New Zealand National Library Photo Collection

[bry3500]

1 Hillclimb championships in Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/0792-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22742918
2 Hillclimb championships in Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/0795-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22525744
3Hillclimb championships in Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/0793-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22635355
4 Hillclimb championships in Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1958/0791-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23107944

[hilstwist]

This Fairlane or Customline? is Houghton Bay and I have taken quite a few photos at that corner. some of which are on one of my collections on this site.

[Grant Ellwood]

Y'all have great recall, the only thing I can remember about Wellington in the 60s is the Purple Onion.

[ElCoyote]

I would be careful admitting to knowing the Purple Onion. Jamie used to hang out there..............so to speak

[hilstwist]

So did I ! It must have been the great coffee and the toasted sarnies!!

[bob homewood]

Yes I think there was some sort of attraction there for more than a few of us