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CommentsSuzanne Mcgeady Walshies.
Alan N Barb Cochrane yap my uncle Jims
Ron Parish First and only pub i caught for being under age drinking
Pamela Howard played darts there
Brian McIntyre Thats the only memory I have of that hotel It always seemed to be in that state in late 50s early 60s as I rode my Norton past there travelling to and from between Greymouth and Nelson
Maye Dunn Lana Vargas when did you live there?
Lana Vargas Dad and Mum had the pub from 1955 - 1956 There used to be a stairway going up to a door on the right hand side of the building when we had it. I can't believe someone had this photo.
Claire Ward Have you got any photos of the pub from the time your Mum & Dad owned it, Lana Vargas? Is so, we'd love to see them!
Lana Vargas I don't have any Claire. I have one photo of me and the O'Malley girls ( their family had the grocer shop across the street) sitting on the afore mentioned stairs. I'll have to dig it up.
Lana Vargas When we had the hotel in the 1950's it did look a lot better in appearance than this photo.
Claire Ward I hope you can find that photo! grin emoticon
Allan Archer Reefton;s "Country Club"
Allan Archer Not the whole pub,,guessing 1930's,Driver-,Moke Archer and his brothers calling in for an ale ,after loading a stick on a lorry !
Allan Archer's photo.
Claire Ward And you said you had no photos, Allan Archer!!!! Lol
Allan Archer Actually I said only of the Cronadun and Rogers hotel at Capleston that is in Darryl's book
Lana Vargas I remember the Archers coming in to the pub. I was only six then.
Pamela Howard this is great all these wonderful memories
James Codyre Peter Walsh who owns his own stock firm(Peter Walsh and Associates) lived here with his Parents back in the 60s.Tom Walsh of Commonwealth shot put silver medal is his son.
Maye Dunn James Codyre did Peter Walsh work for PGG Wrightsons Timaru in the 90's.
James Codyre Yes and he lives out in Seadown still.
Maye Dunn Ok, I never knew he'd lived on the Coast. He was our stock agent when we farmed at Maungati.
James Codyre He went to convent in Reefton as a kid then St Bedes
James Codyre think if you google him,you will find his story is covered in The Press a few months back
Maye Dunn Thanks for that..will do.
James Codyre No probs
James Codyre Many Coasters in the Timaru area
Jock Devine The original coast road hippies done the demoloition a bit of its still in buildings at Katujata ,Fox River I think.
Ian Schroder what year was the pub demolished?
Allan Archer Condemned after 68 quake ,demolished early /mid 70;s,,heard hippies had a bath with a fire underneath 'out back',,perhaps while pulling it to bits,,,stories of "Walshies" and the legendary hours behind locked doors span generations !!
Claire Ward "Walshies"?
Suzanne Mcgeady Tom Walsh' grandad and family.
Mawson N Kay Shaw The date of this photo was after 1968, Colin Hannah replaced the iron on the roof after the 1968 earthquake, the chimney had broken off and had gone through the roof into the room below, the day we replaced the iron it was raining and Jim Walsh was pouring beer`s in the bar as though nothing had happened.
Kevin O'Regan
Demolished after 68 Inangahua earthquake. In its hey day frequently host to Cronadun timber workers and Boatman’s coal miners.
Ron Parish
Caught drinking under age age cost $25 lol ????
Malcolm Lutton
my wife parents owned it jim and lennie walsh
Malcolm Yorston
I remember the sign for the gents was a hand pointing with the words Gents pisshouse.
Collene Anderson
Mum and dad would go there and me we all became friends of the Clark family how ran it in about 1957great times
Andy Bone
Remember it as a kid traveling past just the rock remains now
James Codyre
I often had the job of returnong a few Reefton lads all the way to Ctonadun as "Sober Driver"after they played league for Ngahere.Initials only B R,M K, and J W,
Karen Sutton
I remember that !
Liz Moir
Pub land and building up fir sale 1972.. cant find a reference for the fore at this point..
May be an image of text
Geoffrey Collis
Use to walk from Reefton on a Friday night out to Walsh's great pub,some hard men drank there.
BrianJoyce Hassan
Used to out there on a Friday night after the pubs in town closed
Mari Walsh
I remember my Nana and grandad taking me there on a Sat or Sunday... they sat me up on the bar, gave me a Raspberry and lemonade drink and a bag of chips, while they had a jug... I must have been 3 or 4.. one of my earliest memories!
Maurice O'Flaherty
Remember it on my trips to nelson
Alan N Barb Cochrane
yes my uncle & aunty walsh owned it had quite a few visits there.
