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DescriptionOlympic Milk Bar, Located immediately to the left of Woolworths. The Chevron with John Morris came later.The Dominion Hotel still on the corner.Date of Photo1970Map[1]
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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Mackay St Harleys GreymouthHay's GreymouthWoolworthsEventMackay St Greymouth.1970.
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CommentsTony Williams wooleys!!!
July 28 at 9:27pm · Unlike · 3
Suzanne McPherson That's the Greymouth I remember. Reminds me of Christmas Eve when I was little. The street was closed to cars, lots of streamers and excitement to a young child.
July 28 at 10:26pm · Unlike · 4
Rebekah Geer Look at those cars
July 28 at 10:27pm · Unlike · 2
Donna Douglas So, what is where Woolworths was now?
July 29 at 8:37am · Unlike · 1
Geoffrey Bell The Dominion Hotel still on the corner.
July 29 at 8:47am · Unlike · 2
Lynda Ladner Noel Leemings Donna Douglas.
July 29 at 9:27am · Like · 1
Tracy Piner Mahon My first job when I left school was at woolworths, 8.30-5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00pm Friday night, no weekends, everything closed till Monday. How could we cope now, LOL those were the days .
July 30 at 8:04pm · Like · 1
Trevor Scott I joined Woolworths...I think 1960, I lasted one whole day there when a mate came in and said we are off Deer Culling are you coming. They still owe me one days pay!!
July 31 at 12:21pm · Like
Jim Forsman Trevor Scott - better check mate as they may owe you a meal money as well!!!! Cheers
July 31 at 2:09pm · Like
Trevor Scott Remember those days at the Blaketown Beach Jim, you driving for Greenhills, Paul driving for that Laundry outfit and me for Baily and Neville. Meet up for lunch time at the beach and go for a swim!!
Don Hutton We had 3 1100s similar to the one in the foreground from 1966 to 74. Rode very well - hydralastic suspension and front wheel drive were fairly new in those days.
Gordon McIntosh This is Greymouth as I remember - Woolworths and McKenzies were our destination as kids on our annual Christmas shopping trip from Hokitika. We waited expectantly all year knowing that we would each be given a £1 note by Dad - Christmas presents first for all the family - Woolworths and McKenzies had good cheap stuff - and then we could spend the rest on what we wanted!
Clare McDonnell BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY....
Yesterday at 11:30am · Like
Kathy Mulloy Chris had his first job at woolworths
Gail Johns Remember the little milkbar that was between Woolworths and the hotel? When we had come into town with Mum on the bus from Kaiata we sometimes went there for an "icecream in a dish" as we called it, if there was time to fill before the bus home - it was such a treat for 4 out of town kids. Does anyone remember what that place was called?
Malcolm Howell Olympic Milk Bar - Graham Findlay. Located immediately to the left of Woolworths. The Chevron with John Morris came later.Trish Rennie
The "good old days".....life was so different and much less complicated then
Kerry Keating
Then came the outsiders and the Coast hasn't been the same since.
Sandra Rooney
Olympic Milk Bar fotmerly a butcher shop run by a Mr Dick
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney I hope the butcher's first name wasn't right...
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating NO father of Gerald.
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney Have a quiet look at his surname then have a look at the first name I hope he NEVER had. Just a suggestion. Lol.
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating also father of Pam Steigh librarian. My husband took meat from there to his grandfather in Barrytown in the late 40s and early 50s
Will Savage
Sandra Rooney Proper?
Sandra Rooney
Will Savage what is your query?
Gary Boucher
Great photo. Woolworths, Millars and Mckenzies remember them well
Marilyn Coley
Sure do the coast was going along very well in those years Still home to me been away for quite a few years now
Kerry Keating
A helluva lot of them came straight from prison. There was less chance of a job. ( Lazy jerks.)
Rob Oakley
The Government of NZ never helped the Coast they took all and gave nought back
Ron Kendrick
Rob Oakley Still happening!!
Rob Oakley
Ron Kendrick I have heard that I loved the Coast but could sense the change coming
Deborah Sweetman
Not a cloud in the sky. Unusual.
Mary Costello
Happy Memories Of Our Mum Taking Us Shopping When We Were Little
Brian Beban
Those Harley's windows shining even though I had ceased to clean them by 1962 when I worked there after school and in the holidays under Eddie Keating.
