Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, is presumed t...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Gallipoli
Date: July 1, 1915
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, was sent from...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Egypt
Date: April 30, 1915
This scrapbook was compiled by members of MaGRA - Manawatu Gay Rights Association, (later MaLGRA - Manawatu Lesbian and Gay Rights Association) between 1978 and 1985.
Consisting primarily of clippings from New Zealand newspapers, it covers the s...
Creator: Manawatū Lesbian and Gay Rights Association
Date: 1978 to 1985
Bernard Freyberg, Deputy Constable and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle, replies to a letter from Freyberg High School Principal, Mr H. H. Craig. First he comments on news from Freyberg High School, named in his honour. Sir Fre...
Creator: Bernard Freyberg
Place: Freyberg Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 28, 1958
Bernard Freyberg, Deputy Constable and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle, replies to a letter from Freyberg High School Principal, Mr H. H. Craig, in his Christmas correspondence. Sir Freyberg discusses a potential Assembly Hall...
Creator: Bernard Freyberg
Place: Freyberg Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 22, 1959
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Three handwritten letters, written by Tokomaru farmer Edward Griffiths to friends in England, have been donated to the Ian Matheson city archives. The letters describe ...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: June 5, 2021
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Two World War 1 soldiers from Bunnythorpe, Len and Pat Argyle, wrote letters home to their parents from the war front.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: April 24, 2021
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Sherril Thomson received a thrill when her mother brought her into the city. The Father Christmas in the Square with his letter box proved to be a big ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 14, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "The public relations officer (Mr. P. Brunton) and his secretary (Miss I. Watford) read the last of the 4513 letters to Father Christmas received by t...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 23, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Have you ever wondered how the post-mark is put on your letters? On the right in this photograph is the machine which performs this task. Capable of po...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 14, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 December 1960 "Postwomen shown in this photograph today were preparing for one of the biggest deliveries this year. Many helpers are employed by the Post Office and i...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 20, 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 19 December 1962, "Twenty-five extra staff are at present helping the terrific flow of Christmas mail in the mail-room of the Palmerston North Post Office. There are si...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 19, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 June 1961 "Miss Gwen Knauf (now of Hamilton) reading a letter from Mrs. A. Womersley, one of the five missionaries still at Kamina, in the Congo at an interview with ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 13, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 June 1961: Michael Hardie, of Palmerston North received a letter from Radio Moscow replying to his letter congratulating Yuri Gagarin on being the first man in space ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Date: June 12, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1962, "Hundreds of incorrectly addressed letters for which the mailroom staff at the Palmerston North Post Office hope to find owners. Mr H. B. Crawford, in...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 19, 1962
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 December, 1959. “Please could I have a ……….” writes six-year-old Karen Hughes. The photograph shows Karen engrossed in her most important letter-writing assignment fo...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 11, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th December 1965 "They all gasped when he was unveiled. Everyone pressed forward for a better look as soon as the wraps fell away. Then five-year-old Joanne Looney post...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 6, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6th December 1965 "Friday was Joanne Looney's fifth birthday, and on Saturday she was the first to post her letter to Father Christmas after the unveling in the Square. ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 6, 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 September 1958: "One of the first 10 letters to cross the Tasman Sea by-air. It was carried in the Southern Cross from Sydney to Christchurch by Sir Charles Kingsford...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Date: September 11, 1958
A letter to former residents of Palmerston North regarding the planned festivities to mark the 50th anniversary of the Borough. It also coincided with the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York (who became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth).
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 12, 1927
This photograph shows the Rongotea Post Office. It opened in 1906.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rongotea
Date: circa 1910
Pat Argyle (1890-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One.
This letter from Pat to his parents is from Trentham Trainin...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Trentham, Upper Hutt
Date: 1915
Envelope addressed to Mr Henry Argyle of Bunnythorpe. Two of his sons, Pat (Percival) and Len, served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces overseas. They both died at Gallipoli in 1915.
This letter was sent from the "Earl of Liverpool's Own",...
Creator: N.Z. Rifle Brigade
Date: February 26, 1916
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, was sent from...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Egypt
Date: April 15, 2015
Envelope addressed to Mrs Henry (Alice) Argyle of Bunnythorpe, from one of her sons, Pat or Len, who served overseas in World War One. Both men died at Gallipoli in 1915.
The envelope was provided by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).
Creator: Len or Pat Argyle
Date: 1915
Envelope addressed to Mrs Henry (Alice) Argyle of Bunnythorpe, from one of her sons, Pat or Len, who served overseas in World War One. Both men died at Gallipoli in 1915.
Creator: Len or Pat Argyle
Date: February 24, 1915
Pat Argyle (189o-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One.
This letter from Pat to his parents is from Trentham Trainin...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Trentham, Upper Hutt
Date: January 21, 1915
Pat (Percival) Argyle (1890-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Pat to his young brothers, was se...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Gallipoli
Date: July 28, 1915
Envelope addressed to Mrs Henry (Alice) Argyle of Bunnythorpe, from one of her sons, Pat or Len, who served overseas in World War One. Both men died at Gallipoli in 1915.
The envelope was provided by the Young Men's Christian Association - Army ...
Creator: Len or Pat Argyle
Date: 1915