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Canterbury Timber Products factory

15 July 1978

Exterior of the Canterbury Timber Products factory.

Variety Club parade

Circa 1990s

A decorated car with various sponsors including BP in a Variety ...

Colin Kinley using a staking machine

28 July 1962

Colin Kinley using a staking machine to soften leather.

Leather spraying

28 July 1962

Dennis Truscott operating a leather spraying machine.

Shoe designer, Ken Holt

6 August 1962

Ken Holt with shoes he has designed. Ken is one of the youngest ...

Injection Moulders Ltd machine

4 April 1966

A man operates a new Injection Moulders Ltd machine at the ...

Treated pelts at a city tannery

20 April 1964

Director Nigel Bowron shows members of the Canterbury Footwear ...

Sorting through chrome tanned skins

Circa 1960s

Allan Hughs sorts chrome tanned skins.

Lion Boot Repairs, Oxford Terrace

21 March 1987

John, Glenn and Zane Gray repairing running shoes in the ...

City flower market

17 August 1959

Flower buyers at the city flower market.

Boikov carnations

6 July 1991

Wayne Hutchinson inspects his Boikov carnations.

Ice cream cakes

5 November 1971

Making ice cream cakes at the General Foods Gaytime ice cream ...

General Foods showroom, Blenheim Road

20 October 1976

Units on display at the General Foods showroom, Blenheim Road.

General Foods, Blenheim Road

20 November 1968

Exterior of the General Foods plant on Blenheim Road with ...

RSA clubroom mural

20 September 1984

Mat Reedy chairman of the Christchurch district rehabilitation ...

Search and Rescue Organisation members

2 September 1967

Sergeant G.E. Dawson (Police) checking off members of the Search ...

Chalk drawing, Sol Square

22 March 2008

Chalk drawing celebrates St Patrick's Day events in Sol Square.

The Irish Pub, Lyttelton

5 May 2010

The Irish Pub located at 17A London Street in Lyttelton.

Les Grenfell, butcher

14 July 1984

Les Grenfell in his butchery.

Aalt Verkerk

Circa 1990s

Aalt Verkerk with a display of meat at Verkerks.

Sydenham butcher, W.D. Cross

11 November 1980

Sydenham butcher, W.D. Cross, outside his butchery and showing ...

MMM Meats, New Brighton

10 November 1980

Interior of MMM Meats, New Brighton.

Owens Butchery staff

10 April 1968

Butchers of Owens Butchery, Colombo Street, wearing boaters.

Apprentice butchers

17 September 1968

J.A. Downes (right) supervising apprentice butchers at the ...

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