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North New Brighton Residents’ Association

The Association, later the North New Brighton Community Centre, seems to have operated between 1959 and 1990. About 3 boxes of material originally included in the collection have been discarded: duplicates, bank statements, accounts, receipts and non-Association publications. N.B. Series 13 Scrapbooks on loan to Christchurch City Libraries have been transferred back to the custody of Carol Evans to be deposited with the New Brighton and Districts Historical Society 2008

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Series 1 : Minutes 1/1. AGMs, 1972-1989 1/2. Correspondence re AGMs 1/3. Committee Meetings, 1960; 1961; 1963 (very broken); 1974-Feb 1982; 1985-89 (broken). 1/4. Lists of Committee Members 1/5. Annual reports, Presidents’ reports, Treasurers’ reports 1961-1987

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Series 2 : Financial Records 2/1. Receipt & accounts books (2/1 a-h) 2/2. Ledger books, 1959; 1961; 1961; 1968; 1972 (2/2 a-e) 2/3. Subscriptions ledger, 1952-1981

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Series 3 : Membership Records (lists, cards, addresses)

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Series 4 : Correspondence 4/1. Outwards, 1 February 1960, 2 April 1962, 1969-1985 4/2. Outwards, 1986-1990 & [n.d.] 4/3. Inwards, [n.d], 1959-1969 4/4. Inwards, 1970-1981 4/5. Inwards, 1982-1983 4/6. Inwards, 1984-1985 4/7. Inwards, 1986-1987 4/8. Inwards, 1988 4/9. Inwards, 1989-Jan 1990

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Series 5 : Miscellaneous 5/1. Newspaper cuttings 5/2. Competitions : garden competitions and essay, “Improving North Brighton”, by Michael Burns {n.d.] 5/3. Bus routes, 1979-1980 5/4. Sand dune management 5/5. Power pylons 5/6. Effingham Street/Leaver Terrace walkway

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Series 6 : Festivals of Arts and Crafts, April 1980 and March 1989 : inwards and outwards correspondence.

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Series 7 : Queen Elizabeth II Park correspondence

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Series 8 : Refuse disposal 8/1A. Reports 8/1B. Reports cont. 8/2. Planning Tribunal hearings, 1980s 8/3. Correspondence, 1976-1987 8/4. Newspaper articles and ephemera

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Series 9 : QE II Arts Council 9/1. Leaflets etc. 9/2. Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Community Arts Council papers 9/3. Correspondence, 1987-1991 9/4. Mailing Lists, 1989 & 1990; directories etc. 9/5. Rawhiti Community Arts Council: 3 issues of newsletter “The Rising Sun”, 1988-89

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Series 10 : Publications 10. North Beach Gazette, 1961 Information for North New Brighton Community 1979-80 Guide to North New Brighton, [1970?] Newsletters [n.d.]

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Series 11 : North Beach Badminton Club 11/1 Members, 1960-1964 11/2 Attendance records, score cards, challenge lists, 1960s 11/3 Correspondence, 1959-1968 11/4 Annual General Meetings 11/5 Canterbury Badminton Association papers

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Series 12 : North New Brighton War Memorial Hall/Community Centre 12/1. Memorial Hall Rules & Regulations ( proposed & final) 12/2/1. Cashbook, 1967-1969 etc. /2. Cashbook, 1984-86 /3. Receipt book, 1967-1972 /4. Receipt book, 1982-1988 /5. Account forms book, 1987-1988 /6. Account forms book, 1989-1990 /7. Bookings Diary, 1980 /8. Bookings Diary, 1988 12/3. Accounts, 1970-1975 12/4. War Memorial Committee Minutes Book, 1982-1985 12/5. Hall bookings reports, 1982-1986 (very broken) 12/6. Inward correspondence, 1960-1962, 1976, 1978, 1982-1990 and [n.d.] 12/7. Outward correspondence, 1976-8, 1982-1989 and [n.d.] 12/8. Plan: alterations and additions to the Hall [n.d.] [Outsize]

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Series 13 N.B. Scrapbooks on loan to Christchurch City Libraries have been transferred back to the custody of Carol Evans to be deposited with the New Brighton and Districts Historical Society 2008

13/1 - Book 1 Scrap book containing newspaper clippings 1968-1972. Also contains list of executive and committee members 1969. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant to the Brighton area. Included are QE II Park and Spencer Park.

13/2 - Book 2 Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings 1972-1974. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant to the Brighton area. Included is the development of QE II Park, residential development in North East Brighton and the development of Queenspark. One article features important dates in the development of North Brighton 1858-1916.

13/3 - Book 3 Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings 1973-1976. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant to the Brighton area. Included is the development of QE II Park and opening, preparation for Xth British 1974 and history of the .

13/4 - Book 4 Scrap book containing newspaper clippings 1974-1977. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant to the Brighton area. Included in QE II Park, Travis Swamp, Parklands, Bottle Lake plantation, the first settlers in the North New Brighton and significant dates.

13/5 - Book 5 Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photos 1977-80. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant to the Brighton area. Included is Thompson Park, Refuse Disposal Scheme at Bexley Tip, QE II Park, Parklands, Brighton foreshore and neighbourhood committees.

13/6 - Book 6 Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings 1980-1982. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant

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to the Brighton area. Included is Bexley Tip, Marine Parade, Parklands, proposed Pylon scheme, hydroslide at QEII and Rawhiti Domain.

13/7 - Book 7 Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings 1982-1985. Topics feature activities of the North New Brighton Residents Association and those relevant to the Brighton area. Included is the Bexley Tip, Waimari Beach landfill site, New Brighton Pier, proposed pylon scheme, neighbourhood support groups and the Travis Swamp.

13/8 - Guide to North New Brighton 1969 to 1970 [Booklet] 32p. Produced by the North New Brighton Residents Association. Contains information on the association, schools, community, sports, service and church groups, dates of historical events, medical, postal and community services, and general information. Advertisements are scattered throughout and a street map in included.

13/9 - North New Brighton Your Community 1975 to 1976 [Booklet] 42p [Produced by the North New Brighton Residents Association.] QEII Park information included. Contains information on the association, schools, community, sports, service and church groups, medical, postal and community services, and general information. Advertisements are scattered throughout and a street map is included.

13/10 - Information for North New Brighton Community 1979-1980 [Booklet] 4th ed. 51p. QEII Park information included. Produced by the North New Brighton Residents Association. Contains information on the association, schools, community, sports, service and church groups, medical, postal and community services and general information. Advertisements are scattered throughout and a street map is included.

13/11 - Sludge Fertiliser Demonstration Project … Getting it back to nature. [Pamphlet]. Produced by the Christchurch City Council Drainage and Waste Management Unit. Provides information on a proposed Demonstration Project to prove the feasibility of using sludge fertiliser in Canterbury forests. Includes location maps of Chaneys and Eyrewell demonstration Area.

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