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Fire; 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]Hapai club 8th birthday, Rugby gymnasium; Māwai Hakona Māori concert party and audience
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Drainage; excavation for 72" pipe section, Brentwood.Rugby Club Social [P1-2326-4716]Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave. [P1-4476-6866]Upper Hutt School, School Committee; 1939Hutt Valley History 54; Industry and Commerce 012; unnamed department store.Tararua Range, viewed from Silverstream Hospital. [P2 - 177 - 624]Flood, 1976; Silverstream, ref: 5 — 10Dunlop (NZ) Ltd; Tube Section Rebuild; 1982Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy. [P1-4597-6987]Upper Hutt School; Class photo Rm 6; 1990General election candidates 1996; Rimutaka electorate; Geoff Hounsell, Christian Coalition Party; fifth of eight; 3.3% (938 votes!).Upper Hutt School, Room 6, J2 and Standard 1; 1980Rugby boys' dinner. [P1-5610-8000]General Motors; Fire Brigade; ca. 1970s-1980sHeretaunga Players; The American Dream: Susan Williams, Wendy Evans.Upper Hutt School, unidentified class; 1951Pahl/Phal(?) 21st, Upper Hutt Club. Geange Street, left side; No. 6; Countdown, from the westB Hoey 21st [P1-6917-9307]Maidstone Intermediate 1984 Sport; Rugby 1st XVSilverstream hospital and bridges, looking north.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy and fairy Evelyn Vernie. [P1-4568-6958]Trentham School 75th Reunion; 2004Te Marua bridge, Beechwood LaneGardens, Fergusson Drive; east side , between Main and Blenheim streetsWoolworths display; cheese. [P1-6385-8775]Carolyn Enting at Expo 88, Australian bicentennial; Tibetan bell in Nepalese display.Mary Ann McCurdy; 1965Brown Owl School 1967; class photo 12. [P2-1251-2909]Netball; Rimutaka club; champion premier one team.A & P Ball 1969;] Gordon Anderson identified.Upper Hutt School, Form 1 and 2; 1958Silverstream Lions Club donates an Ivent portable ventilator to the Life Flight Trust.Upper Hutt Roller Hockey 3 2006Alexander family group 2; at Wallaceville Valley farm?.Upper Hutt School, Room 6; 1999Fourmyula promotion girls Shona and Cherie, in Charles Begg's music shop.Doctor William Ward Akroyd retires after 39 years as a G P.Fergusson Drive; No. 432; Vissers Garage Ltd; corner of Camp Street. [P2-215-390]View towards Central Upper Hutt; no dateUpper Hutt Library 50th Anniversary CelebrationHazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Dopey. [P1-4741-7131]Harry Wilsher, veteran of WWII Arctic convoys, with USSR medal commemorating the 40th anniversary of the war's end.Unidentified house and womenTrentham School 75th Reunion; 2004Upper Hutt Rugby Club Jubilee decade group; 1930-1939.Bob Christie's farm, photographed for Ted Howard (Howard Real Estate); house from left side of approach road 2.Wedding; Mark Ihaia, Elaine Smith 3.Hutt Valley History 49; Industry and Commerce 007; Gear Meat CompanyHazelwoods; staff member Jean Papworth, furniture court.
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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.