More Info →A Successful Year

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3rd January 1966 "The penny pile being built by a group of volunteers at the Majestic Hotel received a final boost on New Year's Eve. With several donations from well-wishers during the Christmas period, sent to the chairman of the Manawatu Committee for Intellectually Handicapped Children (Mr. K. Williamson, right) he handed to the hotel penny-pile organiser (Mr. C. Sydow, left) a cheque to swell the fund to £425. A further £15 was donated in notes. The final target of £600 is now well in sight, and it is hoped by organisers that the demolition of the pile can be undertaken early in the New Year."

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

January 3, 1966

Digitisation ID

2018N_2017-20_MS000635

Format

B&W negative