The first St Mary’s Anglican Church, on the corner of Cambridge Street and Manchester Street in 1897. This church was erected in 1896 at a cost of £331.5s.2d. and was consecrated by Bishop Wallis, the Bishop of Wellington on 16 April 1899. This building was moved across Manchester Street in 1954 to make the site available for the building opf the new church.

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Methodist Church Shannon in 1897/

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Name s on reverse of photograph

Mounted montage of Foxton and Shannon Methodist Churches and men of their congregations labelled “Sounenir Foxton Methodist Church Xmas 1897” The men appearing in this photogrph are from left to right:-

Top:- ? Gibson and S Howan

Middle:- E Osborne, Rev S Barnett and E Westwood

Bottom:- A Saunders and S H Baker

The church at the top is the Foxton Methodist Church and the church at the bottom is the Shannon Methodist Church.

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Scow “Whangaroa” at Gramman & Co’s sawmill, alongside the Manawatu River at Foxton, c.1897.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Annie Amelia “Milly” Collins – eldest daughter of James M Collins and Annie Collins (nee Cook). Born in NZ. (I have the date at home – her baptism record is in Rangiatea Church Records. Thomas Uppadine Cook. Annie Collins wife of James Motteshead Collins Senior.”

Thomas Uppadine Cook, his eldest daughter Annie and her eldest daughter Amelia 1897. In this photograph Annie Cook sits on the left while her father sits to the right. Amelia Cook stands behind them.

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