In the lead up to Anzac Day, Glenn looks at the conscientious objectors of World War One.
Stories of love and devotion – Meet the Andersons
As St Valentine's Day approaches, our Local History Librarians at Tuakiri | Identity, Tūranga have been busy trawling for romantic stories.
Stories of love and devotion – Mr Peacock’s Chivalrous Gesture
As St Valentine's Day approaches, our Local History Librarians at Tuakiri | Identity, Tūranga have been busy trawling for romantic stories.
Stories of love and devotion – Lyttelton Rescue
As St Valentine's Day approaches our Local History Librarians at Tuakiri | Identity, Tūranga have been busy trawling through the library collection for romantic stories.
Stories of love and devotion – Lovely Chudleighs
As St Valentine's Day approaches our Local History Librarians at Tuakiri | Identity, Tūranga have been busy trawling through the library collection for romantic stories.
Canterbury Colonial Crimewatch
Local history librarian, Glenn, looks at how police tracked down criminals in the days before fingerprints or mugshots.
Crimes of the 19th century: Canterbury Police Gazette
Clothing stolen off a clothes line in St Albans, vegetables ripped out of a Cashel Street garden, a vindictive criminal threatening to burn down the house of a prosecution lawyer, “furious” riding of a horse along Lincoln Road… these are just some of the crimes and misdemeanours reported to Christchurch police between 1863 and 1877…
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