Uncle Vic was my great Uncle. I am the great grandson of his older brother Harry Logan. I met Uncle Vic many times, while visiting his daughter Marjorie and his son-in-law Maurice. great grandfather q There was an interesting story about my great grandfather and uncle Vic. When my great grandfather and Uncle Vic were 80 and 77 they had a drinking session which moved to their lamenting things that they used to do like going on 3 day hikes and climbing mountains. After a little more "persuasion" they said that they could still do it. So the next day they climbed Mount Tapenukau sp? ), a ~9000 ft snow cloud mountain. Incidentally my great grandfather was still up fixing his roof age 92!

Vic Logan was my grandfather, known to us kids as Pop. He was a great story teller and my brothers and I spent all our holidays with him and the rest of the family at Whites Bay. He sort of 'inherited' the house there after having worked in the Post and Telegraph for many years. We used to walk over the hill from Rarangi. No power or running water in those days and all the cooking done over the big fireplace. There was an old but very sturdy clinker dinghy which I believe came from the whaling station next bay and Pop used to man the old seagull outboard motor and organise my brother and I to man the two sets of oars when it broke down. He taught us to hunt and fish and when possums started invading the bay we were allowed to take a 22 rifle and the dog out at night to spotlight and shoot them. Evenings were spent playing cards or listening to Pop's wonderful stories. When the road event

My mother is a Logan and Victor is her great uncle. His dates are 1889 - 1975 born and died in Blenheim. Cheers