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Heading toward Dillmanstown.1930s.
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DescriptionNoeline McCaughan.." My memories are from the '40's, walking out along the road past Gibsons old house and Payn's on the left, we would pick blackberries on the tailings and walk on the flume pipes. There were two hotels there at that time, one getting burnt down about 1943, the other was still open when we left in 1947. Quite a few people lived the at that time, I especially remember Heather and Isabel who lived in a white house on the South side of the road. Heather worked as a telephonist at the Kumara Post Office."
Sir George Grey Collections Auckland Libraries.1370-U067-05PhotographerNew Zealand Herald Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1930 and 31st December 1939Map[1] ContributorMaye Dunn
Sir George Grey Collections Auckland Libraries.1370-U067-05PhotographerNew Zealand Herald Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1930 and 31st December 1939Map[1] ContributorMaye Dunn
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Location (city or town)DillmanstownLandmark (Place)Pug Hill
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Date Created21st August 2017CommentsNova Elizabeth Hichens
As kids we use to play Parcel on the Road, at the old cricket pitch between Kumara & Dillmanstown, who else from Kumara remembers that years 1950s 1960s.
Les Holmes Germanicus
Nova Elizabeth Hichens been there done that.. the parcel trick..at Camerons.
Anne Brown
I do we had great fun, flying down the hill with our legs on the handle bars of our bikes. Omg if only our parents knew.
Harold Lee
I do and would love to find a photo of the cricket pitch.
Les Holmes Germanicus
in the '50s is where you would run out of tarseal and not pick it up again until just before Otira.
Norm Lovelock
Great photo
Geoffrey Bell
Great photo. Take from the Stafford Road.
Noeline McCaughan
My memories are from the '40's, walking out along the road past Gibsons old house and Payn's on the left, we would pick blackberries on the tailings and walk on the flume pipes. There were two hotels there at that time, one getting burnt down about 1943, the other was still open when we left in 1947. Quite a few people lived the at that time, I especially remember Heather and Isabel who lived in a white house on the South side of the road. Heather worked as a telephonist at the Kumara Post Office.
Heather Newby
very interesting
Maggie Riordan
Maurice Payn you might like this photo.
Sandra Geddes
My Aunty lived there married Sam Stewart spent many happy times here!sam was butcher in kumara!
Trevor Scott
That old fellow I was taking a bought, said that through the Gold mining area there was around 10,000 miners from Dillmanstown, Stafford & Goldsborough. Just off the road leading to Kumara, you could stand and look down the area that was mined, among the older trees was a path of new and young trees winding its way down the valley. I was told by an old local that the white man mined there in a hurry and moved on and the Chinese came in behind them and re mind the area making roads and also a very good living on what was left behind.
Sandra Arnott Spent a lot of time at my uncles place Sam Stewart remember jumping in cow pats! He told us it would make us grow Tall!
Yvonne Lawson Me too, love the car.
Maggie Riordan Is the Payn’s old house visible in the photo? Frank and Johanna were my great-grandparents.
Lloyd Murphy When you get to the bottom of that hill and go across the road you’ll be right up my Dad’s driveway, we moved there in ‘76 when I was 5
Lindsay Edens Lloyd Murphy pretty close to homes eh
Myra Barry Great memories I lived in kamala and we would go up dolmens hill after putting a parcel of cow poo on the road just around the bend and watch the cars putting their brakes on and then throwing the parcel out the window we caught a lot of people and had lots of laughs.good old days
Les Bryce That is coming down off the Stafford Road into Dillmanstown heading towards Kumara. Londonderry Rock top left and Taramakau River on the far right.
Razzie Lee In later times I owned the Eden's property on that bottom right hand corner, it was an awesome property for over 10yrs+ and enjoyed the changes and renovations made. We were left with a copy of an old photo when it was formerly the Junction Hotel and I was also given some other interesting historical information from a descendant of an early owner when it was still a hotel. Great to see old photos of this area.
Karen Perryman that is the dillmanstown hill where we played pursey when i was growing up and payns house was across the road from this. the road use to go right passed there house before the road was put straight through as i rmember. londonderry rock is to the left of the hill and further back .
Jean Wilson I remember looking out Nanas window at the river Awesome view
Bev Freitas The hill was called pug Hill,
Bev Freitas The hill on the left is Pugg Hill,the cricket pitch was in a hollow at the bottom of the hill,
Noeline McCaughan I remember walking around the old swimming pool, it was so overgrown with blackberries that you couldn't get down to it. Charles Evendon and Tom Seddon were the only ones I heard telling how great it was to have a swim in it.