Trish Rennie
The "good old days".....life was so different and much less complicated then
Kerry Keating
Then came the outsiders and the Coast hasn't been the same since.
Sandra Rooney
Olympic Milk Bar fotmerly a butcher shop run by a Mr Dick
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney I hope the butcher's first name wasn't right...
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating NO father of Gerald.
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney Have a quiet look at his surname then have a look at the first name I hope he NEVER had. Just a suggestion. Lol.
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating also father of Pam Steigh librarian. My husband took meat from there to his grandfather in Barrytown in the late 40s and early 50s
Will Savage
Sandra Rooney Proper?
Sandra Rooney
Will Savage what is your query?
Kerry Keating
Will Savage I don't think it's registered even yet Will.
Bev Kelly
Kerry…. Think you’re right!!
Gary Boucher
Great photo. Woolworths, Millars and Mckenzies remember them well
Marilyn Coley
Sure do the coast was going along very well in those years Still home to me been away for quite a few years now
Kerry Keating
A helluva lot of them came straight from prison. There was less chance of a job. ( Lazy jerks.)
Rob Oakley
The Government of NZ never helped the Coast they took all and gave nought back
Ron Kendrick
Rob Oakley Still happening!!
Rob Oakley
Ron Kendrick I have heard that I loved the Coast but could sense the change coming
Deborah Sweetman
Not a cloud in the sky. Unusual.
Mary Costello
Happy Memories Of Our Mum Taking Us Shopping When We Were Little
Di Henderson
Mary Costello mum used to take us to greymouth on the railcar to shop at Woolies and McKenzie. Fantastic memories
Sandra Dolbear
Di Henderson me too!!
Di Henderson
Sandra Dolbear remember the open fire at the railway station waiting room
Brian Beban
Those Harley's windows shining even though I had ceased to clean them by 1962 when I worked there after school and in the holidays under Eddie Keating.
Heather Newby
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Peter Gray
A different pace of life back in the day, and i would suggest more relaxed & enjoyable
Marion Robina Hogarth
What a shame there aren't the variety of shops anymore. Would save a lot of extra travel , don't like buying clothes and lingerie on line
Gail Bradley
My friend Lyn and I would go to Greymouth shopping, especially around Christmas. We would buy a lot of our presents at Woolworths and McKenzies, similar type of
Sandra Rooney
Worked in McKenzies 1965
Linzi Woods
Sandra Rooney My first job at McKenzies Greymouth 1969 Staff & Customers a History of McKenzies
Monica Harvey
I worked at Woolworths loved it
Annette Haile
Monica Harvey Me too, was my first job when I left high school
Leeanne Sneddon
Annette Haile we had fun ae
Annette Haile
Leeanne Sneddon Definitely those were the days!
Leeanne Sneddon
Annette Haile makes me smile every time I think about it
Reply12h
Leeanne Sneddon
Monica Harvey me too there were a few names etched in the storeroom walls..same with Mckenzies upstairs.
Annette Haile
Leeanne Sneddon So many shops in those days
Rebekah Fairhurst Geer
Look at the glorious cars we used to drive!!
Val Shaw
I lived in Westport loved those days ñot the same never will be.
Garry Wick
Fond memories .
Hiria Apanui
What a great photo..
Hiria Apanui
Look at those classic cars up in front
Kerry Keating
As kids, we did our Xmas shopping on Xmas Eve. We went from Woolworths to McKenzies twice each shop, shopping done.Les Holmes Germanicus
Still roughly the same number of the available parks.
Feral Parker
The mighty EIP in the background
Mary Fenemor
Those were the Days
Karen Potter
Weren't they ever the best days.
Judy Collins
Karen Potter the best.
Debbie Cogger Griffin
Karen Potter absolutely
Anne Mcmillan Miller
The days when Greymouth was flourishing.. So much has changed
Bronwen Skates
Anne Mcmillan Miller totally agree .
Caroline Jane Barnes
Omg l used to live in greymouth in the early 1970 s lived there ten years
Christine Hansen
I was the Ticket Writer & Window Dresser at Woolworths back then.. remember going to work after the earthquake to find the windows smashed on the footpath.
