This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 February 1961: "Winner of the open diving event, W. Pratt seen competing during the Queen Elizabeth Technical School swimming sports yesterday."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1961-02-17T00:00:00+00:00
The Lido swimming pool is situated on 10 acres of land previously owned by the old Awatapu Golf Club. The pool was planned in 1964, building got under was 23 January 1965 and was officially opened 15 November 1966. The Lido consists of indoor and ...
Creator: R H Abraham
Place: Park Road, Palmerston North
Date: October 1966
A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson featuring images from a rainy Palmerston North day (0:00 - 0:31) and a film club event at the Lido swimming complex (0:31 - end)
Total length: 4:23 - Film has no sound.
Place: Park Road, Palmerston North
Date: October 1966
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 March 1961 "During the demonstration staged by the two visiting English swimmers to the Queen Elizabeth Technical College baths last Saturday, the two Wellington divi...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1961-03-09T00:00:00+00:00
The Lido swimming pool is situated on 10 acres of land previously owned by the old Awatapu Golf Club. The pool was planned in 1964, building got under was 23 January 1965 and was officially opened 15 November 1966. The Lido consists of indoor and ...
Creator: Alexander Robertson, for PNCC
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 3, 2021
The Municipal Baths (or Borough Baths) opened in 1917 on the site of the former town morgue. The balcony to the left ran the entire length of the building's brick fence and provided extra viewing for the public during competitions.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1917 to 1918
Arriving at Turitea Pā during the walking tour with Jason Pilkington, Dave Charnley and Georgina Dean (from PNCC), it was so good to see all the people enjoying one of Palmerston North's warmest days on record (32.9 degrees celsius, according t...
Creator: Christina Winitana
Date: February 4, 2020
This image comes from a collection of unidentified negatives taken by H M Griffiths in the early 1900s, probably 1910-1920. Many of these negatives are labelled as having been taken in Tokomaru, but many have no information with them. They were do...
Creator: H M Griffiths
Date: 1910 to 1920
From the inside cover: "The Lido is a centre designed for family fun. From Toddlers' Pool to Olympic Pool the Lido has an abundance of facilities with everything from swimming, picnicing to barbeque areas. The Lido is certainly designed for family...
Creator: Public Relations Organisation
Date: 1960s