by Shireen Spaull | Jul 8, 2020 | Places
New Brighton Pier New Brighton Pier This is a photograph off a biscuit tin that we have at the New Brighton Museum. It depicts a surf carnival or festival in the 1960s as the old pier is still in the background, and this was demolished in 1965....
by Peg Butterfield | Jul 8, 2020 | Places
New Brighton RSA . First meeting held in Seaview Road where the Barn Mall is now. Returned Servicemen from 1st World War. Later they had meetings in a private house in Baker Street. The first building on the site was a school moved from the country. Opened by...
by Peg Butterfield | Jul 8, 2020 | Places
Bower Bridge Thjis is some text The first bridge across the Avon River at New Brighton was built in 1887 by the Tramway Board. It was a wooden bridge which enabled the horse drawn trams to travel from town and later the steam tram. The first electric tram ran in...
by daniel | Jul 8, 2020 | Places
Bower Bridge Thjis is some text The Bower Bridge built before 1887 as a joint venture of the Avon and Heathcote Road...
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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