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St Hilda's Anglican Church 1920s?, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]Fire; Benge & Pratt's store, Main Street; remains.Rugby league ball; group, with trophies. [P3-418-1647]Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.Main Street, Upper Hutt, January 1948 (L6)Upper Hutt railway station 1955; under constructionSchool Patrol Christmas party.Woolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1966; audienceSilverstream railway bridge 2 (1903-1957); distant view downstream.Queen Street saleyards; cattle sale. Timber industry; Campbell's Sawmills Ltd, Karapoti; experimental logging tractor on bush tramway bridge. Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1928; juniors.New Zealand Railways locomotive, S 0-6-4 T class; number 213Timber industry; axemen at Narrow Neck, Whiteman's Valley.Beauty pageant audience, A & P show, 1967Biggs store, Main Street; interior. [P2-939-2195]Hapai club 8th birthday, Rugby gymnasium; Mawai Hakona Maori concert party and audience.Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.The Upper Hutt District in the 1840s, by S.C. Brees Hazelwoods promotional booklet, May–June 1958A & P show; cars; Shelly Motors' stand; Volkswagen Karmann Ghia coupeŌrongomai Marae 1998; Waitangi open day; Māwai Hakona whanau demonstrate the art of taiaha Army charter march 6, Main Street.Dunlop tyre assembly; cross-ply, small sizesLa De Da's, rugby gym, c. 1967Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1972. [P2-437-863]Hazelwoods Women's Day fancy dress entrants.Upper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streetsKenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Rimutaka Incline; goods train and surfacemen engaged in track work. [P2-18-26]
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Wedding; Bishop/FitzgibbonWedding; Douglas John Shaw, Marion Lester 4.Gethings Motors, Main and Wilson streets; Mitsubishi Diamond Dealer of the Year for the second time; Colin and Pam Gething.Iona Church Centre; 'The Iona Singers' community singing group.Upper Hutt Operatic Society; The Sound of MusicCity Status procession No. 26; Rotary float.Brown Owl School 1986 Room 8 Junior 2; teacher, Mrs Ris.Ōrongomai Marae 2000; Waitangi open day; Orleta children's Polish dance groupWedding; Roger John Guinness, Glenda Florence Larkin 0. RSA ball 1972; candid shots. [P1-2574-4964]Upper Hutt Municipal Band, national contest, Wellington, 1973Upper Hutt Taxi Society; Layton Edwards, Ross McMurray, taxi proprietors.Heretaunga Players; HomeRoger Anderson; chairman of the Heretaunga/Pinehaven District Community Council.Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1979 Senior ThirdsMilton Street, No. 1; Baptist Church; new building; architect's drawingCivic Centre; addition of arts centre; plan at theatre level.A & P show, Trentham Memorial Park; fairgroundHazelwoods interior; home appliances, Xmas [P1-4794-7184]Darts; Joseph Moses and Alex Forster; winners in Wellington regional and hotel championships; fifth in NZ final.Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3679-6069]Harry van de Riet(?) wedding 9.Maidstone Intermediate 1980 Rm16Wedding; Douglas John Shaw, Marion Lester 8; Douglas Shaw at right. [P1-8260-10650]Maidstone Intermediate 1983 Rm10Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3613-6003]Aerial view 1997(?); Kaitoke to WellingtonSilverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade; new station opening; November 1974Wedding; Brian John Pearce and Dale Susan Stewart; 14. [P1-8780-11170]Wedding; Neville Cole, Catherine Haxton 14; groom and friend, reception.House, unidentified; apparently about to move to Montgomery CrescentTotara Park; community house; move to Timberlea proposed.Dunlop Christmas social; prizewinner at left?Davis Hoskins Wedding 3. [P1-3499-5889]Anderton wedding 2.Army charter parade; mayor Rex Kirton reviews troops.Scouts; Totara Park troop; chief scout award to Edward Banks.Wedding; Victor Mills, Carol Sharpe 7. [P1-8683-11073]Netball; New Zealand wins World Cup; audience at Civic Centre for Irene van Dyk.Central Institute of Technology buildings; administration building, from the west.Trentham Memorial Park Sports Association; Bill Jeffries, M P, arrives before opening new clubrooms.Upper Valley Mixed Over 60s 027Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave with fairy 2. [P1-1328-3718]The Plant Express, 4 King Charles Drive; Mark Rammell, Fiona Scholten.Plunket BallWidening State Highway 2Te Kira baby. [P1-6073-8463]Kaitoke Christmas social, c. 1960sLibrary; Anna McColl and Laura Topp take a break from from making bookmarks and mobiles.Wedding; Colin Williams, Kristine Howard 19. [P1-7101-9491]
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