Farmers Rooftop Playground Christchurch

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.

Farmers rooftop playground christchurch.

Hays was one of the iconic christchurch department stores it stood in gloucester street where farmers has stood for years. It is quite different from the american examples which is re. The playground is no longer there however the café area is and we now call this the grand tea room which. Thanks to grant ford for the pic.

The store s rooftop playground included trick mirrors slides a miniature train a merry go round and holiday. 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 loved rooftop playground of farmers department store auckland central. The heritage of james hay james hay was the father of city councillor and later mayor sir hamish hay.

Farmer s was the first store in new zealand to provide a rooftop play space for its customers. Dear yendor64 thank you for your positive review and strong rating of heritage auckland after your stay earlier this month. I was happy to read that you enjoyed the size of your room and found it to be clean with good facilities. Many department stores held christmas events aimed at children but farmers was the first in new zealand to provide them with an all year round attraction.

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. 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. Acquired most of its stores.