Olga Stephens, Basil Stephens and 515 Ferguson Street
Olga Stephens (c.1900-1969) and Basil Stephens (c.1903-1972) were two of the three children of Henry Stephens (1864-1913) and Frances Turton (1868-1951).
Olga Stephens (c.1900-1969) and Basil Stephens (c.1903-1972) were two of the three children of Henry Stephens (1864-1913) and Frances Turton (1868-1951).
This photograph, showing Dennis Rickards in the backyard of his recently constructed home at 125 Vogel Street, Roslyn, was taken with a Brownie E. camera. Rickards' purchased the property in about 1950 and had a house constructed by Albert Hands White in c.1951-52. The wooden wheelbarrow was made by hand by his neighbour, Fred Andrews. The shed on the left served as a chicken coup, bicycle and garden shed. Rickards is digging up the clay soil so that field tiles can be laid.
The Palmerston North Garrison Band was established in 1864, one of the city's oldest groups.. In 1972 it became the Palmerston North Brass Band. This photograph was taken when the band competed in Auckland, 1955.
Back row: J.B. Register, F.J. Cox, J. Bird, F.L. Robson, R.C. Pritchard, M.M. Hunter, K.J. Jarrett, I. Malcolm, R.V. London, B.B. Register, R.J. Housiaux.
Middle row: B. O'Brien, K.J. Register, L.C. Clover, B.H. Gush, E. Trott, J.P. Cowlishaw, B. Jacobson, T.F. Conwell, D. Ansell, J.S. Robson, B.S. Bayley.
Front row; B. Millman, J.W. Ward, J.D. Carson, A.L. Jackson, E.R. Fleetwood, G.T. Whitehead, G. Skews, W.J. Barton, D.F. Richards. In front: R. W. Hansen
Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. Shows the King Edward VII Coronation Fountain in The Square. The Coronation Fountain was built in 1902, in the middle of The Square. It was shifted to this location in 1926, to allow the Cenotaph to take the central focus. It was again shifted in 2005 to another part of The Square. In the background, the T&G clocktower can be seen on Broadway Avenue.
Back row: M. Findlay, J. Chamberlain, J. Thurston, C. Dalzell, B. Kominowski, D. Wiley, E. Fuller. Middle row: E. O'Brien, J. McOviney, W. Jorgensen, M. Beable, M. Payne, R. Finnerty, M. Cull. Front row: N. Gill, N Bateman, M. Keenan, J. Carroll, P. Zaloum, M. Nielson. Absent: T. Rush
Marist Brothers' High School opened in 1939 and became a full secondary school in 1942. It closed in 1974, with the opening of St Peter's College.
Back row: D. Morrison, M Miers, J. O'Connell, N. Cull, H. Pietrzyk, J. McGrath. Middle row: D. Wylie, N. Gill, R Finnerty, J. Chamberlain, E. McKenzie, M. Findlay, M. Cull. Front row: M.J. O'Keefe, K. O'Hagan, G. McKegg, J. Carroll, M.D. O'Keefe, O. Latham.
Marist Brothers' High School opened in 1939 and became a full secondary school in 1942. It closed in 1974, with the opening of St Peter's College.
The 1961 Christmas party gathering of the “7th Palmerston North St Patrick’s” scouts group. Russell (Russ) Finnerty is in the front row, fourth from right.
These photographs show Robert and Sarah McMurray who lived in Palmerston North from 1914 until their deaths. Robert McMurray (1841-1927) was born in Northern Ireland. He migrated first to Australia and then to the Otago goldfields. Sarah Ann Silcock (1848-1943) was born in Nelson. She and Robert married in Nelson in 1872. The couple then farmed in the Inangahua Valley on the West Coast before moving to Awahuri, Whanganui and Palmerston North. These four photos are included in a McMurray-Silcock family album that was compiled by Marie Baird and Valerie Oakenfull in 2005. The photos show: Robert and Sarah Ann McMurray, c.1908, when living at Shakespeare Cliff, Wanganui; Robert McMurray aged about 80, when living in Palmerston North, c.1921; Sarah Ann McMurray, when living in Ada Street, Palmerston North, c.1940; Robert and Sarah Ann McMurray, c.1925.