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More than chops at old-time butcher

February 12, 2014May 7, 2014 Perry Rice 4 Comments Butcher shops history, Hamilton butcher shops history, Hamilton Central Library, Historic hamilton photos, Perry Rice

Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice takes a look at butcher shops from times past. Surely that’s not sawdust swept under the

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Old postcards keep telling the story

November 13, 2013May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Hamilton Central Library, History of Hamilton, old postcards, Perry Rice

Postcards from days past allow splendid insights into what folk got up to, writes Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice. Look –

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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

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A walk down old Victoria St

July 22, 2012February 8, 2016 N8N 7 Comments Hamilton Central Library, Hamilton history, Perry Rice, perry's pics

‘What,’ some Steampunk enthusiasts are wont to ask, ‘would it be like to wander about in the old-time buildings of

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Raking it in

October 11, 2011May 7, 2014 Perry Rice 0 Comments Hamilton Central Library, hay rakes, hay stacking, historic photos, Perry Rice

Following right on from my last photo, I was browsing the collection (seven thousand six hundred and twenty nine digitised

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