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Rewind to the 80's - staff dress-up day

 If you came into the library on Wednesday 1 March, you could have been forgiven for thinking you'd taken the DeLorean back to the 1980s. Staff were dressed up to celebrate the opening of the exhibition 'Rewind to the 80's'. 

The exhibition was a collaboration between Libraries Horowhenua and MAVtech, the Museum of Audio and Visual Technology (Foxton). It was a nostalgic flashback to the technology of the 1980s, an important decade full of momentum and transformation, with a new millennium on the horizon. Much of the technology we enjoy today stems from innovations from this time. 

MAVtech scoured their archives to find some fantastic examples... there's even a space helmet television! 

These images are scans of Instax Square photos - actual film photos!

Pictured: Digital Inclusion Coordinator Leala Faleseuga, dressed as Erin from the Paper Girls graphic novel series. 

Rewind to the 80's - staff dress-up day

 If you came into the library on Wednesday 1 March, you could have been forgiven for thinking you'd taken the DeLorean back to the 1980s. Staff were dressed up to celebrate the opening of the exhibition 'Rewind to the 80's'.

The exhibition was a collaboration between Libraries Horowhenua and MAVtech, the Museum of Audio and Visual Technology (Foxton). It was a nostalgic flashback to the technology of the 1980s, an important decade full of momentum and transformation, with a new millennium on the horizon. Much of the technology we enjoy today stems from innovations from this time.

MAVtech scoured their archives to find some fantastic examples... there's even a space helmet television!

These images are scans of Instax Square photos - actual film photos!

Pictured: Collections and Content Librarian Larissa Dixon

Rewind to the 80's - staff dress-up day

If you came into the library on Wednesday 1 March, you could have been forgiven for thinking you'd taken the DeLorean back to the 1980s. Staff were dressed up to celebrate the opening of the exhibition 'Rewind to the 80's'.

The exhibition was a collaboration between Libraries Horowhenua and MAVtech, the Museum of Audio and Visual Technology (Foxton). It was a nostalgic flashback to the technology of the 1980s, an important decade full of momentum and transformation, with a new millennium on the horizon. Much of the technology we enjoy today stems from innovations from this time.

MAVtech scoured their archives to find some fantastic examples... there's even a space helmet television!

These images are scans of Instax Square photos - actual film photos!

Pictured: Library Communications Coordinator Nicky Jenkins

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Mr Chat, student attached to Levin Library, 1968

Penciled on back - Mr Phang Kit Chat, a Colombo plan student from Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, who will be attached to the Levin Library for 2 weeks as a part of his 6 mth study programme. Thurs. April 18, 1968.

Stamped on back with black ink – 18 MAR 1968

Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.

Mr Chat, student attached to Levin Library, 1968 1 B&W photo print

Mr Phang Kit Chat, a Colombo Plan student from Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, who will be attached to the Levin Library for 2 weeks as a part of his 6 month study programme.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Book presented to Levin Public Library, 1969

Penciled on back - The Royal Horticultural Societys’ “Dictionary of Gardening” presented by the trustees of the former Levin Horticultural Society. Mr N.D. Broadbent, chairman of the societys’ trustees is seen with the librarian Miss D.E. Picken. Sat. Aug. 2, 1969.

Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.

See also – #.0287

Book presented to Levin Public Library, 1969 1 B&W photo print

Book – “Dictionary of Gardening” (by The Royal Horticultural Society), is presented to the Levin Public Library by the trustees of the former Levin Horticultural Society. Left – Miss D.E. Picken (librarian). Right – Mr N.D. Broadbent (chairman, Levin Horticultural Society trustees).

See also – #.0287

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Storytime with Kathy Gabriel, author of 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat'

Storytime with Kathy Gabriel, the author of 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat'. 

Owner Kathy Gabriel wrote her book 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat' about the exploits of her cat Floyd, who has a penchant for pinching all sorts of things from around the neighbourhood, and bringing them back home!

More info: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/the-high-jinks-of-kleptomaniac-cat-to-feature-in-new-childrens-book/WYOZHE5AUVQNODSY4W32IWS37M/ 

April 2022. 

Storytime with Kathy Gabriel, author of 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat'

Storytime with Kathy Gabriel, the author of 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat'. 

Owner Kathy Gabriel wrote her book 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat' about the exploits of her cat Floyd, who has a penchant for pinching all sorts of things from around the neighbourhood, and bringing them back home!

More info: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/the-high-jinks-of-kleptomaniac-cat-to-feature-in-new-childrens-book/WYOZHE5AUVQNODSY4W32IWS37M/ 

April 2022. 

Storytime with Kathy Gabriel, author of 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat'

Storytime with Kathy Gabriel, the author of 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat'. 

Owner Kathy Gabriel wrote her book 'Floyd: Grandma's Kleptomaniac Cat' about the exploits of her cat Floyd, who has a penchant for pinching all sorts of things from aroundthe neighbourhood, and bringing them back home!

More info: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/the-high-jinks-of-kleptomaniac-cat-to-feature-in-new-childrens-book/WYOZHE5AUVQNODSY4W32IWS37M/ 

April 2022.
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