The Libertyland factory in Grey Street was opened in 1934 by Mr F.F. Young, NZ representative of R & W H Symington & Co Ltd., Wellington. Originally an English company with an ahead office in Market Harborough, it was first established in 1856. Mr Young traveled to England to negotiate arrangements and bought back six expert girls to train staff in the art of manufacturing corsets and underwear.

John Jarrie Gilles was an early taxi driver in Palmerston North. His wife, Elizabeth, operated a boarding house at 22 Andrew Young Street directly opposite Fernley private Hotel. Here he is shown wit an unidentified group of people in front of an automobile.