Chris Sinnott
Graham Findlay was also in the Chevron with John.
Kathy Duthie
and bloody good days they were, still miss greymouth and the people
Anne Mcmillan Miller
Kathy Duthie hello Kathy
Kathy Duthie
hello anne its been a long time
Anne Mcmillan Miller
Kathy Duthie it sure has but i remember u well. hope u well and happy
Kathy Duthie
we all good in nelson,
Kathy Duthie
they were great days working at kings hotel
Priscilla-Chang Newton
I was just back in my home town very impressed with the town very tidy that wall is certainly doing the job a credit to everyone one.
Reply3h
Anne Mcmillan Miller
Priscilla-Chang Newton nice to get positive feed back .
Lynnette Beirne
I brought all my furniture, whiteware, carpet, vinyl, sewing machine and a lot of linen at Harley’s from 1975 until they closed
I still have and use my lamp, rocking chair and sewing machine
Brian Molloy
Graham Finlay and John Morris - true local legends - RIP the pair of them
Barry Dawson Smithson
We bought our Queen Anne bedroom suite from Harleys in 1966 for 99 pounds 19 & 6 pence. Still have it. Harold Shaw the manager even gave us a wedding present. The good old days.
Tamai Sinclair
Does anyone know why it is pronounced Mackie rather than Mac Kay? My thoughts are that it is how Alexander MacKay, if the street is named after him, pronounced it himself.
Des O'Connell
Tamai Sinclair same as Mackay in Queensland people say different
Garick Mcdonald
Be good to have a pub on the corner again
Suzanne McPherson
Loved walking down the closed off street on Christmas Eve…with streamers everywhere and excitement in the air. Was very exciting as a kid
Geoffrey King
The Olympic Milk Bar as mentioned, on the ground floor of the Dominion was started around 1957 by Janice and Durham Ogilvie. Around 1959 Mr Findlay senior approached Durham and Janice and offered to buy the milk bar for his son Graham. The offer was accepted, and Durham and Janice moved to Christchurch and took over the King George Hotel in Madras St. Before the Olympic Milk bar, the space was the kitchen for the Dominion and right next to Woolworths was the back door (tradesman's entrance). From memory my mother had the kitchen and dining room shifted from the ground floor to the first floor 1953 and I can clearly see the red and white striped (West Coast colours) blinds (from Harleys) in the dining room. My Grandparents (Durham and Alice Dowell) owned the Dominion Hotel as well as the Albion (then Kings, Kingsgate now Copthorne) Durham Ogilvie was their eldest grandson, hence the connections. An aside, re the kitchen Dominion Hotel, when I was so, so young and couldn't feed myself or rather dithered with the food, my father Ron, used to feed me, clearly trying to entice me to eat, use to say with each spoon to go into my mouth 'here comes the 'Poolta', the 'Mathew Flinders' 'Rata' (names of ships) coming over the bar and the spoon would enter my mouth. After we left the Dominion for the Gilmer 1955 /56 Jack and Nellie McGlone took over the Dominion.
Johnny Kwin
I remember seeing almost everything in this photo back in the day, it's only the blue sky that looks unfamiliar lol
Monica Harvey
I worked at Woolwoths loved it
Reg Allan
Greed rules these days
Bronwen Skates
Better choice and more variety of shops back then . Wishful thinking now. We bought all our furniture from Harleys and remember the lovely table with insert plus 6 chairs cost $130 back in 1971.
Nicole Thompson
Wow look at all the cool cars
Nicole Thompson
My dad did comerchel hotle,mum worked revingtons.dad a railway worker . Town hasn't changed much atall. . Wow would love a old Holden car from those days and a feather like Gary downings folks they were cool people.
Nicole Thompson
Zeather
Fay Glasson
Now that’s a view I remember Rae Amad
The best days !
Christine Stewart
Great days! Going shopping for pressies with the coins we saved from pocket money
Gloria Kerridge
I worked at Olympic Milk Bar in School hols for John and Graeme in Christmas before I left school.
Sandra Case
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Greymouth was a great town in those days. You could buy whatever you wanted then without having to go over the hill!
Kerry Keating
When we were kids our Christmas shopping took us from Woolworths to McKenzies, backwards and forward twice each shop, that was us.
