The good old days

Hi, I live at Paraparaumu Beach. Wellington has gone from Stone Age to the Digital Age. But, Kirks is still here, and this building, this says something for the good old days! From Pru.

'Too dangerous' they said - but oh! What fun.

I remember clearly as a child riding on the last day of the old Cable Car. Sideways perched on the outside steps - 'too dangerous' they said - but oh! What fun. The Friday night trip down to Bakehouse Arcade on Lambton Quay never to be the same again!

A shop of memories

When Kirkcaldie and Stains first opened, my Grandmother worked there as an 18yr old. My mother always visited the store on trips to Wellington and always told shop attendants about her mother at the store. Now my generation and our children always visit Kirkcaldie and Stains on visits to Wellington and talk to staff about their Great Grandmother.

The awesomeness of Christmas

Thirty days hath September, thirty things we remember … (#16 of 30)

As kids, my sister and I used to love Christmas shopping at Kirkcaldie & Stains on Lambton Quay. Mum would take us to the Christmas store and we would wildly look at all of the sparkly decorations that we wanted mum to buy us. In the end we usually only got one thing each but it was so much fun wandering around the store seeing the Christmassy [sic] awesomeness that is the Kirk’s Christmas store. The holiday season is never complete without this. (Sarah, Visitor Services Host)

Stay tuned for our daily memory posts throughout Wellington’s Heritage Month 2013 - where staff and volunteers share one of their favourite stories of the Wellington Region.