Palmer's Sports Specialists seems to have started a long history in Levin with it's descendant, Sportsworld, trading on Oxford Street until July 2022.

According to the last owners of Sportsworld, Palmer's Sports Specialists started trading in the late 1950s and this cinema advertising slide looks to have been made around that time. From boating to hunting to tennis it shows a cross section of popular sports! A witty pun may have caused a chuckle in the cinemas. With the average New Zealander making around seventeen trips to the 'flicks' in 1960 (with forty million tickets sold that year) this slide would have had a big audience.

A closer look at this slide shows the hand coloured photography which was very popular at the time. The colouring on this slide looks quite rushed compared to many others from the decade.

Pupils watching others playing tennis at Foxton School in 1912.

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Foxton Lawn Tennis Court 1909. This tennis court was situated in Ravensworth Place, Foxton.

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Written on card with blue ballpoint pen: “Shannon Tennis Courts About 1908 Players left to right . Mr Oglivy, _ , A.H. Richards, M.H. Schmidt, Mr Box Miss May Dunckley, Flo Dunckley and Miss Compton.”

Shannon Tennis Courts, c.1908. Copied from a publication (not identified) onto 1/2 Plate Film.

See also s2002.047.0001 3 prints made from this negative.

Information in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 152 states - The Shannon Tennis Club was formed in 1908, when a group of people leased some bowling club land, and laid two grass courts. {Outgrown by 1923 so section in Vance Street purchased for Tennis Club}

1 B&W Negative (large, taped to card)

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Written on back of one of the copies with black ballpoint pen: “Copied from a publication onto 1/2 Plate Film. This is a contact print. By Mr P. Sinclair SHN Tennis Court on Agfa paper. 8-7-83 Vance St.”

Also written on the back of this copy with black ink pen: “N.D. Clayton.”

Written on back of the other 2 copies with purple felt-tip pen: “Shannon Tennis Courts about 1908 Where the small Bowling Green is today 1983. Mr Oglivy — A.H. Richards. M.H. Schmidt Mr Box Miss May Dunckley, Flo Dunckley & Miss Compton.”

See also s2002.047.0002 Negative (taped to card, used to make these copies).

Shannon Tennis Courts, c.1908. Those in the photograph are from left to right:- Men: Mr Oglivy, Unidentified, Mr A.H. Richards, Mr M.H. Schmidt, Mr Box (worked at Gunning’s). Ladies: Miss May Dunckley, Miss Flo Dunckley, Miss Compton.

Copied from a publication (not identified) onto 1/2 Plate Film. This is a contact print by Mr P. Sinclair on Agfa paper on 8-7-83

See also s2002.047.0002 Negative (taped to card, used to make these copies).

Information in book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 152 states - The Shannon Tennis Club was formed in 1908, when a group of people leased some bowling club land, and laid two grass courts. {Outgrown by 1923 so section in Vance Street purchased for Tennis Club}

1 B&W photo print, copy (plus 2 copies)

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