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Presbyterian Church Tainui St Greymouth
It was demolished because it was an earthquake risk because the rear wall wasnt tied in to the rest of the building and the steeple was gradually leaning backwards into the church, which was getting worse as time went by. Was told that when I attending there back in the 1990s by an engineer.Map[1] ContributorMoe Bowes
In the 1990's wasn't it. Would have been some wonderful bits and pieces to salvage during that demo job. Those trusses look like nice wood.
Rosemarie Searle
They were reused in a restaurant near Oxford. They look fabulous.
Jaimee Galloway
What a waste. I spent a lot of my childhood playing in the grounds of the church when I stayed with a friend who lived in the house next door to the one in the photo and it was also pulled down a few years after. The church should have been restored if it was possible it looked nicer there than a petrol station!
June Colville
thats the church that I was married in way bach in 1955. sham it has gone.
Fay Glasson
WE got married in that church on 11/4/1970 hard to believe 45 years have gone by :-)
Helen Brennan
Must be ages ago because of great buildings in background now gone
Maree Lawlor
Beautiful church shame short sighted people in power were conned by corporates!!
Annie Van Looy
what a shame the guys who pulled it down said it would never have come down in an earthquake, it was as solid as, never been to that gas station, never will
Rae Hodge
We were married there on 9/1/1971. It was then the Uniting Parish.
Sheena Russell
Very lucky to be married in this beautiful church in 1985 very sad that it was pulled down for a dam petrol station
Suzi Kiely
I dont ever go to caltex for the same reason Annie Van Looy
Deb Griffiths
I wont go there either,never have,never will,& there quite a few i no that wont
Barb Rodway
I loved minis I had a blue one
Jackie Breach
Mum and Dad were also married there in 1959
Paul Marshall
our class at junior high went in there just b4 it got pulled dwn' that was 1997. could of been early 1998 even
Jackie Loughnan
That was a beautiful church. It is a shame that they had 2 pull it down.
Julie Steele
We were married there in 1986
Brian McIntyre
On my recent visits I noticed a few of those Phenoix Palms are falling over and some have been supported with tiedowns. Must have been there about 60 tears now but I wouldnt have thought that as being very old
Michele Buchanan
Married in that church 1984 I have never been to caltex never will
Neil Martin
The Palms were damaged in last years big winds Brian McIntyre
Brian McIntyre
Never thought of that Neil Martin thanks. Did seem strange that some many were wanting to lay down
Neil Martin
some copped it in 2008 also
Brian McIntyre
Hell
Gill Paul George
Janice Grover (Douglas) was married there
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Great photo. Such a shame it has changed so much.
Fay Glasson
Got married there in 1970
Colin Pearce
Lived across the road..loved this area as a fabulous playground
Jeannie Preddy
Played in the beautiful old manse with Laurice Bibby, her dad was minister. I can still remember her beautiful dolls house, I was so envious.
Marilyn Ramsay
I got married in that church in March 1975 the minister was rev mackay
Janenne Oates
Was married there 50 yrs ago sorry its been pulled down
Alan N Barb Cochrane
Got married there in 1966
Trish Rennie
Sang in there in the sixties...
Miles Reay
Went there occasionally. Sang in Philharmonic Society choir - Messiah and Elijah. Conductor Warwick Newton.
Jim Galloway
It was a danger they said. Funny how the tower took much more than they suggested to knock down.
Annie Van Looy
Loved that little church should never have been pulled downKevy Rea
It was a really nice ole church shame they knocked it down
Mary Moffitt
This spot is where we first gathered to see the Queen.
Chris Carroll
My uncle got married in this church. Have a photo in with my mums photos of it.
Les Holmes Germanicus
Another heritage crime in the many perpetrated over time in Greymouth.
Tamai Sinclair
Les Holmes Germanicus i think the steeple was really hard to demolish because it was full of steel, but generations to come may thank decision makers if and when Alp 8 hits.
Les Holmes Germanicus
Tamai Sinclair it is still a heritage crime where the prime motivation was greed.
Sandra Rooney
Was a bridesmaid there in 1964
Dale Felmingham
It was demolished because it was an earthquake risk because the rear wall wasnt tied in to the rest of the building and the steeple was gradually leaning backwards into the church, which was getting worse as time went by. Was told that when I attending there back in the 1990s by an engineer.
June Bland
June Burridge. Alan & I were married in this church in 1980. Beautiful sunny Saturday.
Pamela Howard
Was married there in 1954 by Rev Bibby beautiful church
James Hume
Was a nice solid church now we have a petrol station that that's getting to Dare to go to
Joan Gollan
Our Parents married there in 1938. Photos of guests outside the church.
