 17 Jun 1985". 

We have also discovered a link in "Papers Past" which archives old newspapers that has several references to him. There are quite a few to trawl through, but he appears to have been Vicar at Dunstan, Port Chalmers, Caversham, and also involved in the Social Questions Committee.

He came to Dunstan-Pembroke first from Alvie in Victoria in 1927 until 1934, then was at Port Chalmers and then to Caversham in 1935. He was made Archdeacon of the Central Otago Deaconry in 1950, having also been a Canon at St Paul's Cathedral from 1946. He obviously survived a fall from a ladder at the Vicarage in Baker Street on 15 December 1945 (as reported in the ODT!).

In the 1985 Diocesan Yearbook, Bishop Peter Mann noted his passing with these words: 

Arthur Baron Pywell, Priest and Archdeacon, became something of a legend even in his own lifetime. Although he was never the senior priest in the Province by virtue of his ordination (that honour belongs to the Rev'd Frank Ferry) we did help him to celebrate the 65th anniversay of his ordination to the Priesthood three years ago. All but ten years of his ministry was spent in this Diocese and he brought gifts of integrity, soundness of doctrine and a pastor's heart to his service successively in the Dunstan-Pembroke, Port Chalmers and Caversham Parishes. However, he will be remembered chiefly for the his leadership in the establishment of the Home of St Barnabas in Dunedin and it was fitting that he should have spent the last two years in the home he did so much to create. At the request of a number of clergy and in recognition of the Archdeacon's contribution to the life of the Diocese, I have opened an Arthur Powell Memorial Fund to which I invite subscriptions and which will be employed to provide a suitable memorial".

There is a Pywell fund still in existence which includes a gift from his estate, and is available for the ordination of candidates. One of the wings at St Barnabas home is named after him. 

Se also: http://www.stpeterscaversham.org.nz/vicars.html 

We will let you look at some other mystery photographs in days ahead....

Historical Moments

We found an CD with some photographs on it from the official Diocesan Farewell to Bishop Penny Jamieson in 2004 at St John's Church in Invercargill. These photos were taken by Julanne Clark-Morris 16 years ago...enjoy some people spotting: Bishop Penny Jamieson’s Farewell 27 June 2004