Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 26th March 2024. Part 2 of 2. Suggested that Easter is a bigger Christian festival than Christmas. Easter chocolates, hot cross buns, Sunday roast lamb. Some people have no meat on Good Friday. Fish i...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 26, 2024
In 1970, to mark Palmerston North's centennial, the Council arranged to purchase a section of the 1969 Light of London Christmas decorations from Regent Street. Ten lines of lights were purchased at a cost of £2,820 - 9 lines consisting of 1 large...
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 1970s
A view past the fountains in the Butterfly lakelet, showing Christmas lights in Te Marae o Hine, The Square. In 1970, to mark Palmerston North's centennial, the Council arranged to purchase a section of the 1969 Light of London Christmas decoratio...
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 1970s
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 December 1958: "The nurses of the Palmerston North Hospital entertained the patients by singing carols through the wards on Christmas Eve. Here is a scene of the nurs...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 26, 1958
At 6.30am, 26 March 2006, a gust of wind felled the controversial cross on the top of Palmerston North's clock tower. In 1981 a permanant cross was erected by the Palmerston North City Council, relacing the temporary cross erected each Christmas. ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 27, 2006
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 1st December 2020. Part 2 of 4. Ballroom dancing – learn at school in 1940s, dances in the 1950s. Debutants. Formal dress. Athletics. Milk bars. Drinking age, pubs. Smoking. Neil getting a pipe. Young...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 26th December 2023. Stuart lived in England until 1978. He compares England’s winter Christmas with that of New Zealand in summer. England winter atmosphere with a lot of smoke from coal fires. Short d...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 26, 2023
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Magic Cave at John Cobbe's Department store was a popular Christmas attraction for Feilding children.
Creator: Dorothy Pilkington
Place: Feilding
Date: June 11, 2022
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 December 1960 "Mrs. G..G. Hancox, the secretary of the League of Mothers, cutting the Christmas cake during the annual party at the Scottish Centre yesterday. Also in...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 2, 1960
This image was not published in the Manawatu Evening Standard. It depicts employee Alan Dickson with Christmas food pacels. Alan was employed at the newspaper from 1987 until 2003. He started at the front counter, then moved to circulation then ad...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1988
This image was not published in the Manawatu Evening Standard. It depicts carollers Leisa (aged 10) and Shaun (aged 11) Crooks.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Christmas time at Palmerston North Chief Post Office from 1906 to 1988. Many people, including schoolchildren, were employed at the Post Office at Christmas time as...
Creator: Leanne Croon Hickman
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 27, 2021
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Memorable moments from some past Christmas seasons in Palmerston North, 1918 to the 1970's.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 21, 2019
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd December 1965 "Ward 12 at the Palmerston North Hospital, in the recess at the end life-sized figures paid homage to the Babe in His Crib."
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1965
[Image of small children and accompanying adults seated with song sheets and lit candles.]
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21st December 1965 "Over 70 crippled children, accompanied by the field officer (Mrs. I.J. Nicholls) and several voluntary helpers, were the guests of the Palmerston Nor...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 20, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1962, "Little Paula Stead, daughter of the Rev. P. Stead and Mrs Stead, was not quite sure about Father Christmas or his present on Wednesday afternoon at th...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 14, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 December 1962, "Last Saturday night Father Christmas paid a visit to the Band Hall in Botanical Road where the children of the staff of the "Manawatu Evening Standard...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Botannical Road, Palmerston North
Date: December 17, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 November, 1959. “A tableau of the first Christmas in New Zealand was presented by the St. Paul’s Fireside Club at the St. Paul’s Guild afternoon on Thursday. Shown h...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 28, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 December, 1959. “Miss M. Bloxam, the senior dietitian at the Palmerston North Hospital, puts paper ruffles on the Christmas cakes which she had previously iced. The ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: 50 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1959
This image was taken by The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 December 1962, but did not run in the paper.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 21, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd December 1965 "Taken in ward seven at the Awapuni Hospital, Miss [obscured] -ald (during the University vacation) has turned her artistic ability to this presentati...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Maxwell's Line, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd December 1965 "At the Palmerston North Hospital ward 14 Staff Nurse S. Handley and others on the ward staff have dressed these lifelike figures to represent the arr...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Maxwell's Line, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd December 1965 "This arresting crib scene, symbolic of all Christians, is set in the foyer at the Awapuni Hospital. Fiver years ago, said the matron (Mrs. N.J. Murph...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Christmas shoppers are becoming more evident this week. Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This phot...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Rangitikei Strret and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 14, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 December 1962, "Pictured outside the All Saints' Children's Home on Saturday are these 18 delighted children of the home, members of the staff, three representatives ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 24, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 December 1960 "Yesterday afternoon the Takaro Women's Club ended the year with a Christmas social afternoon. Above are the three executive officers (from the left): M...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Takaro, Palmerston North
Date: December 9, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 December 1960 "Mrs. A.F. Doherty, a foundation member of the Sunshine Club, made the first cut of the cake at the annual Christmas social afternoon held yesterday. As...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 2, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 December 1958: "During the Christmas mail rush the Post Office staff is working round the clock. The machine seen here, a cancellation and date stamping machine, crea...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 24, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 December 1958: "Mr. E.A. Madden, the past president of the Te Awe Awe Scout Group, presents, from left to right, Jack Halligan, Frank Colson and Alec Halligan. With t...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Huia Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 13, 1958