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Neighbours in Melrose Street during the 1945 Snowstorm

14 July 1945

On the 13 July 1945 there was a howling North West gale and the ...

Avonside Church Fresh Air School 1928

1928

My mother, Naomi June Marie Poulsen in the middle with bow in ...

Woolston School reunion

1965

Group portrait taken at the Woolston School reunion held for the ...

St Bedes College.

1950

The St Bedes College building as it was in 1950.

Decorated Bikes

1962

Bruce, Andrew, Anne and Margaret decorated their bikes for a ...

Mr Richard Smith and his daughters

1913

Mr Richard Smith with his daughters, Betty (3), Dulcie (13), and ...

St Bede’s Ball

October 1950

High school students at the annual school ball at St. Bede’s ...

Mairehau Hall

1916

The name Mairehau was chosen in honour of Miss Mairehau Rhodes, ...

Wedding party in Merivale

12 January 1910

The wedding party approaches the horse-drawn carriage after ...

Mairehau Playcentre Fancy Dress Party

1953

Mairehau Playcentre on site where Mairehau High school is now. ...

The Winsor family bach, Fleming Street, North Beach

1920s

One of the many holiday homes built by W. H. Winsor along the ...

Former Dwelling Middleton, 50 Acacia Avenue

2000s

The former dwelling Middleton is now part of the Middleton ...

Wool classing classes at the Christchurch Technical College

1910

Wool classing classes at the Christchurch Technical College. In ...

Elmwood house

January 1899

The original Elmwood was built for Robert Rhodes (1815-1884) on ...

Original Phillipstown Brick School Building, 1965-1975

between 1965 and 1975

The foundation stone for this building was laid on Saturday May ...

Cranmer Court viewed from Cranmer Square

23 August 2009

Cranmer Court was formerly the Normal School.
The photo ...

Cranmer Centre from corner of Montreal and Armagh Streets

23 August 2009

The Cranmer Centre was formerly Christchurch Girls' High ...

Normal School, Cranmer Square, Christchurch

circa 1921

In Apr. 1873 the Canterbury Board of Education held a design ...

Schoolgirls on their way to Phillipstown School.

May 1925

Girls merrily on their way to Phillipstown School on the day ...

A typical homecraft class, possibly at Riccarton High School

1958

In manual training classes girls were taught homemaking skills ...

Hornby War Memorial

18 April 2015

The Hornby War memorial, originally an artesian pump, was ...

Harewood War Memorial

15 May 2015

Memorial obelisk located at the entrance to Harewood School (721 ...

Laying the foundation stone of the new Methodist Sunday School, Rugby Street

8 May 1902

The original church was burned down in 1902, by which time it ...

Woods Riccarton Mill in 1895

1895

The mill was built in 1861 ready for the 1862 harvest near the ...

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