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Royal Street; Self Help supermarket; archictects' drawing.
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DescriptionPrinted in the March 19, 1969 'Leader' in greyscale, cropped just above the building. It was hard to distinguish the roof details. This drawing was printed in black and white in the November 5 advertisement announcing the November 12 opening; it has been scanned in greyscale to reduce the moire effect of the straight-line shading of the street surface.
The architects were Wellington's Burren and Keen.
A much clearer black-and-white picture was printed in a November 5 advertisement.
The building would be 12 000 square feet/1115 square metres; the car park would hold almost 100, and extended from Royal Street to Gibbons Street. Some existing trees had been retained.
The store was expected to open in August, and would employ 40-50 people. In fact, Self Help closed their Main Street shop on November 10, 1969, and opened their Royal Street supermarket on November 11.
It opened as Self Help, later changed to Wardells, and then to New World, which closed January 28, 1989 to enable the completion of a "new Pak'n Save food warehouse" which would opened on July 19. All four brands belonged to the Foodstuffs cooperative.
Date TakenMarch 1969
The architects were Wellington's Burren and Keen.
A much clearer black-and-white picture was printed in a November 5 advertisement.
The building would be 12 000 square feet/1115 square metres; the car park would hold almost 100, and extended from Royal Street to Gibbons Street. Some existing trees had been retained.
The store was expected to open in August, and would employ 40-50 people. In fact, Self Help closed their Main Street shop on November 10, 1969, and opened their Royal Street supermarket on November 11.
It opened as Self Help, later changed to Wardells, and then to New World, which closed January 28, 1989 to enable the completion of a "new Pak'n Save food warehouse" which would opened on July 19. All four brands belonged to the Foodstuffs cooperative.
Date TakenMarch 1969Part of
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