Whatipu Dances

One of three pictures by Dylan Horrocks as part of the Waitakere Legends project, decorating one of the walls of the Titirangi War Memorial Hall.

From the Hicksville Comic web site :

"In the 1920s, a large cave at Whatipu beach was used for evening dances. A wooden (kauri) dance floor was laid down by local millers and a launch would bring revellers from Onehunga to the Whatipu wharf. The cave was decorated with lanterns and ribbons and a band would play for the well-dressed dancers. Decades later, the cave was also used for psychedelic and trance dance parties, although the wooden dance floor is now buried under metres of sand."