Brent Tomlinson
Yes Bruce I left greymouth in 1971 and the hotel site was empty, I used to work at Alf Harrison’s so I saw it every day.
Geoffrey King
The Olympic Milk Bar was started by Durham and Janice Ogilvie in the 50's The Dominion Hotel was owed by his grandparents Durham and Alice Dowell
Eleanor Morel
Graham Finlay had that coffee bar/milk bar with John Morris in the sixties.
Bruce Keddie
When? My guess is late 1960's
Brian McIntyre
Yesterday
Martin Burt
Delivered argus to the dominion, and worked Hays after school delivering parcels, with Harold Berryman
George Gardner
Bugger. I feel ancient as this was all way after my time before I left home.
Wendy Hogan
I used to know these people's names snshops etc hi greymouth
2h
Al Va
Makes feel home sick
Bill Finlay
my first job was Mckenzies department store Kerry in 1965 great days , other friends worked in Woolworths
56m
Trish Rennie
I worked in Woolworths after school in the 60’s….Mr ? Dwyer was the manager and Marion Smithson was the office manager…Ngaire Sullivan, Peg Griffen, Nellie Dundan , Mary Madison, Mrs Curry were some of the other lovely people that worked there at the time…
Carolyn Luck
Harleys was a beautiful shop, high quality good products.
Harold Shaw was the Manager at one stage
Vaughan Smith
I was a out 5 then
Kevin O'Sullivan
That's a while ago! The 3 story wooden pub is on the corner next to Wollies.
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Jenny Edwards
Was a delightful thriving town and locals could be proud of where they lived. Now look at what we have, a disgrace of a so called town. Buildings are an eyesore, empty spaces where buildings once were. Not a thing here for the locals to be proud of. That is why Hokitika is the preferred place to go.
Trish Rennie
I worked in Woolworths after school in the 60’s….Mr ? Dwyer was the manager and Marion Smithson was the office manager…Ngaire Sullivan, Peg Griffen, Nellie Dundan , Mary Madison, Mrs Curry were some of the other lovely people that worked there at the time…
Martin Burt
Delivered argus to the dominion, and worked Hays after school delivering parcels, with Harold Berryman
Kerry Keating
When we were kids our Christmas shopping took us from Woolworths to McKenzies, backwards and forward twice each shop, that was us.
Jo-Ann Kennedy
Yes Chris. Remember Pick n Mix treat on Fridays when we went into town shopping with our Mum. Lucky week when we could get a ride home in the taxi driven by Grandad.
Rose Henham
Looks so different now no empty shops like now
Mike McMillan
Remember the pick and mix bins of lollies as you walked into Woolworths.
Robin Gibbens
Remember standing outside Woolworths with mum when a earthquake hit and everything in the window tipped over, long time ago
Bill Finlay
my first job was Mckenzies department store Kerry in 1965 great days , other friends worked in Woolworths
John Coll
I thought The Chevron (John Morris) was on Tainui street just along from Revies?
Chris Sinclair
Loved getting Pick n Mix at Woolworths was the big treat after coming up from Hoki on the rail car.
Lynnette Beirne
I purchased all my furniture whiteware carpet vinyl furnishing fabric and sewing machine from Harley’s between 1975 and 1979
I still have my wall units ,sewing machine rocking chair and standard lamp I got during that time
Laura Mills Detlaff
Carolyn Luck
Harleys was a beautiful shop, high quality good products.
Harold Shaw was the Manager at one stage
Vaughan Smith
I was a out 5 then
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Greymouth was a great town in those days. You could buy whatever you wanted then without having to go over the hill!
George Gardner
Bugger. I feel ancient as this was all way after my time before I left home.
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Wendy Hogan
I used to know these people's names snshops etc hi greymouth
Geoffrey King
The Olympic Milk Bar was started by Durham and Janice Ogilvie in the 50's The Dominion Hotel was owned by his grandparents Durham and Alice Dowell
John Coll
I thought The Chevron (John Morris) was on Tainui street just along from Revies?
Colin Skates
John Coll It was
Jenny Edwards
Was a delightful thriving town and locals could be proud of where they lived. Now look at what we have, a disgrace of a so called town. Buildings are an eyesore, empty spaces where buildings once were. Not a thing here for the locals to be proud of. That is why Hokitika is the preferred place to go.
