Brown Owl Tea House, 1930s

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Brown Owl Tea House, 1930s

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The Brown Owl Tea House, seen here in the 1930s, opened on the corner of Akatarawa Road and Main Road in the late 1920s. May St Johnston converted a six-room house into tearooms to cater to travellers, naming it Brown Owl after an inn she had visited in England. Meals were served outdoors in good weather, and dances were held in the ballroom. Until the mid-1950s the Railways ran a half-hourly weekend bus service to Brown Owl. The building was sold to the Akatarawa Baptist Fellowship for use a...

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1930s

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http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/210

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Tea rooms / Cabaret / Wooden buildings / Cars / Upper Hutt Public Library

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