Closing day of former Canterbury Public Library

24 December 1981

Closing day of former Canterbury Public Library

24 December 1981

Librarian, Roger Flury, holding books on the day the former Canterbury Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace closed ahead of the new building opening on Gloucester Street.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - West

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-02638A

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

Copyright status: In copyright

Copyright Christchurch Star.

Reuse license: Contact me

Permission for commercial reuse must be sought from the Christchurch Star.

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Contact us about this

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you. Your comment has been saved and queued for moderation.

Report this entry

Please enter your details and we'll contact you for more information.

Thank you for your report

More from the same area

Cathedral

circa 2008

Looking from The Rendezvous Hotel as it was being built.

Gathering of the clan

1959

The Scott-Lanyon brothers and sisters get together in ...

Flooding on Oxford Terrace

Wednesday 5 March 2014

A view of flooding on Oxford Terrace including Caffee Roma.

Truck caught in floodwater

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Flooding on Oxford Terrace.

Water wheel, Oxford Terrace

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Flooding along Oxford Terrace.

Flooding by Our City O-tautahi

Wednesday 5 March 2014

The Avon River flooding on Oxford Terrace.

View of flooding on Oxford Terrace

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Beside the Avon River.

Avon RIver running high

Monday 31 May 2021

A view of Oxford Terrace, with Public Trust building.

The Avon River

Monday 31 May 2021

The river running high by the Bridge of Remembrance.

Showing their paintings

Late 1940s

This photo is of Colin Lovell-Smith, Ivy Fife (teacher), Jacky ...

Christchurch Art School group

1950-52

Ivy Fife with students of the Christchurch Art School 1950-52.

Art Centre

11 August 2021

A different perspective.

Art Centre

11 August 2021

A different perspective.

Refraction

11 August 2021

Pattern of the sunlight on water.

Deloitte building

11 August 2021

Artistic design pattern in glass.

Ex Tenebris Lux, Christchurch Art Gallery

12 August 2021

Bronze sculpture by Ernest George Gillick in the foyer of ...

Hiroshima commemoration tree

6 August 1969

Elsie Locke, Phyllis Newell, and Ray Rawlings, place flowers at ...

Statue of Robert Falcon Scott with face mask and road cone

29 August 2021

The statue of Robert Falcon Scott that has been dressed in a ...

Southerly cloud

7 September 1987

Southerly weather causes a low cloud to hang over the city.

Pattern for stained glass window

17 August 1990

Rena Jarosewitch with a pattern for a stained glass window ...

Sir Robert Falcon Scott memorial statue

4 September 2021

Sir Robert Falcon Scott memorial statue during lockdown 2021.

Nurse Maude stained glass window

16 May 2021

“Faith and a Sick Child” stained glass window which is a ...

Scott Statue

25 June 2021

Statue lit up for Tīrama Mai.

Search/Browse the collection