Bev Johnston
I remember those days well
Dianne Bryce
You so right
Kevin O'Sullivan
July 28 at 9:27pm · Unlike · 3
Suzanne McPherson That's the Greymouth I remember. Reminds me of Christmas Eve when I was little. The street was closed to cars, lots of streamers and excitement to a young child.
July 28 at 10:26pm · Unlike · 4
Rebekah Geer Look at those cars
July 28 at 10:27pm · Unlike · 2
Donna Douglas So, what is where Woolworths was now?
July 29 at 8:37am · Unlike · 1
Geoffrey Bell The Dominion Hotel still on the corner.
July 29 at 8:47am · Unlike · 2
Lynda Ladner Noel Leemings Donna Douglas.
July 29 at 9:27am · Like · 1
Tracy Piner Mahon My first job when I left school was at woolworths, 8.30-5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00pm Friday night, no weekends, everything closed till Monday. How could we cope now, LOL those were the days .
July 30 at 8:04pm · Like · 1
Trevor Scott I joined Woolworths...I think 1960, I lasted one whole day there when a mate came in and said we are off Deer Culling are you coming. They still owe me one days pay!!
July 31 at 12:21pm · Like
Jim Forsman Trevor Scott - better check mate as they may owe you a meal money as well!!!! Cheers
July 31 at 2:09pm · Like
Trevor Scott Remember those days at the Blaketown Beach Jim, you driving for Greenhills, Paul driving for that Laundry outfit and me for Baily and Neville. Meet up for lunch time at the beach and go for a swim!!
Don Hutton We had 3 1100s similar to the one in the foreground from 1966 to 74. Rode very well - hydralastic suspension and front wheel drive were fairly new in those days.
Gordon McIntosh This is Greymouth as I remember - Woolworths and McKenzies were our destination as kids on our annual Christmas shopping trip from Hokitika. We waited expectantly all year knowing that we would each be given a £1 note by Dad - Christmas presents first for all the family - Woolworths and McKenzies had good cheap stuff - and then we could spend the rest on what we wanted!
Clare McDonnell BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY....
Yesterday at 11:30am · Like
Kathy Mulloy Chris had his first job at woolworths
Gail Johns Remember the little milkbar that was between Woolworths and the hotel? When we had come into town with Mum on the bus from Kaiata we sometimes went there for an "icecream in a dish" as we called it, if there was time to fill before the bus home - it was such a treat for 4 out of town kids. Does anyone remember what that place was called?
Malcolm Howell Olympic Milk Bar - Graham Findlay. Located immediately to the left of Woolworths. The Chevron with John Morris came later.Trish Rennie
The "good old days".....life was so different and much less complicated then
Kerry Keating
Then came the outsiders and the Coast hasn't been the same since.
Sandra Rooney
Olympic Milk Bar fotmerly a butcher shop run by a Mr Dick
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney I hope the butcher's first name wasn't right...
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating NO father of Gerald.
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney Have a quiet look at his surname then have a look at the first name I hope he NEVER had. Just a suggestion. Lol.
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating also father of Pam Steigh librarian. My husband took meat from there to his grandfather in Barrytown in the late 40s and early 50s
Will Savage
Sandra Rooney Proper?
Sandra Rooney
Will Savage what is your query?
Gary Boucher
Great photo. Woolworths, Millars and Mckenzies remember them well
Marilyn Coley
Sure do the coast was going along very well in those years Still home to me been away for quite a few years now
Kerry Keating
A helluva lot of them came straight from prison. There was less chance of a job. ( Lazy jerks.)
Rob Oakley
The Government of NZ never helped the Coast they took all and gave nought back
Ron Kendrick
Rob Oakley Still happening!!
Rob Oakley
Ron Kendrick I have heard that I loved the Coast but could sense the change coming
Deborah Sweetman
Not a cloud in the sky. Unusual.
Mary Costello
Happy Memories Of Our Mum Taking Us Shopping When We Were Little
Brian Beban
Those Harley's windows shining even though I had ceased to clean them by 1962 when I worked there after school and in the holidays under Eddie Keating.
Trish Rennie
The "good old days".....life was so different and much less complicated then
Kerry Keating
Then came the outsiders and the Coast hasn't been the same since.
