by daniel | May 26, 2020 | Stories
If we had been around in 1909 we could have all gone to Professor Bickerton’s Fun Park in Wainoni. Held on public holidays, this was an event not to be missed. Your one shilling included the tram fare, or you could take the afternoon motor boat which left from the...
by daniel | May 26, 2020 | Stories
Donkey rides were a great feature on the beach in the 1950s. The donkeys were all very docile and good tempered, and we never heard of any child getting hurtThe donkeys were kept by the “donkey man” on Withell’s Island, a reserve at the corner of...
by daniel | May 26, 2020 | Stories
This was a popular feature in the 1940s 50s and 60s when they marched down the main street to the school every Thursday morning for many years. This occasion brought out all the mothers who waved embarrassingly at their children. The original band was suggested by...
by daniel | May 26, 2020 | Stories
Bathing machines were small wooden sheds on wheels which were pulled by horses into the sea. As it was not considered ‘proper to be observed in a bathing costume, the machines allowed women, and men of a more conservative nature, to change into their swimming...
by daniel | May 26, 2020 | Events, Places
Plaque near Bower Bridge Commemorates the naming of New Brighton. In April 1860 five men set off for the unnamed area which they called New Brighton. They were Stephen Brooker, Thomas and William Free, David Hamilton and Enoch Barker. Their conveyance was drawn by a...
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