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'Ten Pound Poms' adjusted from the harsh British winter to the austere migrant hostels of 1960s Australia. By Juliette Hughes

Vocalist with the Seekers, the Australian pop quartet whose hits in the 1960s included I’ll Never Find Another You and Georgy Girl

Although all Australians know Anthony Albanese for Italian and Irish roots, not many know that his ancestral homeland in southern Italy has an Ancient Greek

But back in the 1950s and 1960s, at No 89, there was a previous dairy. The dairy closed and other businesses took its place. Today the space is a hairdressing salon specialising in wigs and hairpieces. Before that story is told, here are some memories from back when No 89 had other identities. Marie Therese, administrator of the Old Palmerston North Facebook page, recalls her childhood in this part of Ruahine St. “I remember the dairy and the cake shop. My mother had eight babies and bei...