Gareth Veale
At this time is was the Greymouth Uniting Church having merged with the Methodist church demolished sometime earlier down the road. I was baptised there and remember the last service had. It was a great complex and beautiful church. The pipe organ was terrific. There was a great church hall at the back. Was on Māori lease and the cost of this plus required upkeep was far too much for the parish to sustain. However, so much of our history has been lost - we should act to preserve what we can before it is too late.
Linda Maika
My parents were married in this church in 1951, my sister in 1971 & myself in 1979. So sad it’s not there anymore.
Katarina Leaf-Dobbs
Used to go to this church in the '70s.
Charlotte Elphick
I was christened there 14th april 1996!
Gareth Veale
Charlotte Elphick I remember your parents wedding there!
Susan Bonanno
One of my best friends in the 1970's was Petrina Walsh whose father was Rev Walsh who was affiliated with that church. I was baptised there and also did my confirmation there.
Reply14hSarah Ashby
Was a beautiful church and fantastic halls rooms out the back. Shame it's gone. I was christened here and have very find memories of attendance And joining in with the Sunday school.
Edith Bannan
Les and Edith Bannan got married there 66 years ago such lovely memories
Deb Ramage
I got christened there in the 60s.
Bill Liddell
Mum and Dad married there in 1950 and myself 1978 Beautiful church
Suzanne Clark
So sad it’s gone , growing up in Blackball and working many yrs in Greymouth I remember it was the go to place to get married,
Isabel Pentecost
Was married there in 1961 minister the reverend William Best
Margaret Moore
Margaret and Gary Moore got married there 50 years ago.
Jan Ward
My parents married there 1946. Myself and my brother were baptized there. I was married there 1972. My mum and eldest daughter were baptized there 1976. My dad 1968 and mum 1984 funeral services were held there. My brother married there 1988. I have a brick from this church, in my garden as a memory to this lovely church. It was so much part of our family life.
Pauline Walsh
Copy cats
Lee Williams
The wrecking ball had a helluva time getting it to break.. so much for the theory it was a earthquake risk.
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community
Lee Williams yes that was rubbish . All for a petrol station
Grant Jamieson
Shame luvly building, like so many in Greymouth, should of kept and fixed some of them. That Church got knocked over, so a luvly gas station could go up there ? buma
Mason Cooksley
Sat on the front lawn the day the steeple came down. not as fragile as they thought. metal rod up the guts stopped it from falling when they put a strop around it. it took some moving , not as dramatic as we were expecting.
Keith Funnell
What year was this church built?
Denise Lois Gordon - Hill just thinking a Presbyterian church spire May have been more likely something your grandfather William Hill may have contributed to building.
Nina Townsend
Got married there
Denise Lois Gordon - Hill
I was busy thinking the same
I think all the William Hill family were married there
June Bland
June Burridge. I was married in this church Easter 1982
Mary Fenemor
Married there in Feb, 1969 by Rev Best.
Ron Newton
The pipe organ is now in St. Mary’s Catholic church, Tauranga.
Kirb Hardy
I was christened there
Che Norris
Judy Fishburn
This church was so beautiful shame it has gone
Paul Agnes Smith
Saw The Queen there, 1953/54.
Lynne Kearns-Corbett
I was a flower girl there
Jenny Haines
Sad...
Leeanne Sneddon
Bloody shame - both church and house gone
Suzanne Clark
It was all so beautiful with the fountain working with lights and dancing to music - I used to see it on a Friday as a child
Ave Muir
Such a shame. Greymouth has lost so much identity. All gone??
Richard Butcher
All those lies for a petrol station.
Trish Rennie
Sang there in the Greymouth High School choir….
Nikki Aitken
Ive got the door and a 12 foot lead light in storage outta this beautiful church
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Nikki Aitken
May be an image of barn door
Judi Mears
Does anyone have anything special from this Church which might be able to be incorporated into the Moana Church???
Heather Gaulter
Was such a beautiful church
Beverley Leopold
I had forgotten that this church was on that site. What a shame it had to go.
Gayle Wright
Discusting, it could of been repaired!
Julie Steele
Married there my girls christen there and my dad an organist there for 50 years
Les Holmes Germanicus
I don't buy into this assessment for a moment. The reality behind this amounted to nothing more than greed.
Ed Dando
They could have saved it
Judy Collins
Got married there,the first one.
Lyn Gosling
Building standards in the Presbyterian church have got even tougher since the Canterbury Quakes. In our last parish we had to close all of our buildings. One of the churches alone would have cost almost half a million JUST to tie the walls with no other improvements.
Gary Boucher
Shame the title was not changed so the house could be retained.Caricture home which I remember from when Rev.Best was the minister in residence.
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