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...

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 Union and Rodney...

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...

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...