by Shireen Spaull | Dec 23, 2021 | People, Places
LIB North New Brighton School 1916 – 2014 The physical school site in Leaver Terrace, North New Brighton, is now the home to Rawhiti School: a combination of North New Brighton (NNB), Central New Brighton (CNB) and Freeville Schools (FS). The museum holds...
by Shireen Spaull | Dec 7, 2021 | Events, People, Places
There are two A3-sized books that contain a variety of photos from the New Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade’s history that have been put together by Alan Cockburn and gifted to the museum. Alan has added as many names as possible and has had the photos enlarged...
by Shireen Spaull | Nov 14, 2021 | Events, People, Places, Sports, Stories
LIB 100 summers of service LIB 1850 – 1900 Looking Back Looking Forward LIB 1850 – 1925 LIB 1974 Olympic Games Review LIB A Beautiful Haven 80 years of Cholmondeley LIB A Canoe in the Mist LIB A City Recovers ChCh Two Years after the Quakes LIB A Dream...
by Shireen Spaull | Aug 30, 2021 | Events, People, Places, Stories
Folder 2-2-14 (located on the Rotoscan) The people and articles featured are: Beryl Osborne C.M. Gould E.A. (Ike) Edwards George Hawker Ivan Mauger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_cjW_3oAsw John/Jack/J.R. Hay Jean Ruddenklau John Barrington Land Yachting...
by Shireen Spaull | Jun 22, 2021 | Events, People, Places, Sports
MEMORABILIA & SCRAPBOOKS What follows is a collection of speedway memorabilia and two scrapbooks that Bryan Ellis spent hours creating. We are grateful that he donated them to the New Brighton Museum so everyone can view them. SCRAPBOOKS These two large...
by Shireen Spaull | Jun 12, 2021 | Events, People, Places, Sports
MEMORABILIA This speedway memorabilia was donated to the museum by Bryan Ellis so that everyone can enjoy them. If you would like to see the Speedway Scrapbooks, then go to Part 2. Speedway – 11th Meeting Booklet – Saturday 17th January 1976 ...
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