Immerse yourself in Rewind at Ferrymead Heritage Park, 10am to 4pm on Sunday 14 October. This FREE family-friendly Beca Heritage Week event, jam-packed with entertainment from times past at Ferrymead Heritage Park. It's 125 years since New Zealand women achieved the right to vote and 100 years since the end of World War I.
What's On?
Mobile Discovery Wall: Christchurch City Libraries will be at Rewind with the Mobile Discovery Wall - the smaller sibling of the digital touchwall in Tūranga. You can view historical Christchurch images, interact with them, and upload your own photos.
Suffrage Art Workshop: Take part in this national workshop creating a banner section filled with art referencing suffrage and its connection to significant local heritage buildings, historic figures and ideas.
Exhibition: See the archaeology exhibition, Women Breaking the Rules
There will also be live music, street art, food and craft stalls, steam trains, trams and more!
Getting there
Parking is available at Ferrymead Heritage Park if you enter Ferrymead Park Drive off Bridle Path Road.
Find out more, including details of special bus trips from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Photographs of Ferrymead Heritage Park
Old Costume DisplayPhoto by D M Robertson. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Women’s costume and clothing displayPhoto by D M Robertson. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Costume and Clothing Shop DisplayPhoto by Donna Robertson. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
F & A General StorePhoto From Kete. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Steam TrainPhoto from Kete, #IMG 7233. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Ferrymead Railway TrainPhoto by D M Robertson. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Riding the TramPhoto from Kete. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Fire StationPhoto from Kete. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Museum of Sound RadioPhoto by D M Robertson on Kete. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Display at the Museum of Sound RadioPhoto by D M Robertson. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Books
More BECA Heritage Week events
Beca Heritage Week will run from 12 to 22 October 2018. The theme is "Strength from Struggle – Remembering our courageous communities."
Christchurch Photo Hunt
During the month of October Christchurch City Libraries will run its annual heritage image photo competition. Entries will be added to our digital collection.
You can view this year’s photo hunt images on the Discovery Wall in Tūranga. or on the website discoverywall.nz
Library events
When Death Jumped Ship - Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Lyttelton Library and Lyttelton Museum - 12 to 27 October
It’s 100 years since New Zealand’s worst-ever public health disaster – what happened? How did we cope? Lyttelton Museum and Lyttelton Library are commemorating the anniversary with an exhibition and ‘Medicine Depot’. Come see some powerful images and find out what an inhalation chamber was like.
FREE public talks at Lyttelton Library 7pm to 8pm
Tuesday 16 October: Anna Rogers, who has written about WW I nursing, will discuss the pandemic and New Zealand’s military medical contribution.
Wednesday 17 October: Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Rice will look at the question: Could it happen again?
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