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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]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
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Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy and Sleepy.General Motors Xmas Party [P1-4109-6499]Dawson Wedding 1.Gillett 21st [P1-7363-9753]RSA Xmas [P1-2387-4777]Bryant & May; Production Line; 1985Blue Mountains Progressive Association fair; Robert Alexander, fox terrier Banjo; dog most like its owner prize.Gee & Hickton funeral directors during Covid-19 Level 4 lockdownRiver protection, McLeod St, Anslow's property; looking east (upstream).House, Whiteman's Valley Road; Whitemans' villa.Main St, Upper Hutt, Jan. 1948; north side 17; Hazelwood's change of height (L17)Mayor Doris Nicholson in mayoral robes and chain of office.Axemen's Association Scrapbook; Waikanae; 1958Trentham School 75th Reunion; 2004Royce Wiffen engagement and 21st birthday.Snow at Brown Owl School, 18 June 1983A & P show; pet parade; dog.Allan Mason, Kaitoke research farm; coldest morning since record began 20 years earlier.Aubrey Matangi, 72, walks 11 km each week to get his "Leader".Bernadette Sharkey, Hutt Valley Rose of Tralee for 1999.Anzac Day dawn parade, outside King Street RSA, year unknown; 003.Flora, Jack and Mary Danahay; no dateUpper Hutt School, Netball 'Rebels'; 2000Rugby Club Australian visit. [P1-7403-9793]Silverstream Home of Compassion; Senior Sister Christopher dressed as 'Queen Mother'.St Hilda's Anglican church 2004; double anniverary; Jake Philips, Margaret Horner.Wayne Roberts 21st.STC social 2. [P1-2493-4883]Upper Hutt School, staff at picnic; 1918Dunlops Xmas Party [P1-3592-5982]Wedding; Nicholas Duncan, Judith Ann Thompson 21. [P1-3526-5916]Scouts; Allen Pritchard and belated special scarf, wooden beads and woggle.Trentham Camp building; unidentified, wood-and corrugated-iron Citizens' Advice Bureau; Leonie Stevens,co-ordinator.Janette Hodson, Miss Hazelwoods 1971, and chair [P1-172-1033]B Hoey 21st [P1-6903-9293]Maidstone Max playground, Park Street, to open; twins Hamish and Thomas Eyles, 6, on a flying fox.Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River and Akatarawa River from Bridge Road bridge, Birchville.Dawn Garments Xmas Party [P1-2944-5334]Military Service, World War II; Italy? Sports ground/hospital.Business Women's Association 'candle light do'.Heretaunga Players; Under Milk Wood: Martin Wilson, Kay Melhuish.Upper Hutt Primary School; Bike Day, 2003Hutt Valley History 38; Social Occasions 008; coronation, King George VI: montageE. G. Taylor 10 Wing, GHQ Training Depot, Trentham, April 1937Kaitoke Christmas social.Anderton wedding 2.John Pollitt with Portrait of the Duke of Wellington.Upper Hutt College buildings 2015 9; Gym & Sports CentreAerial view 1997(?); looking west towards Craig's Flat
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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.