Be inspired by some activities captured in our digital heritage collection that you could attempt with your bubble during our Lockdown.
Tom Arthur painting a mural for Screensign Arts, Ferry Road.
View from Marine Parade of a man writing in the sand on New Brighton beach.
Gordon Gee painting signs at the Botanic Gardens.
Portraits of Susan Curnow of Cottesmore, winner of the under-15 Braille Week essay competition.
Ray Butcher writing at a desk.
Adie Lye, Heather White, Bryan Allpress, Joan Allard, Craig Hutchison, Rodney Bryant, John Lye, and David McPhail preparing for Telethon 1976 in the TV 2 office at Manchester Unity building.
St Mark’s Church School students writing, and playing cricket during a break.
Four men, including Barney McKee, and a woman playing cards at a table.
Christchurch and Canterbury have produced many significant authors. The region has also been visited by authors of national and international renown.
Explore this selection of photographs from our collection that depict the various ways we convey information through the written word.
Wally Hannam, senior customer officer at BNZ Armagh Street with a new form of advertising being used by the bank to attract customers.
Two students practising their writing in a classroom at New Brighton Catholic School.
Ngaio Marsh writing in a book.