New Zealand - Auckland
- Browns Bay skating rink
- Crowded roller skating rink on Browns Bay waterfront (Beach Front Lane near Bayview Road intersection)
- 1955
- Unknown Photographer
Browns Bay, New Zealand
- Peter Brown, after whom the bay is named, bought 136 acres of bush and scrub there in 1876.
- He built his house on what is now the corner of Clyde Road and Anzac Road.
- This house was destroyed by fire in 1930. He also built a manager's residence in 1886 overlooking his land (now Freyberg Park) at 33 Glencoe Road.
- This house still exists and is believed to be the oldest existing house in East Coast Bays.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
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Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections EF0157
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/34736/rec/7 #eastcoastbays