Crystal Mirror & Glass Co. Ltd

About 1942

Crystal Mirror & Glass Co. Ltd

About 1942

Employees standing outside Crystal Mirror and Glass Co. Ltd at 283 Tuam Street in Christchurch.
Contributor's note: "My late father Wilfred Malcolm (Mac) Stretch (b. 8.12.1910) finished his apprenticeship with the Crystal Mirror & Glass Company and left to join the P & T in 1948. I can still remember the overpowering smell of ammonia when I went to see Dad - but he was so used to it, he couldn't smell it. The building was much later occupied by Continental Caterers."

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - Southeast

Source: Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-PH13-RAG-CMG6

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