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Oddfellows Hall ReeftonWilsons / Harris' Hotel ReeftonThe Reefton School of Mines 1886Albert Street under flood. 1936.Party of deerstalkers returning home.Blaketown lagoon.1862.Dobson Car Rest Home. -ALBUM-
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Cards *PHOTO ALBUM*Children from the Kumara, Taramakau area ?Who remembers doing this ? - Drawing the fire.Fiat Railcar heading to Ross,Taramakau bridge.1960'sEllis Collection - Stone Crusher, Bruce Bay Arawhata Bridge, South Westland 1970's.Official Programme - West Coast vs Buller,Greymouth. Jul 17th,1990. - ALBUM -Barney Sutherland, Shantytown founder1928 Greymouth Advertisement.Buller Westland Netball Union - NZ National Tournament , Hamilton. 1989.Toohey Family , Arney Street Greymouth - early 1920sGreymouth Softball Team trip.1968.The river in high flood Hotel Keepers in Greymouth. 1866 - 67.Battle of Britain Day. 1987.Hotel Keepers in Greymouth.1929. - ALBUM -Hotel Keepers in Greymouth.1971.Mitchells Hotel, Lake Brunner - 2 images .ca.1908. 'Dad and the gang Taramakau river near Kumara." 1904. - ALBUM -Hatters Tce, Nelson Creek Centennial Celebrations held in 1975 West Coast Gladstone Cup at Blenheim. 1974.Westland High School Hockey team .1973.Inside the Otira tunnel - ALBUM -Punakaiki Tearooms-Souvenir Shop 1973Anne Conaghan and Jim Conaghan visit memorial to Peter "The Greek" Mangos at the LyellList of Greymouth mayorsThomas and Nancy Martyn of Blue SpurKaniere Gold DredgeWest Coast Territorials , 1950’s.Cobden Rugby team in Rotorua. 1950’s.Seddon Street, Kumara. 1970`s.Flooding - Mawhera Quay Greymouth, May 1988.Nimmo's van, Bright Street, Cobden.Gary Turnbull and his Grandad - Herb Leach, Ruggs Transport.Snowflake van - 1970`s.1950 West Coast Basketball Team - National Tournament at Palmerston NorthWest Coast Basketball - (Left) Marj Forrest, Nola Forrest.Greymouth High School Jubilee supplement, 1923 to 1983 . - ALBUM -Supplement to commemorate the opening of the Greymouth floodwall, part 2, November 10, 1990 *PHOTO ALBUM*Supplement to commemorate the opening of the Greymouth floodwall, part 1, November 10, 1990 *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Evening Star's Westland Centennial Publication, 1960, part 2 *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Evening Star's Westland Centennial Publication, 1960, part 1 *PHOTO ALBUM*West Coast Centennial Fair, Victoria Park, Greymouth. 1960 *PHOTO ALBUM* Hotel Heatherbell,Totara Flat.Greymouth Operatic Society - Hello Broadway.16th-19th July,1997. *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Operatic Society - Calamity Jane .Nov,1972. *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Operatic Society - Our Miss Gibbs *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Operatic Society - Rose Marie .Nov 23rd,1953. *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Operatic Society - The Geisha *PHOTO ALBUM*Greymouth Operatic Society - The New Moon.June 28th,1948. *PHOTO ALBUM*

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