Farmers Rooftop Playground

Many will remember the farmers trading company building on hobson street in auckland for its rooftop tea rooms and playground but the story has modest beginnings.

Farmers rooftop playground.

The old building was demolished in 1997 but the new farmers department store is but a fraction of the size of its famous predecessor. 1938 another first when farmers introduced free electric trolley buses in auckland for the free shuttle service from the farmers building in hobson street to queen. Hay s subsequently became haywrights in 1968 and then farmers in 1987. In 1909 robert laidlaw spent his life savings all of 240 on starting a mail order business called laidlaw leeds.

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. 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. Rooftop farmers provide for others during pandemic. Hector went on to become a farmers institution and for the young or young at heart no trip to farmers was ever complete without a trip to the rooftop playground to see him.

Nostalgia s a funny. The loved rooftop playground of farmers department store auckland central. Here in the grand tearoom we would indulge in scones with jam and cream itching all the while to scramble down from the table and head across to the rooftop playground. Farmer s was the first store in new zealand to provide a rooftop play space for its customers.

Below is a portrait of james hay and a view of one of its many divisions on the colombo and armagh streets block. Children enjoy themselves in the rooftop playground at auckland s farmers trading company store in 1929. 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. Farmer s was the first store in new zealand to provide a rooftop play space for its customers.

It is quite different from the american examples which is read the rest. It is quite different from the american examples which is read the rest. Thanks to grant ford for the pic.