Pyramid Concrete Products was  granted a wholesaler's licence in 1940 and was advertising for staff in 1942, with both documents showing them as trading in Hamilton.  MAVtech cannot find any information about the 'Levin Brick & Pipe Co. Ltd' who were acting as their local agents in Levin.

It is difficult to precisely date this slide, but it may have been made during the post-war 'building boom' of the late 1940s/early 1950s'. According to BRANZ, many New Zealand houses in the 1950s/early 1960s were built using brick so this Levin company may have been very busy indeed- even if this slide is advertising concrete masonry! Still, nothing like being the most unique house on the street - especially as government loans for families building a home mandated 'state house' style designs....

R.N Speirs had a big presence in Foxton and MAVtech has a range of cinema advertising slides showing them advertising timber and cooking appliances! This particular slide is advertising an infra-red electric heater.

Foxton has plenty of late 19th/early 20th century villas and Foxton Beach is famous for it's batches. Both have plenty of character and charm but not a lot of insulation! A heater would be just the thing during a cold, wintery day.  This slide would date from the 1960s (approximately).

Formed in 1906, the Levin Borough Council administered local government in the town until it's 1989 merger with Foxton and the surrounding area to form the Horowhenua District Council. But, that wasn't the only change.

Until 1989 many Councils, including Levin, managed the supply of gas in their areas. Which is why the local Borough Council paid for this cinema slide to share the virtues of gas heating!  They even had a 'Gas Committee" in the 1980s!

Many of the former Council's gas documents can be found here https://archivescentral.org.nz/agents/corporate-body/levin-borough-council

A.E Corley was a Foxton building firm active around the 1950s. Kete Horowhenua records show that they built Foxton's 'Podmore Flats' at the base of Seaview Gardens in the 1950s and they were also responsible for 'The Rose Bowl' dining rooms.

Cinema advertising slides were a cheap way for local businesses to advertise. Making it even cheaper were generic slides like this one- a drawing of a house represented all builders with the specific details printed on the window below. Most of these slides were shown during intermission

Penciled on back – 15/3/69 Burn st. see also Highfield subdivison [? subdivision]

Probably refers to photo of billboard, see #.0102

Burn St., looking east (from Glen St. ?), 1969 1 B&W photo print

Also see #.0102 (billboard).

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Penciled on back – 21/5/71 1 of many multi units sold as own your own flats. Winchester St. near Ely Place. Negative No. 28

Multi-unit ‘own-your-own’ flats, Winchester St., 1971 1 B&W photo print

Negative No. 28

Construction nearing completion.

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