Annie Swain The number plate on the car has the NZ prefix so the date of the photo is between July 1925 and July 1926. Hard to say what the car is, although it is not a Buick, or a Ford or a Dodge.
Sonia Dando
Sonia Dando I remember my late in laws Stan and Margaret Haines looking for gold out that way the stories they used to tell us
Lived in a shack had dirt floors amazing wouldn’t do that today this young generationLynette Clunie
Our dad was Eric Payn and mum is Carol Haines, her mum Annie Haines had McFarlans hotel
As kids we use to play Parcel on the Road, at the old cricket pitch between Kumara & Dillmanstown, who else from Kumara remembers that years 1950s 1960s.
Les Holmes Germanicus
Nova Elizabeth Hichens been there done that.. the parcel trick..at Camerons.
Anne Brown
I do we had great fun, flying down the hill with our legs on the handle bars of our bikes. Omg if only our parents knew.
Harold Lee
I do and would love to find a photo of the cricket pitch.
Les Holmes Germanicus
in the '50s is where you would run out of tarseal and not pick it up again until just before Otira.
Norm Lovelock
Great photo
Geoffrey Bell
Great photo. Take from the Stafford Road.
Noeline McCaughan
My memories are from the '40's, walking out along the road past Gibsons old house and Payn's on the left, we would pick blackberries on the tailings and walk on the flume pipes. There were two hotels there at that time, one getting burnt down about 1943, the other was still open when we left in 1947. Quite a few people lived the at that time, I especially remember Heather and Isabel who lived in a white house on the South side of the road. Heather worked as a telephonist at the Kumara Post Office.
Heather Newby
very interesting
Maggie Riordan
Maurice Payn you might like this photo.
Sandra Geddes
My Aunty lived there married Sam Stewart spent many happy times here!sam was butcher in kumara!
Trevor Scott
That old fellow I was taking a bought, said that through the Gold mining area there was around 10,000 miners from Dillmanstown, Stafford & Goldsborough. Just off the road leading to Kumara, you could stand and look down the area that was mined, among the older trees was a path of new and young trees winding its way down the valley. I was told by an old local that the white man mined there in a hurry and moved on and the Chinese came in behind them and re mind the area making roads and also a very good living on what was left behind.
Sandra Arnott Spent a lot of time at my uncles place Sam Stewart remember jumping in cow pats! He told us it would make us grow Tall!
Yvonne Lawson Me too, love the car.
Maggie Riordan Is the Payn’s old house visible in the photo? Frank and Johanna were my great-grandparents.
Lloyd Murphy When you get to the bottom of that hill and go across the road you’ll be right up my Dad’s driveway, we moved there in ‘76 when I was 5
Lindsay Edens Lloyd Murphy pretty close to homes eh
Myra Barry Great memories I lived in kamala and we would go up dolmens hill after putting a parcel of cow poo on the road just around the bend and watch the cars putting their brakes on and then throwing the parcel out the window we caught a lot of people and had lots of laughs.good old days
Les Bryce That is coming down off the Stafford Road into Dillmanstown heading towards Kumara. Londonderry Rock top left and Taramakau River on the far right.
Razzie Lee In later times I owned the Eden's property on that bottom right hand corner, it was an awesome property for over 10yrs+ and enjoyed the changes and renovations made. We were left with a copy of an old photo when it was formerly the Junction Hotel and I was also given some other interesting historical information from a descendant of an early owner when it was still a hotel. Great to see old photos of this area.
Karen Perryman that is the dillmanstown hill where we played pursey when i was growing up and payns house was across the road from this. the road use to go right passed there house before the road was put straight through as i rmember. londonderry rock is to the left of the hill and further back .
Jean Wilson I remember looking out Nanas window at the river Awesome view
Bev Freitas The hill was called pug Hill,
Bev Freitas The hill on the left is Pugg Hill,the cricket pitch was in a hollow at the bottom of the hill,
Noeline McCaughan I remember walking around the old swimming pool, it was so overgrown with blackberries that you couldn't get down to it. Charles Evendon and Tom Seddon were the only ones I heard telling how great it was to have a swim in it.
Annie Swain The number plate on the car has the NZ prefix so the date of the photo is between July 1925 and July 1926. Hard to say what the car is, although it is not a Buick, or a Ford or a Dodge.
Sonia Dando
Sonia Dando I remember my late in laws Stan and Margaret Haines looking for gold out that way the stories they used to tell us
Lived in a shack had dirt floors amazing wouldn’t do that today this young generationLynette Clunie
Our dad was Eric Payn and mum is Carol Haines, her mum Annie Haines had McFarlans hotel
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