Farmers Rooftop Playground Christchurch

The store s rooftop playground included trick mirrors slides a miniature train a merry go round and holiday.

Farmers rooftop playground christchurch.

I was happy to read that you enjoyed the size of your room and found it to be clean with good facilities. The old farmers building brings back a lot of memories. The loved rooftop playground of farmers department store auckland central. Jan 6 2017 clearly i need to stop this and get back to science but just one more the rooftop playground of the auckland new zealand farmers trading company store in 1929.

It is quite different from the american examples which is re. Jun 24 2012 children enjoy themselves in the rooftop playground at auckland s farmers trading company store in 1929. Dear yendor64 thank you for your positive review and strong rating of heritage auckland after your stay earlier this month. Farmer s was the first store in new zealand to provide a rooftop play space for its customers.

Hays was one of the iconic christchurch department stores it stood in gloucester street where farmers has stood for years. Hay s ltd later became haywrights and then farmers in 1987 and hay s roof as such closed though the roof remained open as a playground for children until the demolition of the old building ten years later. Acquired most of its stores. Thanks to grant ford for the pic.

Hay s roof closed in 1987 though the roof remained open as a playground for children until the demolition of the building. By the late 1970 s farmers trading co. On this rooftop was a small scale amusement park with miniature train and merry go round and holiday activites rubbish bins made of fibreglass in the shape of animals. The playground is no longer there however the café area is and we now call this the grand tea room which.