Sandra Rooney
Olympic Milk Bar fotmerly a butcher shop run by a Mr Dick
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney I hope the butcher's first name wasn't right...
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating NO father of Gerald.
Kerry Keating
Sandra Rooney Have a quiet look at his surname then have a look at the first name I hope he NEVER had. Just a suggestion. Lol.
Sandra Rooney
Kerry Keating also father of Pam Steigh librarian. My husband took meat from there to his grandfather in Barrytown in the late 40s and early 50s
Will Savage
Sandra Rooney Proper?
Sandra Rooney
Will Savage what is your query?
Kerry Keating
Will Savage I don't think it's registered even yet Will.
Bev Kelly
Kerry…. Think you’re right!!
Gary Boucher
Great photo. Woolworths, Millars and Mckenzies remember them well
Marilyn Coley
Sure do the coast was going along very well in those years Still home to me been away for quite a few years now
Kerry Keating
A helluva lot of them came straight from prison. There was less chance of a job. ( Lazy jerks.)
Rob Oakley
The Government of NZ never helped the Coast they took all and gave nought back
Ron Kendrick
Rob Oakley Still happening!!
Rob Oakley
Ron Kendrick I have heard that I loved the Coast but could sense the change coming
Deborah Sweetman
Not a cloud in the sky. Unusual.
Mary Costello
Happy Memories Of Our Mum Taking Us Shopping When We Were Little
Di Henderson
Mary Costello mum used to take us to greymouth on the railcar to shop at Woolies and McKenzie. Fantastic memories
Sandra Dolbear
Di Henderson me too!!
Di Henderson
Sandra Dolbear remember the open fire at the railway station waiting room
Brian Beban
Those Harley's windows shining even though I had ceased to clean them by 1962 when I worked there after school and in the holidays under Eddie Keating.
Heather Newby
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Peter Gray
A different pace of life back in the day, and i would suggest more relaxed & enjoyable
Marion Robina Hogarth
What a shame there aren't the variety of shops anymore. Would save a lot of extra travel , don't like buying clothes and lingerie on line
Gail Bradley
My friend Lyn and I would go to Greymouth shopping, especially around Christmas. We would buy a lot of our presents at Woolworths and McKenzies, similar type of
Sandra Rooney
Worked in McKenzies 1965
Linzi Woods
Sandra Rooney My first job at McKenzies Greymouth 1969 Staff & Customers a History of McKenzies
Monica Harvey
I worked at Woolworths loved it
Annette Haile
Monica Harvey Me too, was my first job when I left high school
Leeanne Sneddon
Annette Haile we had fun ae
Annette Haile
Leeanne Sneddon Definitely those were the days!
Leeanne Sneddon
Annette Haile makes me smile every time I think about it
Reply12h
Leeanne Sneddon
Monica Harvey me too there were a few names etched in the storeroom walls..same with Mckenzies upstairs.
Annette Haile
Leeanne Sneddon So many shops in those days
Rebekah Fairhurst Geer
Look at the glorious cars we used to drive!!
Val Shaw
I lived in Westport loved those days ñot the same never will be.
Garry Wick
Fond memories .
Hiria Apanui
What a great photo..
Hiria Apanui
Look at those classic cars up in front
Kerry Keating
As kids, we did our Xmas shopping on Xmas Eve. We went from Woolworths to McKenzies twice each shop, shopping done.Les Holmes Germanicus
Still roughly the same number of the available parks.
Feral Parker
The mighty EIP in the background
Mary Fenemor
Those were the Days
Karen Potter
Weren't they ever the best days.
Judy Collins
Karen Potter the best.
Debbie Cogger Griffin
Karen Potter absolutely
Anne Mcmillan Miller
The days when Greymouth was flourishing.. So much has changed
Bronwen Skates
Anne Mcmillan Miller totally agree .
Caroline Jane Barnes
Omg l used to live in greymouth in the early 1970 s lived there ten years
Christine Hansen
I was the Ticket Writer & Window Dresser at Woolworths back then.. remember going to work after the earthquake to find the windows smashed on the footpath.
Chris Sinnott
Graham Findlay was also in the Chevron with John.
