Invercargill to Bluff, Farewell to Her Majesty the Queen & H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh [train ticket], January 30th 1954
Item — Box: Ephemera 1
Identifier: S28350001
Scope and Contents
Small pink, white, and blue striped train ticket for one adult trip from Invercargill to Bluff return, January 1954. Top of ticket has heading: Farewell to Her Majesty the Queen & H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Written on reverse: Royal tour 1953-54.
Dates
- January 30th 1954
Biographical / Historical
The train ticket is from the royal visit to New Zealand by Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh 1953/54.
On the 27th/28th January 1954 as a 13 year old student of Waipahi School we were taken to Clinton to see the Queen and Duke, I was fortunate to be standing where the royal car stopped to receive flowers so viewed them so well.
The next morning my fahter took me by a goods train leaving Waipahi at 6am for invercargill, I saw the Queen and Duke in Queens Park and on the balcony of the Grand Hotel on Dee Street.
The following day we travelled on train No. 4 Invercargill to bluff from where the Royal Party were farewelled and then departed on the Gothic.
- Leona Smid (nee Templeton).
On the 27th/28th January 1954 as a 13 year old student of Waipahi School we were taken to Clinton to see the Queen and Duke, I was fortunate to be standing where the royal car stopped to receive flowers so viewed them so well.
The next morning my fahter took me by a goods train leaving Waipahi at 6am for invercargill, I saw the Queen and Duke in Queens Park and on the balcony of the Grand Hotel on Dee Street.
The following day we travelled on train No. 4 Invercargill to bluff from where the Royal Party were farewelled and then departed on the Gothic.
- Leona Smid (nee Templeton).
Extent
From the Series: 1 object item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Physical Description
Paper card.
Dimensions
H 30mm x W 57mm
Repository Details
Part of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives Repository
