Pinelands Town Hall One of the early successes of the Pinelands Civic Association was establishing the Pinelands Town Hall. In 1923, a deputation from the Association approached the Garden Cities Trustees who agreed to build a hall provided that the Association furnished the hall and provided a piano. The hall was inaugurated in 1924 by Richard Stuttaford, …
The Pinewood Theatre was built by Forest Drive Investments as part of a complex on Forest Drive that included flats. The auditorium was large enough to contain 1000 seats, but to provide ample leg room only 788 seats were installed. The seats were on a sloping floor in a staggered arrangement to ensure clear view …
In the early days of Pinelands there was a Police Training Depot with stables for horses in the area of the Oval and the tennis courts. There was a further camp on the Ndabeni border. When the training depot left the area in 1926, there was no police presence and in 1929 Garden Cities considered …
For decades Pinelands was often in the daily newspapers, the Cape Times and Cape Argus. These clippings were collected and collated by Pineland’s resident Mr Croxford and were donated to the Garden Cities Museum. While the Pinelands Town council generally enjoyed a good relationship with the daily press, it decided in 1959 to stop a …
The first Post Office in Pinelands was opened in 1926 and was housed in the original Garden Cities Trust office on the left side Forest Drive where the Raapenberg Bridge now stands. At the time Forest Drive was a gravel road with a level crossing over the railway line. The lease was for one year …
Pinelands had its own independent library which was funded by annual subscriptions and operated by volunteers. It was first housed in the home of Mrs Carter in Acacia Way from May 1924. It started with gifts of books and 50 books bought at Darters sale for one shilling each. Within four months, with a …
