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The last New Brighton tram
18 October 1952
The first tram route in Christchurch to close was the New Brighton line. At 2.45 pm, 18 October 1952 the last tram (Yank number 11 towing double-decker trailer number 100) left Cathedral Square driven by the Mayor of Christchurch, Robert Mafeking Macfarlane. It was decorated with streamers and placards and a pipe band played on top of the trailer. The tram stopped at the New Brighton Post Office at the same time as the first bus arrived from town.
Area: East / New Brighton
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Spectators marking the running of the last New Brighton tram
19285
The Running of the last New Brighton Tram before the conversion of the line to Bus operation. Some of the crowds who greeted the last tram travelling from Cathedral Square to New Brighton are pictured. Thousands of people filled Seaview Road almost from the bridge to the seafront. Speeches were made by the chairman of the Christchurch Transport Board, the Mayor of Christchurch, Robert Mafeking Macfarlane, Sir Robert Fryars, the head of the company which manufactured the buses and John Mathison, Member of Parliament for Avon. The president of the New Brighton Businessmen's Association, J. L. Boyd, introduced the speakers.
Area: East / New Brighton
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Mishap to the Christchurch-New Brighton tram at Wainoni Park
14 December 1913
On Sunday afternoon a tram from Christchurch to New Brighton met with a mishap at the points of the loop-line outside Wainoni Park. The accident occurred by the rear bogey wheels of the electric car refusing to take the loop, the result being that the car swung round with each set of wheels running on a different line. At the same time the air-brake connection with the trailers snapped, and the impetus of these cars, heavily laden with passengers, forced the electric car round until it was at considerably more than a right-angle to the lines, blocking up the whole of the road, and lying over at a dangerous angle. It took two hours to clear the line and resume traffic
Area: East / Wainoni
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Inauguration of the North Beach trackless tram service
July 1931
The official opening of the Christchurch Tramway Board's new service took place on Saturday afternoon, when 120 persons were conveyed in three of the new vehicles from the city to North Beach. New Brighton was the first suburb in Christchurch to have trolley buses.
Area: East / New Brighton
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Boxing Day Outing
26 December 1950
My relatives - Aunt Dossie and Uncle Bill; Aunt Agnes and Uncle Ted and their son (top). My mum with my eldest brother Keith and my Nana (bottom). Going to North Beach for a Boxing Day outing. My dad presumably taking the photo.
Area: East / New Brighton
Contributor: Jan Miller
Source: Entry in the 2014 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt
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A double-decker horse tram crossing the Seaview Road bridge
circa 1900
The New Brighton Tramway Company built the bridge in 1887 and owned it and the tramline (now Pages Road) until the Christchurch Tramway Board took over in 1905. Note the gate at the entrance, the existence of which would have reinforced the Company's ownership of the structure.
Area: East / New Brighton
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New Brighton bridge
Circa 1910
An electric tram crosses the New Brighton bridge with a barge moored underneath
Area: East / New Brighton
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