Alan N Barb Cochrane yap my uncle Jims
Ron Parish First and only pub i caught for being under age drinking
Pamela Howard played darts there
Brian McIntyre Thats the only memory I have of that hotel It always seemed to be in that state in late 50s early 60s as I rode my Norton past there travelling to and from between Greymouth and Nelson
Maye Dunn Lana Vargas when did you live there?
Lana Vargas Dad and Mum had the pub from 1955 - 1956 There used to be a stairway going up to a door on the right hand side of the building when we had it. I can't believe someone had this photo.
Claire Ward Have you got any photos of the pub from the time your Mum & Dad owned it, Lana Vargas? Is so, we'd love to see them!
Lana Vargas I don't have any Claire. I have one photo of me and the O'Malley girls ( their family had the grocer shop across the street) sitting on the afore mentioned stairs. I'll have to dig it up.
Lana Vargas When we had the hotel in the 1950's it did look a lot better in appearance than this photo.
Claire Ward I hope you can find that photo! grin emoticon
Allan Archer Reefton;s "Country Club"
Allan Archer Not the whole pub,,guessing 1930's,Driver-,Moke Archer and his brothers calling in for an ale ,after loading a stick on a lorry !
Allan Archer's photo.
Claire Ward And you said you had no photos, Allan Archer!!!! Lol
Allan Archer Actually I said only of the Cronadun and Rogers hotel at Capleston that is in Darryl's book
Lana Vargas I remember the Archers coming in to the pub. I was only six then.
Pamela Howard this is great all these wonderful memories
James Codyre Peter Walsh who owns his own stock firm(Peter Walsh and Associates) lived here with his Parents back in the 60s.Tom Walsh of Commonwealth shot put silver medal is his son.
Maye Dunn James Codyre did Peter Walsh work for PGG Wrightsons Timaru in the 90's.
James Codyre Yes and he lives out in Seadown still.
Maye Dunn Ok, I never knew he'd lived on the Coast. He was our stock agent when we farmed at Maungati.
James Codyre He went to convent in Reefton as a kid then St Bedes
James Codyre think if you google him,you will find his story is covered in The Press a few months back
Maye Dunn Thanks for that..will do.
James Codyre No probs
James Codyre Many Coasters in the Timaru area
Jock Devine The original coast road hippies done the demoloition a bit of its still in buildings at Katujata ,Fox River I think.
Ian Schroder what year was the pub demolished?
Allan Archer Condemned after 68 quake ,demolished early /mid 70;s,,heard hippies had a bath with a fire underneath 'out back',,perhaps while pulling it to bits,,,stories of "Walshies" and the legendary hours behind locked doors span generations !!
Claire Ward "Walshies"?
Suzanne Mcgeady Tom Walsh' grandad and family.
Mawson N Kay Shaw The date of this photo was after 1968, Colin Hannah replaced the iron on the roof after the 1968 earthquake, the chimney had broken off and had gone through the roof into the room below, the day we replaced the iron it was raining and Jim Walsh was pouring beer`s in the bar as though nothing had happened.
Kevin O'Regan
Demolished after 68 Inangahua earthquake. In its hey day frequently host to Cronadun timber workers and Boatman’s coal miners.
Ron Parish
Caught drinking under age age cost $25 lol ????
Malcolm Lutton
my wife parents owned it jim and lennie walsh
Malcolm Yorston
I remember the sign for the gents was a hand pointing with the words Gents pisshouse.
Collene Anderson
Mum and dad would go there and me we all became friends of the Clark family how ran it in about 1957great times
Andy Bone
Remember it as a kid traveling past just the rock remains now
James Codyre
I often had the job of returnong a few Reefton lads all the way to Ctonadun as "Sober Driver"after they played league for Ngahere.Initials only B R,M K, and J W,
Karen Sutton
I remember that !
Liz Moir
Pub land and building up fir sale 1972.. cant find a reference for the fore at this point..
May be an image of text
Geoffrey Collis
Use to walk from Reefton on a Friday night out to Walsh's great pub,some hard men drank there.
BrianJoyce Hassan
Used to out there on a Friday night after the pubs in town closed
Mari Walsh
I remember my Nana and grandad taking me there on a Sat or Sunday... they sat me up on the bar, gave me a Raspberry and lemonade drink and a bag of chips, while they had a jug... I must have been 3 or 4.. one of my earliest memories!
Maurice O'Flaherty
Remember it on my trips to nelson
Alan N Barb Cochrane
yes my uncle & aunty walsh owned it had quite a few visits there.
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West Coast New Zealand History (25th Apr 2026). Cronadun Hotel.ca.1960s to early 1970s.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 7th Jun 2026 23:13, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/13894