Warnocks (Firm)

Menswear shop. Founded in 1886 in Wellington as Warnock, Kelly & Adkin; Mrs Kelly left in 1892 and Mr Adkin in 1900. In 1910 Thomas Warnock moved the store to Wanganui where its centenary was celebrated in 1986.

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[New Zealand ephemera of quarto size concerning clothing, costume and dress, fashion sh...

Date: 1987

Reference: Eph-B-COSTUME-1987

Description: Includes: Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Awards 1987. in association with Helena Rubinstein. Michael Fowler Centre, 12 March 1987. Programme (cover design by Reidy) EziBuy Summer 1987. Sales catalogue Miramar Plunket and Oriental-Rongotai Football Club. Spring fashion spectacular. Oriental-Rongotai Club Rooms, 18 September 1987. Flier James Smith's. Winter '87 children's catalogue Warnock's. Right for fashion; right for price [1987]. Flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

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[Plastic bags collected from retail outlets by Dr Margaret Bailey. 1990-2000s]

Date: 1990 - 2005

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: Eph-D-BAGS-Bailey

Description: Includes: Briscoes homeware. Smile; you're at Camera House. Throughout New Zealand (2 different). Civic Video. C it at Civic. www.civicvideo.co.nz Deka. Santa Sack. 10% off everything that fits in this sack. Saturday 11th December or Sunday 12th December [2004?] WOW! Deka, where saving feels good. Foodtown. Quality costs no more Foodtown. Enjoy the difference. Apples for the students Gubb's Shoe Fashions Ltd, 107 Manners Street Wellington; Gubb's Jazz & Ballet Boutique, Opera House Lane, Wellington; Gubb's Jazz & Body Boutique, Shop 5, Harbour City Centre Wellington. Hannah's sport. You'll win every time Hugh Wright's Jackies Fashion Boutique. 131 Randwick Road, Moera. Ph 687-713; The Village Gentry ladieswear, menswear - Ganges Road Khandallah. New World. Season's greetings. (Shows Father Christmas) North City [Plaza]. Sale in a bag. You could win a $2,500 shopping spree! Ocean and Ice; surf, sail, ski. 72 Broadway Ave, Palmerston North New Zealand. Pak 'n Save. Everything we do we do to save you money Postie Plus; where you can afford to look good Pure new wool - the natural choice Smart Bros; leaders in men's & boys' fashion. Cobham Court Porirua Warnocks Whitcoulls. Books, cards, videaos, stationery, magazines Woolworths. Take a fresh look; UNICEF Woolworths. Take a fresh look. Cheq-Mate; Chequer Systems Limited. Quantity: 23 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour print on plastic bags, sizes varying up to 620 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Margaret Bailey, Wellington, in 2006. Transfers: Scrapbooks from the same donation are housed at: MS-Group-1478.

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Warnocks centennial supplement

Date: 1986

From: Warnock, Thomas, 1850?-1939 : Shipboard diary and other papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-7232

Description: Warnocks 100 years; centennial supplement, May 1986 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Warnock, Thomas, 1850?-1939 : Shipboard diary and other papers

Date: 1878, 1901-1917, 1986

By: Warnock, Thomas, 1851-1939

Reference: MS-Group-1044

Description: The papers comprises a holograph diary kept by Warnock while a passenger on the `Lady Jocelyn' in 1878 from Belfast to Auckland; original and photocopy of his ticket; testimonial from Hawkins, Robertson Ferguson and Co, Belfast; Warnocks centennial supplement (1986) and two ledgers and two cash books for Warnock's, 1901-1917 Source of title - Supplied Warnock came to New Zealand in 1878. He was employed by Kirkcaldie and Stains, Wellington, in 1884 and in 1886 established his own store, Warnock, Adkin and Kelly in 1886. In 1910 he moved the shop, by then known as Warnocks, to Wanganui, where it celebrated its centenary in 1986. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 0.28 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter