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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 Hazelwoods promotional booklet, May–June 1958Fire 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]
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House, Fergusson Drive; No. 707; Golders Cottage; front view.Trentham Memorial Park; Teenee Tinsel Town' proposal.Teenage Dance [P1-1709-4099]Beazley-Anderson wedding 11. [P1-8081-10471]Rugby League Ball [P1-2013-4403]Plunket BallRimutaka Tavern, extension proposal; Ian G Tulloch drawing of the Fell bar.Trentham School 75th Reunion; 2004Hazelwoods staff; Susan Wakelin (right), travel departmentTe Marua School; Primers and Standard One Class Photo; Circa 1955St Joseph's Holy Communion 1969 [P1-2754-5144]Dominion Post article; Sale of BeechdaleRugby League Ball [P1-1964-4354]Girl Guides Upper Hutt Division; Circa 1970sWallaceville Research Centre; view from hill, looking north-west, 1939; heavy snowfallMaidstone Intermediate, Room 17; 1979Community Gallery; Karen Moore, with paintings for a retrospective exhibition.Harcourt Park 002Bombay Bicycle Bar & Restaurant, 226 Main Street; owner Mark Collins receives Taste New Zealand awardWayne Roberts 21st.Dawn Garments factory opening. [P1-2905-5295]Horner WeddingNew Zealand Railways locomotive, Ud 4-6-0 class; number 464 (Manawatu 19)Trentham Camp; Wellington 1st Battalion band, November 1927.Phil Tuohy; Lockwood home-building franchisee for 21 years.J.A., Hector and Myrtle Hazelwood, MaymornHazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy and Sleepy.Brown Owl - Rimutaka Baptist Church 002; church dedication and opening?Car Rally; 1958-59Maidstone pools; packing cases for Rootes car parts being re-used; as screens? [P1-2722-5112]Fraser Crescent School; new playground by Urban Horticultural Services; MP Peter McCardle at opening.Wrestling; Daniel Hughes; second placings in the N. I. and N. Z. champs, and picked to represent N. Z.Trentham School 75th Reunion; 2004Softball; Kylee Stevens picked to play for New Zealand in Olympic Games qualifiers.Wedding; Kenneth Greig McDonald and Elizabeth Pearlene Baker 9. [P1-7183-9573]Trentham racecourse; Black Rider from the Lord of the Rings films.Canoeist Jeff Sutherland dives from Naenae Olympic Pool's 5-metre board.Flood, Karapoti; water crossing the road 2.New piupius dedicated, Heretaunga CollegeRobertson Engineering Ltd, 75-81 Montgomery Crescent; 'Strainrite' fencing products.Mendoza Mechanical and Engineering, Unit 3, 110 Whakatiki Street; mechanic Shane Mendoza.Moonshine Road hazards.Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3617-6007]Watson Wedding 7. [P1-6811-9201]Aerial view 1997(?); looking west towards Craig's FlatJack Danahay ('Uncle Jack') receives a "knights of the road" award for service to road safety.Houses, north side of Heretaunga Square, Silverstream; Residential A classificationBombay Bicycle Bar & Bistro; advertising logoHazelwoods staff group; staircase.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy. [P1-4595-6985]
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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.

By registering as a member (all that's required is an email address or Facebook account) you're also able to contribute your own knowledge and memories about our holdings, as well as create personal collections of your own.

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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.