Main street of Foxton, New Zealand, 1906 I got this card as it was a historic view of Foxton. Most of the card is taken up with the writer explaining they were too busy to write earlier … a common starting theme in many forms of correspondence I think (including my own!!)
Archive for the ‘just historic’ Category
Sending you a view of Foxton
Posted in friendship, just historic, tagged excuses, Foxton, streets on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Beehive House, New Plymouth
Posted in just historic, tagged Beehive House, Edgar Roy Brewster, New Plymouth, postcards on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is a postcard of “Norian”, The Beehive House, which was built by Edgar Roy Brewster in New Plymouth in the 1940s. It was dismantled in 1966. Brewster opposed right angles with a religious fervour, and apparently cut the corners off all of his photos. I realised when I took the postcard out of its [...]
Paritutu – a cliff standing tall
Posted in just historic, tagged iron sand, mining, New Plymouth, Paritutu, Puke Ariki, Sugar Loaves on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another postcard of historical interest rather than for “what’s on the back” – this one is of Paritutu and the Sugarloaves, at New Plymouth. This image also graced an entry from the Cyclopedia of New Zealand. The Puke Ariki website has a story about Paritutu which includes the same picture – and describes the fate of the [...]
