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Timber industry; axemen at Narrow Neck, Whiteman's Valley.Beauty pageant audience, A & P show, 1967Rimutaka Incline; goods train and surfacemen engaged in track work. [P2-18-26]St Hilda's Anglican Church, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]Hapai club 8th birthday, Rugby gymnasium; Māwai Hakona Māori concert party and audienceFire; Benge & Pratt's store, Main Street; remains.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1972. [P2-437-863]Biggs store, Main Street; interior. [P2-939-2195]Upper Hutt railway station 1955; under constructionSchool Patrol Christmas party.Woolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1966; audienceLa De Da's, rugby gym, c. 1967Hazelwoods Women's Day fancy dress entrants.A & P show; cars; Shelly Motors' stand; Volkswagen Karmann Ghia coupeUpper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streetsKenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Ōrongomai Marae 1998; Waitangi open day; Māwai Hakona whanau demonstrate the art of taiaha Dunlop tyre assembly; cross-ply, small sizesArmy charter march 6, Main Street.The Upper Hutt District in the 1840s, by S.C. Brees Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.Silverstream railway bridge 2 (1903-1957); distant view downstream.Main Street, Upper Hutt, January 1948 (L6)Rugby league ball; group, with trophies. [P3-418-1647]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 213
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Christmas parade 2004; Variety Dance teens and youngsters.Brown Owl School 1991 staff.Housing development plan, 1910; Waldegrave estate; Pine Avenue and McParland Street; partial plan only.Upper Hutt School, Primer 2; 1958Anzac Day 2002; Eric Bateup, Laurie Mercer.Boy Scouts; Radiata Cub Pack; Conservation Week Tree Planting; 1970Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy and Sleepy.Suspension bridge for access to Benge farm, west of Te MaruaFraser Crescent School; new playground by Urban Horticultural Services; MP Peter McCardle at opening.Hutt Valley Energy Board depot, 18 Goodshed Road; architect's isometric view.Māwai Hakona 2012; golden-anniversary cakeAxemen's Association Scrapbook; E.W. Mitchell; 1955 Team Extreme; seventh national group.Geange Street, left side; No. 5Cricket; seven Upper Hutt boys in Hutt Valley team in North Island Under-14 tournament.Youth Club1939 Chevrolet restored for daughter's wedding by Harry Eckersley.Upper Hutt College sport; Soccer, 1969; 3rd XIUpper Hutt School; Egyptian Ball; 1987H20 Xtream; February 2023Dunlop people; 'Call me Al', personnel manager; former union president.Maymorn Kindergarten; Lynne McLennan, née Jackson?Cricket club, young enthusiasts obtaining Bert Sutcliffe's autograph. [P1-2736-5126]Johnson twins' 21st.Totara Park Playcentre; Erin Haxton, four, in Logan Plaza (The Mall).Campbell Family Photograph; ca 1920sBees swarming at Ian Pearless menswear, Main Street.Jaycees World President Visit 1; St John's HallQuentin Christie, photographer, wins two silver awards for photographs taken during a trek in Nepal.Silver Plough ploughing match 1969.Kings Empire Veterans Ladies Upper Hutt RSA 004RSA ball 1972; candid shots. [P1-6869-9259]McCurdy's Castle; map of land to the east as far as Totara Park, drawn by Jack Danahay, 2001.Wedding; Graham Lucinsky, Patricia Taylor 10.Cricket; Glyn Howell to join Upper Hutt as back-up wicket keeper.Matich concert; Laurel Whiteman, Diligence Cup; Susan Crofton, Performer's cup.Local election candidates 2004; Hutt Valley District Health Board; Graham Hampshire, from Mangaroa Valley; 7 needed; 24th of 24..Anzac Day 1998; Vickers .303 machine gun and other guns on display.Silverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade; awards; 1977; Queen's Fire Service MedalsRugby; Rimutaka Rascals at the Hutt Valley Ray Green under-6 tournament in Wainuiomata.Brentwood School staff; principal Shirley Sinclair retires after over 40 years' teaching.Upper Hutt Library 50th Anniversary CelebrationTotara Park bridge 14; pier foundation concrete being poured.Trentham racecourse fashions 2002; Christine Imlay, Eastbourne;overall and 'High Fashion Senorita' winner.RaboDirect Big Coast, 2011Mark Southon, singer, performing in Main Street.Kenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Upper Hutt Toy Library 'Big Rides Day' fund-raiser; 5 rides for a $5 ticket; Christopher Passmore, 3, on concrete mixing truck.Heretaunga Players; The American Dream: Susan Williams, Wendy Evans.Parry debutante.
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UPPER HUTT RECOLLECT is the interactive database for the Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections. It provides easy online access to a rich store of heritage material relating to Upper Hutt City, its people, and events.

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Upper Hutt City Centre: a virtual Heritage Tour

Take yourself on a virtual walking tour telling the history of Upper Hutt's CBD.