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Defiance Flour Mill's new warehouse

26 September 1999

Concrete panels being erected at the new warehouse for Defiance ...

Firefighting extension ladder on Kilmore Street

23 February 1990

Firefighting extension ladder being guided over the Town Hall in ...

Jaws of life

17 May 1990

Christchurch Fire Service mechanic Peter Curd with new jaws of ...

Ernest Adams Christmas puddings

30 June 1990

Debbie Stammers (left), Cecilia Ashby and Kylie Kong pack ...

Edmonds factory demolition

22 November 1990

A Linwood High School student runs past the demolition of the ...

Hillyer's pies

10 March 1983

Pauline Gilmers (left), Bert and Irene Hillyer and Grant Hillyer ...

Yardleys Bakery brandy snaps

7 July 1984

Drew Miller, storeman at Yardleys Bakery in Aranui, packing ...

Edmonds factory garden

14 September 1982

The garden at Edmonds factory on Ferry Road, Phillipstown.

Decorating Christmas cakes at Ernest Adams

24 August 1978

Mrs Vivian Hopkins (left) and Mrs Doreen Ramsey decorating ...

Mixing dough at Home Bakery

27 July 1974

Doughman, Wayne Walker, mixing the dough at Home Bakery Colombo ...

Ernest Adams production line

22 June 1973

Uncooked cakes on the production line at the Ernest Adams ...

Nursery rhyme cakes at Ernest Adams

22 June 1973

Jacqueline Baxter with nursery rhyme cakes at the Ernest Adams ...

Nick Barlow with fruit cake mixture

22 June 1973

Nick Barlow tipping fruit cake mixture into a barrow.

Fire at Fleming's flour mill

17 May 1971

A fire burning at Fleming's flour mill on Deans Avenue in ...

Fleming and Co fire

11 June 1971

The debris of the Fleming and Co flour mill on Deans Avenue in ...

Simons Bakery Ltd

2 December 1971

The interior of the new Simons Bakery Ltd factory at 9 Raycroft ...

Resuscitator unit for New Brighton

31 October 1970

Miles Ruddenklau (left) of the New Brighton Jaycees with Chief ...

Restocking fire hoses

21 November 1970

Keith Beardsley, Ray Kiesanowski (centre) and Ashley Fitchett ...

New Brighton firefighters

19 November 1970

Derek Pitcaithley (centre), Sid Besley and Ron Beardsley (on top ...

Burning car on Centaurus Road

25 April 1970

A car on fire in Centaurus Road. The car was being towed when it ...

Melted aluminium at Aulsebrooks

4 November 1970

The melted aluminium wall of the packaging department at ...

Fire at P & D Duncan

1 December 1970

View of a fire actively burning at the P & D Duncan building at ...

Fire in the hold of the Japan Totara

10 December 1970

The harbour tug, Canterbury, assisting to put out the fire in ...

New polythene bagging machine

12 April 1969

A worker using a newly installed polythene bagging machine to ...

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