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Snelson's Store Replica Under Construction

Description: This replica of the first grocery store in Palmerston North, (George Snelson - 1871) was created for the 1971 Centennial Celebrations.

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm was at that time the President of the Master Builders Association, and in that capacity had been asked to join the Centennial organising committee in 1968. Malcolm’s Autobiography states: “…The chairman of the committee, Dr Fred Spurdle sourced the material from local demolition contractors. [My brother] Bruce and I pre-cut the frame, and on one weekend, thirty local builders completed the seven metre x five metre shop…”