Places
Seaview Road, New Brighton
Sea View St (Seaview Rd), New Brighton, unknown date. This photo shows Seaview Rd in New Brighton c1920s? It is printed onto a banner/blind at New Brighton Museum to hide a storage area! A scene of Saturday shopping in New Brighton Mall, c1970s-1980s. From Facebook....
The new New Brighton Pier – 1997
For 30 years, the New Brighton community rallied for another pier to be built. The Pier and Foreshore Society had campaigned to save the original pier, and the group continued lobbying for a new pier. When NZ$2m had been raised, this was matched by funding...
The old New Brighton Pier 1894-1965
The first pier {referred to on this website as the old New Brighton Pier} was built from timber. Construction began in 1891 and it was officially opened by the Governor of New Zealand, the Lord Glasgow, on 18 January 1894.[1] Other dignitaries who...
Honours Boards / Significant Event Memorials
We have a number of Honours Boards and historically significant boards from around New Brighton and districts. These may also be found under a separate post for the particular organisation they represent. For example, the NB Museum is the repository of many photos and...
WAR PHOTOS – Cairo, Egypt, 1942 from Private A.R. Becconsall; & 81452 D Kerr – 19 Battalion & Armoured Regiment
Inside cover plaque 1914-18 war cemetery in Jerusalem, 1942, under heavy snow Desert scenes, Egypt, 1942. Camels in Cairo, Egypt, 1942. Citadel and Abdin Palace, Cairo, 1942. Street barber and El Maadi township, 1942. Nile Salt, Maadi, 1942. Maadi Station, 1942. Abdin...
War Memorabilia
Binoculars Binocular information Bullet casings Bullet casings brought home as souvenirs from World War II. These examples are around the same size as one A4 piece of paper. Bullet casing remade into a miniature cannon Copy of a letter home from soldier Jack Shepherd...
Collingwood House, Collingwood St
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.
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 Danny Sullivan...