Thursday, November 19, 2015

Auckland Old Folks Association Coronation Hall in Gundry Street, Newton.

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What caught my eye was the bit about it being a coronation hall. I'm so used to such halls in the country being connected with mon...
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East Street Methodist Mission Hall

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East Street, off Karangahape Road, was chopped up severely by the motorway development of the 1960s-1980s. But here is a survivor I ca...

Adventures in street naming ...

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... or, things going a bit loopy in Avondale ... The image is from c.1919, and is of the house that was at 1 Trent Street in Avonda...
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Monday, November 9, 2015

Apples to thoroughbreds – the Apple Farm of Waiouru Peninsula, East Tamaki

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When I first came upon references to the Apple Farm of East Tamaki, I thought it was interesting but would be a considerably shorter story ...
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Friday, November 6, 2015

Death at Ayr Street, 1958

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(John Cardwell from the Timespanner page on Facebook did most of the research for the following, as well as provide the image of the ...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Death in Raymond Street: Peter William and Beatrice Mabel Clos, 1928

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NZ Herald 27 January 1928 The news broke for Aucklanders in the pages of the NZ Herald on the morning of 27 January 1928: two bodies...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Auckland's theatre on the Haymarket -- His Majesty's Theatre and Arcade (1902-1987)

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His Majesty's Arcade in Queen Street, 1970s. 435-B5-239, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. Updated/edite...
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