History – Page 11 – Number 8 Network

But wait – there’s more to tell

November 15, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Bisleys, Hamilton, hamilton central libraries, Perry Rice, Waikato history

Hamilton Central Libraries’ Perry Rice has been digging in the drawers again and come up with a postscript to his

That’s some cup

November 5, 2012 N8N 0 Comments Alan Sharp, calf club day, gordonton school, history

All this talk of Calf Club Days from years gone by has caused Gordonton resident Alan Sharp to send in

The grand architecture of Bisleys

November 3, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 7 Comments A M Bisley & Co, Bisleys Grain & Seed Merchants, Hamilton architecture, Hamilton Central Library, Hamilton history, Perry Rice

A M Bisley & Co were, it seems, known (vaguely) as Bisleys Grain & Seed Merchants. That is the notation

Old-time carts carry the weight

October 4, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments A & P Show, Hamilton history, Harwood, Innes's Brewery, Perry Rice

Many people think the late-Victorian/Edwardian period romantic. In many ways those times were romantic (as seen now). Thing is though,

No hard hats here

August 30, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments early construction site NZ, historic new zealand photographs, Perry Rice

Look at this photo and count the number of things you cannot see. It’s a building site. Well, that may

Where Hamilton began

August 15, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 2 Comments hamilton central libraries, Isaac Coates' flax mill, Perry Rice, Waikato history

This is Hamilton in 1898. In the foreground, on the eastern bank of the Waikato River, is Isaac Coates’ flax