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Rock 'n Roll, the dance craze that started it all, came to Gisborne with a vengeance in December, 1956, when local boy Pat Corbett (pictured), fresh from a tour of Australia, conducted classes in the then controversial dance.

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Ten years ago saw the laying of the foundation stone of the Wesley. Methodist Church, with a ceremony presided over by the Rev E. CLeadley (right), then minister of the church.

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Wainui Surf Club members demonstrate their new surf canoe after its baptism five years ago.

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The biggest boiler to be built in New Zealand (by 1961) awaiting installation in the Freezing Works at the end of its long Journey from Lyttleton.

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The old Government buildings in Customhouse Street, for many years a landmark between the Post Office and Courthouse (both now demolished), were reduced to rubble in a few weeks when they were demolished by Monk Bros Ltd.