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Site of a new suburb, Westmorland

22 May 1976

Auctioneer, Eric Robertson stood next to a sign on Worsley's ...

Site of housing subdivision on Worsley Spur

7 June 1974

View towards the site of Worsley Spur during the construction of ...

A plastic house on Richmond Hill

17 August 1976

A plastic house on Richmond Hill named "Greensleeves" by its ...

Concrete flying saucer home at West Melton

7 May 1977

Exterior of a newly built concrete "flying saucer" home at West ...

Flying saucer house on hillside

17 November 1975

A Futuro, Flying Saucer style house on hillside with the Port ...

Flying saucer house

11 November 1974

A fibreglass Futuro house, an example of those which a ...

Jenny Turland with raspberries

29 December 1977

Jenny Turland in a raspberry field during a raspberry picking ...

Commemorative plaque on Tram Road near Swannanoa

29 March 1975

A plaque commemorating two motor cycle world records on the Tram ...

Piano marathon at Shirley shopping centre

6 December 1973

C.W. Hunter during his record breaking attempt to play the piano ...

Break from trampoline marathon at Burnside High School

26 August 1975

Alan Tamplin (left) and Dave Reid taking a break from their part ...

Christchurch dart players attempting to break a record

8 November 1975

A group of Christchurch dart players attempting to break their ...

Long distance coal carrying record attempt

10 November 1977

Christchurch Stonemason, John Hill, carrying a sack of coal and ...

Hillmorton High School students fundraising

15 November 1974

Hillmorton High School students pushing a wheeled contraption to ...

"Kalamazoo" trolley pumping world record attempt

22 March 1974

Robin Scanes (left) Martin Jansenns and Ashley Brown on a ...

Non stop guitar playing world record attempt

18 September 1971

Wendy Harding and Bill van Peer, both students at Hillmorton ...

Attempt at world record for continuous pool playing

5 November 1973

Soldiers, Keri Ruru (left) and Wattie Cooper shaving during a ...

Hop scotch world record attempt

25 August 1976

Branston Intermediate School students, (from left) Frank Stace, ...

Pastor Erwin Ferris with "Smoking Sam"

24 October 1970

Pastor Erwin Ferris of the Seventh Day Adventists with "Smoking ...

Interior of "Smoking Sam"

14 March 1973

Bottles in the back of the Smoking Sam mannequin fill with ...

No smoking sign at Woolworths

26 March 1977

Maxine Miliner with a no smoking sign at a Woolworths store.

Bill Rees and Paddy Brandon at Lancaster Park no. 5 stadium

1 February 1979

Bill Rees (left) and Paddy Brandon with cans of Lion Brown beer ...

Removal of sacks and cover at Lancaster Park

9 July 1977

Removal of sacks and cover used to dry ground at Lancaster Park. ...

Rebuild of No. 2 stand at Lancaster Park

2 May 1977

Cranes and reconstruction of No. 2 stand at Lancaster Park ...

De Larno the magician with a rabbit

7 December 1979

Magician De Larno, compere and friend of the Starlets' Party, ...

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