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.

The loved rooftop playground of farmers department store auckland central. I was happy to read that you enjoyed the size of your room and found it to be clean with good facilities. Hay s roof closed in 1987 though the roof remained open as a playground for children until the demolition of the building. Hays was one of the iconic christchurch department stores it stood in gloucester street where farmers has stood for years.

The old farmers building brings back a lot of memories. Thanks to grant ford for the pic. 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. Acquired most of its stores.

The playground is no longer there however the café area is and we now call this the grand tea room which. It is quite different from the american examples which is re. 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 department store was a well known shop in christchurch from 1929 to 1987.

Dear yendor64 thank you for your positive review and strong rating of heritage auckland after your stay earlier this month. By the late 1970 s farmers trading co. Farmer s was the first store in new zealand to provide a rooftop play space for its customers. Jun 24 2012 children enjoy themselves in the rooftop playground at auckland s farmers trading company store in 1929.