Kathy Duthie
and bloody good days they were, still miss greymouth and the people
Anne Mcmillan Miller
Kathy Duthie hello Kathy
Kathy Duthie
hello anne its been a long time
Anne Mcmillan Miller
Kathy Duthie it sure has but i remember u well. hope u well and happy
Kathy Duthie
we all good in nelson,
Kathy Duthie
they were great days working at kings hotel
Priscilla-Chang Newton
I was just back in my home town very impressed with the town very tidy that wall is certainly doing the job a credit to everyone one.
Reply3h
Anne Mcmillan Miller
Priscilla-Chang Newton nice to get positive feed back .
Lynnette Beirne
I brought all my furniture, whiteware, carpet, vinyl, sewing machine and a lot of linen at Harley’s from 1975 until they closed
I still have and use my lamp, rocking chair and sewing machine
Brian Molloy
Graham Finlay and John Morris - true local legends - RIP the pair of them
Barry Dawson Smithson
We bought our Queen Anne bedroom suite from Harleys in 1966 for 99 pounds 19 & 6 pence. Still have it. Harold Shaw the manager even gave us a wedding present. The good old days.
Tamai Sinclair
Does anyone know why it is pronounced Mackie rather than Mac Kay? My thoughts are that it is how Alexander MacKay, if the street is named after him, pronounced it himself.
Des O'Connell
Tamai Sinclair same as Mackay in Queensland people say different
Garick Mcdonald
Be good to have a pub on the corner again
Suzanne McPherson
Loved walking down the closed off street on Christmas Eve…with streamers everywhere and excitement in the air. Was very exciting as a kid
Geoffrey King
The Olympic Milk Bar as mentioned, on the ground floor of the Dominion was started around 1957 by Janice and Durham Ogilvie. Around 1959 Mr Findlay senior approached Durham and Janice and offered to buy the milk bar for his son Graham. The offer was accepted, and Durham and Janice moved to Christchurch and took over the King George Hotel in Madras St. Before the Olympic Milk bar, the space was the kitchen for the Dominion and right next to Woolworths was the back door (tradesman's entrance). From memory my mother had the kitchen and dining room shifted from the ground floor to the first floor 1953 and I can clearly see the red and white striped (West Coast colours) blinds (from Harleys) in the dining room. My Grandparents (Durham and Alice Dowell) owned the Dominion Hotel as well as the Albion (then Kings, Kingsgate now Copthorne) Durham Ogilvie was their eldest grandson, hence the connections. An aside, re the kitchen Dominion Hotel, when I was so, so young and couldn't feed myself or rather dithered with the food, my father Ron, used to feed me, clearly trying to entice me to eat, use to say with each spoon to go into my mouth 'here comes the 'Poolta', the 'Mathew Flinders' 'Rata' (names of ships) coming over the bar and the spoon would enter my mouth. After we left the Dominion for the Gilmer 1955 /56 Jack and Nellie McGlone took over the Dominion.
Johnny Kwin
I remember seeing almost everything in this photo back in the day, it's only the blue sky that looks unfamiliar lol
Monica Harvey
I worked at Woolwoths loved it
Reg Allan
Greed rules these days
Bronwen Skates
Better choice and more variety of shops back then . Wishful thinking now. We bought all our furniture from Harleys and remember the lovely table with insert plus 6 chairs cost $130 back in 1971.
Nicole Thompson
Wow look at all the cool cars
Nicole Thompson
My dad did comerchel hotle,mum worked revingtons.dad a railway worker . Town hasn't changed much atall. . Wow would love a old Holden car from those days and a feather like Gary downings folks they were cool people.
Nicole Thompson
Zeather
Fay Glasson
Now that’s a view I remember Rae Amad
The best days !
Christine Stewart
Great days! Going shopping for pressies with the coins we saved from pocket money
Gloria Kerridge
I worked at Olympic Milk Bar in School hols for John and Graeme in Christmas before I left school.
Sandra Case
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Greymouth was a great town in those days. You could buy whatever you wanted then without having to go over the hill!
Kerry Keating
When we were kids our Christmas shopping took us from Woolworths to McKenzies, backwards and forward twice each shop, that was us.
Brent Tomlinson
Yes Bruce I left greymouth in 1971 and the hotel site was empty, I used to work at Alf Harrison’s so I saw it every day.
