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• Nelson Matinee

  *Those were the days, the days of the matinee* During the immediate post war years, Saturday matinees were all the rage with our generation of kids. Whether it...

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• Marj Matthews of Redwoodtown

  *The Matriarch of Redwoodtown* Marj (Marjory) Matthews, who died on 15 February 2011, had a good nose for business and a keen eye for property, and was the driving...

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• The Collingwood fire of 1904

  Collingwood, once a booming gold town and, as Gibbstown, mooted as the nation's capital in the 1850's, was virtually destroyed by fire in 1904. November 7, 1904, was a...

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• Nelson Literary Scientific and Philosophic Institute

  *Nelson's Institute of Culture and Learning* "The finest libraries in the Dominion should be like fresh air and sunlight and education - free to everyone"; said Nelson's mayor, T.A.H....

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• Early Mailboats in the Sounds

  In the past, as today, people living in the Sounds required a postal service.  Picton had a mail service from Wellington as early as 1856, the first Postmaster...

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