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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]St Hilda's Anglican Church 1920s?, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]
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Boys' Brigade; 3rd Upper Hutt company; Queen's Badge certificates.Upper Hutt School; class photo, 1909 or later.Heretaunga Players; An Inspector Calls: Evan Wright, Pat Long, Vinsen Good.Good Neighbour picture series; Leslie Robinson, Totara Park; nominated by Patricia Williams.Upper Hutt Queen Carnival Parade 010; Tasman Vaccine LaboratoriesMawai Hakona; Kem Tukukino, 'Aunty Dovey'Children's party; Circa 1980sMarsden 21st. [P1-7569-9959]Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1975 Senior 1st DivisionCraig Hall, Potter, Stokes Valley; now full-time after learning the craft at night classes 6 years earlier.Radio promotion; Debbie Taylor and city promotions manager Paul Lambert with McLay's Meats bull.Wedding; Alan Percy Sunkel, Julie Hosie 28. [P1-8199-10589]Military Service, World War II; Germany, Berchtesgaden?Ōrongomai Marae 2004; Waitangi open day; waiata of welcome from the marae.Fancy Dress Youth Dance St John's Hall; Sandra Lees, right.Hazelwood family; Jessie, Violet, Percy; 2 King St, Lower HuttRugby League Ball [P1-2183-4573]Kevin Stent Motors, 757 Fergusson Drive; Brent White and owners Sandra and Kevin Stent.Upper Hutt from Maidstone hill. [P3-25-91]Upper Valley Mixed Over 60s 023Civic centre; future site; Brown Street houses backing onto Martin Street (Fergusson Drive).Dunlop vice-regal visit; Governor General Sir Bernard Fergusson and party at inwards-goods store.Paul Swain opens Upper Hutt electorate office; with secretary Trudi Thomas-Rillstone.Heretaunga Players; The Magic Shoemaker: Jim Grant.21st birthday; Rosina Anderton 9. [P1-3119-5509]Main Street, north side; No. 15-19New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ba 4-8-0 class; number 499Upper Hutt College Student Leaders/Prefects 2003Hamlin 21st [P1-6961-9351]Gardens, Fergusson Drive; car park, corner of Martin StreetCountdown supermarket, Queen Street; developers Lance Cottam, Kevin Jury, Colin Gibbs.Forest Road, Pinehaven; somebody's sign.Te Marua; Macaskill water storage lakes; the eastern lake, seen from State Highway 2, looking north.Carol-Ann Moynihan-Maguren leaves Star Dance Academy, Merton Street.Speedway Steam Products; Combination Oil Burning Stove, Model L.304ETrampoline Club members with prizes from Nationals in Gisborne.Congregational Christian Church in Samoa; Talaitipu in newspaper wedding dress, with designer Liva Asi.Gregory baby [P1-4231-6621]Kate Winters with signs warning pet owners about 1080 poison, and what to do if it is swallowed. A & P ball 1967; Sir Walter and Miss Nash at right.Silver Stream Railway; New Zealand Railfans' tour party and locomotive Ka935.Woolworths staff portrait 8; Mrs (Valerie) Beazley. [P1-6374-8764]Wedding; Douglas John Shaw, Marion Lester 8; Douglas Shaw at right. [P1-8260-10650]Silverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade; Christmas; children with Santa; Dcmber1981Dunlop Christmas social.Rosson mother and baby. [P1-7396-9786]Pahl/Phal(?) 21st, Upper Hutt Club. [P1-8385-10775]Rotary; president Phil Kidd presents Paul Harris Fellowship award to Ōrongomai Marae kaumatua Jock McEwen.Plunket Ball; Norman and Gillian "Jill" Hodgson; her sister Jennifer Rennie .General Motors Xmas Party [P1-4073-6463]
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