Are you being served? We help hundreds of residents daily with all kinds of questions, but sometimes there are those questions that really stick in your mind…
The team at City Archives have dug out some of the most curious queries we’ve received in the past 60 years. Was one of them you?
These are just some of our favourites, but if you want to read the rest of the list of unusual enquiries from 1959, head to the Wellington City Archives website.
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23 September 2020
Wellington City Council is turning the big 150 this month, and we’re celebrating with a walk down memory lane – and everyone can come along.
30 October 2020
From blood poisoning to séances, our team of mad archivists have compiled a list that will chill you to the bone.
28 July 2020
In the private backrooms of the Archives live the suitably weird and wonderful – from massive chairs to tiny irons.