December 2024

Welcome to our Heritage newsletter.

Letting you know about interesting library events and resources related to local history, whakapapa/family history and heritage of all kinds.

What's new - Canterbury Stories

North Beach Gala

A small group of material from the North Beach gala. The collection includes a 1922 booklet with articles and advertising, and a small group of photographs at North Beach galas in the 1920s.

Yolanda and a sailmaker William Mummery Platts, CCL-Platts-Album-02-0034

William Platts collection

A group of photograph albums from William Mummery Platts (1909-2001) covering his early life, World War II experiences, and outdoor life in Canterbury.

Library events

The Great Stash Swap

Feb 22nd | 11:00am - 2:00pm

Upper Riccarton Library

Bring your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims, paints, brushes, zips, etc... Then choose what you want to take away.

Repair, Remake and Reuse @ Lyttelton Library

Are you a fan of The Repair Shop? Do you love fixing things yourself? We have a programme of events for you, and plenty of books to help too

More Heritage events

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Blog Post

Christchurch Photo Hunt 2024 - The Winners

There were 543 entries this year - and the winners include photos of tandem paragliding, a basketball team, and dragon boat racing.

More from the Library

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

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