Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 31st May 2022. Part 1 of 3.  Ivan growing up in Woodville, 1940s. Cold, draughty house, gas cooking, wash house. Father manpowered during the war. Returned servicemen welcomed back. Recollections of the...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 31, 2022

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st February 2023.  Part 1 of 3. Grandfather’s house in Featherston. Father on leave during WWII. To Greytown. Father doing Maori cooking, wine making. Danish maternal grandfather came as child in 186...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          February 21, 2023

The Ashhurst branch of the Women’s Institute (sometimes Country Women's Institute) was formed 15 August 1932.

A Mrs J. Penket is thought to be 5th from the left behind the front row. She started visiting patients in hospital on behalf of the Man...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          1947

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 13th August 2019. Derm Buchanan part 1 of 4. Grew up in Feilding. Impact of WWII. Rode a horse to school. The Boarding at Wellington College, many rules about behaviour. The cane. Big attendance at reunions. T...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          August 13, 2019

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 18th October 2022. First memories (1937), 4 years old walking about 2k for a bus. On a dairy farm, working when about 10 years old. Father left, mother repartnered. Relationship with separated father. Becam...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 18, 2022

An interior view of the Jackson and Sons shop on the corner of College and Fitzherbert streets. Gordon Jackson is on the right.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

An interior view of the Jackson and Sons shop on the corner of College and Fitzherbert streets.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

This photograph shows the bride and groom, alongside two sets of bridesmaids and groomsmen with a flower girl.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Rangiwahia
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

This photograph shows the bride and groom, alongside two sets of bridesmaids and groomsmen with a flower girl.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Rangiwahia
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          5 Mansford Place, West End, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Peace with Germany was announced 8 May 1945 and official celebrations took place in Palmerston North the following day. Church services were held at 10am, followed by general celebrations. The procession marched round The Square to the Band Rotunda

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 9, 1945

Peace with Germany was announced 8 May 1945 and official celebrations took place in Palmerston North the following day. Church services were held at 10am, followed by general celebrations. The procession marched round The Square to the Band Rotunda.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          May 9, 1945

These people are involved in the Premiere Drapery Company - Interhouse One Act Plays. They are Bill Sexton (producer), Shirley Sexton, Ray Blair, ?, Ivan Bennett, ?. The original Premiere Drapery Company building was owned by Watchorn and Co and t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1948

Ron, Audrey, Clarice and Barbara Weston-Webb at their home in Bunnyhorpe.

Place:          Bunnythorpe
Date:          circa 1940

The bus station was attached to the rear of the Ladies Rest room (opened December 1936). Beyond The Square can be seen the corner of Coleman Place.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1940s

This WWII era portrait has the name "Gordon Dilks" written on the back in pencil. It is thought he is Gordon Beresford Dilks (1922-2011), service number 443771. He served in the New Zealand Army in the Armoured Brigade, Second New Zealand Expediti...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1939 to 1945

A group of young people associated with the Salvation Army movement. The Salvation Army Band established themselves in Palmerston North in 1884.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

The names and ranks of these soldiers is unknown. It is thought that the image was taken at Linton Army Camp.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

An unknown group of Salvation Army members. The Salvation Army was established in Palmerston North in 1884.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1944

Army personnel resident in Woodville for training.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Tararua District
Date:          1940s

An unidentified group of army personnel. The uniformed gentleman far left is a Warrant Officer.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

On this site, in the southern corner of The Square, beside All Saints Church, the Colonial Bank built at impressive and handsome brick edifice after a fire in 1891 swept through this part of town. That building was purchased by the Council in 1900...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1944

This photograph shows a side view of an unidentified house. A revolving clothes line is also visible.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1940s

Ohakea Air Force Base was constructed on land near Bulls in the Manawatu, 1937 to 1939. It was built in anticipation of the arrival of bombers, ordered for delivery in October 1939. The initial construction included housing and maintenance facili...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          1940s

Ohakea Air Force Base was constructed on land near Bulls in the Manawatu, 1937 to 1939. It was built in anticipation of the arrival of bombers, ordered for delivery in October 1939. The initial construction included housing and maintenance facili...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          1940s

The Regent Theatre in Palmerston North was constructed as a movie theatre in 1930. This image shows the projector at the Regent with Kalee 12.

The photographer, Stan Graham, was a projectionist at the Regent Theatre in the 1950s.

Creator:      Stan Graham
Place:          53 Broadway, Palmerston North
Date:          November 1949

The Room 10 class at Terrace End School, 1948.

Creator:      Terrace End School
Place:          201 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1948

The Room 1 class at Terrace End School, 1948.

Creator:      Terrace End School
Place:          201 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1948

Student Leaders at Terrace End School, 1947.

Creator:      Terrace End School
Place:          201 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947