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Historic site plaque, Main Street; Hazelwoods store.
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DescriptionHazelwood's second store was next to the Provincial Hotel, which was just west of the Centre Walk; if that second store was built not on the site of the first, but alongside, then the plaque position may be correct.
The plaque is outside a Defence building; the part which incorporates Hazelwood's fourth building, and too far east.
There should be no 'S' on Hazelwood, and the only photo, dated 1893, shows a shop front crowded with bottles and packages; no fruit is visible.
Colin Gibbs's father had bought Hazelwoods in 1944; Colin, a chartered accountant, returned from Sydney in 1954 and joined Hazelwoods as assistant manager, becoming general manager in 1956. The store eventually extended to Queen Street, and became a full department store, then gradually closed departments, with furniture and clothing the last to close.
One of the first group seven plaques announced in the March 6, 1995 'Leader', to be installed that week.
Date Taken15th January 2015
The plaque is outside a Defence building; the part which incorporates Hazelwood's fourth building, and too far east.
There should be no 'S' on Hazelwood, and the only photo, dated 1893, shows a shop front crowded with bottles and packages; no fruit is visible.
Colin Gibbs's father had bought Hazelwoods in 1944; Colin, a chartered accountant, returned from Sydney in 1954 and joined Hazelwoods as assistant manager, becoming general manager in 1956. The store eventually extended to Queen Street, and became a full department store, then gradually closed departments, with furniture and clothing the last to close.
One of the first group seven plaques announced in the March 6, 1995 'Leader', to be installed that week.
Date Taken15th January 2015Depicts or relates to
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Historic site plaque, Main Street; Hazelwoods store.. Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 26/06/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/24248