Geoffrey King
The Olympic Milk Bar was started by Durham and Janice Ogilvie in the 50's The Dominion Hotel was owed by his grandparents Durham and Alice Dowell
Eleanor Morel
Graham Finlay had that coffee bar/milk bar with John Morris in the sixties.
Bruce Keddie
When? My guess is late 1960's
Brian McIntyre
Yesterday
Martin Burt
Delivered argus to the dominion, and worked Hays after school delivering parcels, with Harold Berryman
George Gardner
Bugger. I feel ancient as this was all way after my time before I left home.
Wendy Hogan
I used to know these people's names snshops etc hi greymouth
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Al Va
Makes feel home sick
Bill Finlay
my first job was Mckenzies department store Kerry in 1965 great days , other friends worked in Woolworths
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Trish Rennie
I worked in Woolworths after school in the 60’s….Mr ? Dwyer was the manager and Marion Smithson was the office manager…Ngaire Sullivan, Peg Griffen, Nellie Dundan , Mary Madison, Mrs Curry were some of the other lovely people that worked there at the time…
Carolyn Luck
Harleys was a beautiful shop, high quality good products.
Harold Shaw was the Manager at one stage
Vaughan Smith
I was a out 5 then
Kevin O'Sullivan
That's a while ago! The 3 story wooden pub is on the corner next to Wollies.
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Jenny Edwards
Was a delightful thriving town and locals could be proud of where they lived. Now look at what we have, a disgrace of a so called town. Buildings are an eyesore, empty spaces where buildings once were. Not a thing here for the locals to be proud of. That is why Hokitika is the preferred place to go.
Trish Rennie
I worked in Woolworths after school in the 60’s….Mr ? Dwyer was the manager and Marion Smithson was the office manager…Ngaire Sullivan, Peg Griffen, Nellie Dundan , Mary Madison, Mrs Curry were some of the other lovely people that worked there at the time…
Martin Burt
Delivered argus to the dominion, and worked Hays after school delivering parcels, with Harold Berryman
Kerry Keating
When we were kids our Christmas shopping took us from Woolworths to McKenzies, backwards and forward twice each shop, that was us.
Jo-Ann Kennedy
Yes Chris. Remember Pick n Mix treat on Fridays when we went into town shopping with our Mum. Lucky week when we could get a ride home in the taxi driven by Grandad.
Rose Henham
Looks so different now no empty shops like now
Mike McMillan
Remember the pick and mix bins of lollies as you walked into Woolworths.
Robin Gibbens
Remember standing outside Woolworths with mum when a earthquake hit and everything in the window tipped over, long time ago
Bill Finlay
my first job was Mckenzies department store Kerry in 1965 great days , other friends worked in Woolworths
John Coll
I thought The Chevron (John Morris) was on Tainui street just along from Revies?
Chris Sinclair
Loved getting Pick n Mix at Woolworths was the big treat after coming up from Hoki on the rail car.
Lynnette Beirne
I purchased all my furniture whiteware carpet vinyl furnishing fabric and sewing machine from Harley’s between 1975 and 1979
I still have my wall units ,sewing machine rocking chair and standard lamp I got during that time
Laura Mills Detlaff
Carolyn Luck
Harleys was a beautiful shop, high quality good products.
Harold Shaw was the Manager at one stage
Vaughan Smith
I was a out 5 then
Lorraine O'Donoghue
Greymouth was a great town in those days. You could buy whatever you wanted then without having to go over the hill!
George Gardner
Bugger. I feel ancient as this was all way after my time before I left home.
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Wendy Hogan
I used to know these people's names snshops etc hi greymouth
Geoffrey King
The Olympic Milk Bar was started by Durham and Janice Ogilvie in the 50's The Dominion Hotel was owned by his grandparents Durham and Alice Dowell
John Coll
I thought The Chevron (John Morris) was on Tainui street just along from Revies?
Colin Skates
John Coll It was
Jenny Edwards
Was a delightful thriving town and locals could be proud of where they lived. Now look at what we have, a disgrace of a so called town. Buildings are an eyesore, empty spaces where buildings once were. Not a thing here for the locals to be proud of. That is why Hokitika is the preferred place to go.
Bev Johnston
I remember those days well
Dianne Bryce
You so right
Kevin O'Sullivan
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