City status; fashion spotting contest; best-dressed mother-and-child winners

Details

PhotographerJackson, Wilfred RevelleDescriptionWinner Mrs S. Russo, with Darren, winners; Mrs Dunstan and children, runners-up. This picture was printed in the 'Leader' on June 1, 1966.

Date takenMay 1966Geotag^[1]

Depicts or relates to

PersonAndy FentonEvent

Upper Hutt City Status CelebrationsLocationUpper HuttLocationMain Street, Upper HuttDescriptionUpper Hutt qualified as a city in 1965 and this status was officially conferred on the 28 May 1966.

Events were scheduled throughout the week but the programme for Proclamation Day on Saturday May 28th included: a procession down Main Road, the Proclamation Ceremony at Maidstone Park at which His Excellency the Governor General Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson presented the Proclamation of the City to His Worship the Mayor P.H. Kinsman, and the release of 1,000 pigeons.

The celebrations in the afternoon included a Mardi Gras in Russell Street from 1.30-5pm and a fireworks display at Maidstone Park.

Part of

CollectionRevelle Jackson Collection

About the original

ReferenceP1-6558-8948AcknowledgementImage Reproduced courtesy of Upper Hutt City Library

OCR Edit Edit +-Close

Save Cancel + Row + Column

City status; fashion spotting contest; best-dressed mother-and-child winners

Proctor, Philip

Andy Fenton

Renee Smith

john williams

Audrey Fenton

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel