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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 213Timber 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]
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Upper Hutt School; School Buildings; 1964Nichols(?) girl. [P1-7155-9545]Council staff; parking and services officer Allan Martin.Upper Hutt School; Crazy Hair Day; 1988Upper Hutt Bowling Club Kelly, Ana, Sophie, SalaRSA ball 1972; Hazelwoods's Mrs Schicker. [P1-2573-4963]Heretaunga Players; Separate Tables: Arthur Williams, Marta Buchanan.Kings Empire Veterans Ladies Upper Hutt RSA 004Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3588-5978]Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1977 Junior 4thHazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave with fairy 2. [P1-1328-3718]Heretaunga Players; Major Barbara: Jim MacFarlane.Spring Festival; Greetings From a Giant Puppet; 2003Trentham Camp overall view 1915-1916; from hill to the east 2.Upper Hutt College 1964; Form 5TPinehaven Radiata Cub Pack; 1971Princes Street, east side; No. 1Susan Bryant; Member of the 1st Upper Hutt Brownie Pack; ca 1950sFormer Kent garden centre, corner of Ranfurly Street and Fergusson Drive; open display areaBrown Owl School 1980; runningFlood, 1976; Silverstream, ref: 5 — 11Main Road, circa 1928 (2 of 2)Silverstream Plunket Fancy Dress (?)Wayne Roberts 21st.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave. [P1-4476-6866]Leon Sullivan and John McVey; best guy in City Council competition; burnt in Totara Park bonfire.Heretaunga Players; The Ghost Train: Charles Hammond - `Saul Hodgkin'.New Zealand Railways locomotive, M 0-6-0 class; number 89, before alteration to 2-4-4-TCivic Hall; Rimutaka Licensing Trust Classic Winter Party; crowd dancing to Joe Cocker tribute. Fourmyula promo shotCycling; first down-hill mountain-bike track opens in Maidstone Park.Car Trials, Mangaroa Hill Road; 1948-1954 Jaguar XK120Main Street; 1996Upper Hutt School; Construction of new changing shed at pool; 1985Upper Hutt School, unidentified class; c.1955Trentham School; visitor Yoshihiro Goto shows Kathleen Merrett a piece of origami.Rebecca McLellan aged 3 on pony [P3-386-1462]Watson Wedding 5. [P1-6810-9200]Upper Hutt School, Netball 'Raiders'; 2000RSA members and wives at front door; Australia tour party.Wedding; Victor Mills, Carol Sharpe 26. [P1-8687-11077]Christmas Parade 2000; 14; Tararua Sports Club Inc.; Upper Hutt City soccer.Brown Owl School 1985 Room 5; teacher, Mr Strachan.21st birthday; Glennis Rosalie Cains 39.Flood, 1976; Silverstream; Brigade series; PinehavenHeretaunga Players; Wolf's Clothing: Jim Grant, Evelyn Lee, Jocelyn Stephenson, Eric Brown.Workingmen's Club committee; two identified.Edhouse 21st [P1-2622-5012]Duke and Duchess of York welcomed to WellingtonUpper Hutt School, unidentified class; 1909
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