This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Park Road, Palmerston North
Date:          196X/197X

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Engineer's Department
Date:          1932

The Council opened a public swimming pool in Ashley Street in 1917. It continued to operate as the town baths until the Lido was opened in 1966.

Creator:      Trevor Bros Ltd for PNBC
Place:          Ashley Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 10, 1917

The Ashley Street public swimming pool opened in 1917. It operated until the opening of the new baths at the Lido in 1966.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Ashley Street, Palmerston North

The Ashley Street public swimming pool opened in 1917. It operated until the opening of the new baths at the Lido in 1966.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Ashley Street, Palmerston North

Carnarvon School swimming pool and changing rooms.

Stan Holmes was Headmaster of Carnarvon School from 1955-1961. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those years.

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Carnarvon School
Date:          1957

Carnarvon School tennis court, swimming pool and school in 1955.

Stan Holmes was Headmaster of Carnarvon School from 1955-1961. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those years.

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Carnarvon School
Date:          1955

Carnarvon School, senior girls by the swimming pool, 1956.

Stan Holmes was Headmaster of Carnarvon School from 1955-1961. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those years.

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Carnarvon School
Date:          1956

Fun at the Newbury School Smimming Sports day in 1965.

Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during thos...

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Newbury School
Date:          1965

Fun at the Newbury School Smimming Sports day in 1965.

Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during thos...

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Newbury School
Date:          1965

Newbury school swimming pool in 1961.

Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those years.

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Newbury School
Date:          1961

Children swimming in the Newbury School swimming pool. The 'old school' can be seen in the background.

Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photogr...

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Newbury School
Date:          1962

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the development of Memorial Park. Before it became a public park, it was used by New Zealand Railways as a ballast pit. The Council purchased the site and Fitzroy P...

Creator:      Geoff Watson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 7, 2023

Workmen are constructing the children's pool in Memorial Park at Terrace End (formerly called Fitzroy Park). The Palmerston North City Council purchased the site in 1938 and developed it into a recreational and sporting area. A memorial to citizen...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21st December 1965 "Competitors in the Hokowhitu Cup relay race, are seen leaving the blocks at the Hokowhitu Amateur Swimming Club's carnival on Saturday."

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 October 1956 : "More than a dozen would-be swimmers attended the Municipal Baths today as part of the "Learn to Swim" campaign being conducted by the Manawatu Swimming...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashley Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 6, 1956

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 November 1958: "On Saturday the West End School's learners' swimming pool was officially opened by Mr. W.H. Brown, chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, and just ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Botannical and College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 17, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18th February 1963. "Almost beating the starter's gun, these girls set off from the side of the Hokowhitu swimming baths on Saturday in the 50 yards junior backstroke ev...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

This image was not publishing in the Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 13 July, 1963. "These Manawatu Swimmers, for three days a week, do callisthenics for winter training, but they had no trouble in cooling off on Saturday. They took the plunge...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-07-13T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17th January, 1963. "Having won the junior boys' 440 yards freestyle event, F. Bell (Manawatu) receives congratulations from S. Shirley (Wellington), left, who was place...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 2 February, 1959. "After winning in record time by more than a length of the Municipal swimming pool, in the 1760 yards freestyle event at the Manawatu swimming champion...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 February, 1959. "Otago swimmers who will compete this week in the national junior and intermediate swimming championships in Palmerston North freshen up with some ligh...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 March 1958, page 5: "All competitors in the 50 yards breaststroke event for girls under 14 years get away to a perfect start at the Manawatu Secondary Schools' swimmi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashley Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 3, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th January 1966 "Memorial Park proved a popular place today. Many children accompanied by their parents beat the heat when they splashed happily around in the cool pool."

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner Main Street and Fit6zroy Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 4, 1966

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 16th January, 1963. [Two young women standing in a pool]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1963-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 December 1960 "When the new baths were officially opened by Mr. W.B. Tennent, M.P., at the Foxton Beach School on Saturday afternoon a number of the pupils vied to be...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton
Date:          1960-12-12T00:00:00+00:00

"The water was not cold; it was lovely. That is the impression the children gave when they were given swimming instruction at the Municipal Baths last evening. Teachers' College students and secondary school students acted as the instructors.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashley Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 7, 1958

An interior view of Splashhurst Community Pool. The renovated aquatic centre re-opened on 22 June, 2019.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          97 Stanford Street, Ashhurst
Date:          2019-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

An aerial view of Splashhurst Community Pool. The renovated aquatic centre re-opened on 22 June, 2019.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          97 Stanford Street, Ashhurst
Date:          2019-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

The memorial arch at Terrace End School, unveiled in 1924, led to the baths which were erected to 'the memory of the Terrace End School Old Boys who rendered gallant service to the Empire during the Great War 1914 – 1918'. The pool has now been de...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 5, 2011