Some nostalgia here for us old Wellingtonians.Originally Posted by BMCBOY
I found these wonderful old photos on a local site that would interest many people - great old cars that are very new looking in these shots.
Fitzgerald Bros were at 197 Wakefield Steet, just along from the Taranaki Street intersection. That's the harbour in the background. I'm picking this photo was taken from the roof of the Todd Motors building which extended from Wakefield Street (entrance to workshop and petrol pumps) to the art-deco showroom fronting onto Courtney Place.
Next photo is of Bruce Abernethy's yard in Taranaki Street between Martin Square and Haining Street (in the background). I knew this yard well when I was a kid and it never had a fence around it so I'm assuming this one was temporary for the 3 days of scrutineering and checking before the cars were let go.
Haining Street was notorious for it's Chinese opium dens. My father visited one and saw things at first hand and that was in 1971. They were'nt just an urban legend.
David Hunter
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