A & W Keys, Butcher, Upper Hutt, Wellington, 1910s

A & W Keys, Butcher's Shop, circa 1910. Alexander Turnbull Library

Digging further, on the left hand side of the Troops Marching picture, (see previous post), is the butcher's shop of A & W Key. Here, a wool wagon brings bales down from the hills and on to the stores of Wellington prior to shipping out through the port.

A crowd celebrates the Coronation of George V in 1911 outside the premises of A & W Keys and H R Gibbs, chemist, Main Street, Upper Hutt. Alexander Turnbull Library.

Could Upper Hutt get anymore exciting than a coronation celebration? Dig deeper...

Edwardian Picnic -Tug of War - Auckland

Tug of War, Cycle Trades picnic, Auckland area, circa 1911?

Correspondent, Will, reports this is a photo he took at "our Cycle Trades picnic, of the single men, who won the tug of war." Will also writes that he took Katie & her sister to see the Coronation & Review at Spithead at the "Cinematograph pictures". "They were very good."

Will's reference to the coronation & review at the cinema suggests that the picnic may be dated to 1911 or early 1912, as George V's coronation was 22 June 1911. While Edward VII's coronation and review was in 1902, this likely was too early for regular cinema showings in New Zealand. Evidence suggesting it might be circa 1902 is the undivided back on the postcard, but this could simply be old stock from which the real photo postcard was produced.