Those Railway cups bounced - never broke.

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I can remember the railway cups
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Fred Roberts
why a cup of tea cost so much

Matthew Kelly
They made great foundations for buildings.

Peter Spence

In the 60's - on the way home to the coast - think it was Springfield station that the railcar used to stop at for refeshments - a quick cup of tea and a sandwich - same happened up in the North Island, big cafe at Taihape.

Alan Beck
Peter Spence The ladies at Springfield Railway Refresh were there all through the sixties.

Loretta Donnelly
Remember the Stillwater & Otira ones well. Along with Stevies' square pies & the sandwiches.

Lyn Tyson
I used to rush out of the train at Otira, travelling Christchurch/Greymouth with my grandma, to get her a cup of tea in one of those. Still very clear in my mind. Super solid cups! Also remember the overnight ferry Christchurch/Wellington with her, and the cups of tea brought to the cabin in the morning were similar. Did this from about age 6. Great memories! Felt very grown up

Murray Browne
Lyn Tyson I remember the NZR tea cups in the early 1960s! Indestructible!

Heather Newby
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Lyn Tyson i remember the overnight ferry too,,it went from christchurch to wellington

Heather Newby
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Lyn Tyson was it the Rangitira?

Rob Lamb
Heather Newby The Maori was one of them . .

Grahame Kelly
Wonder where they all are now? A lot got tossed out through the carriage windows on the overnight between Wellington and Auckland. lol

Lois Little
Grahame Kelly and hokitika to christchurch lol

Rob Lamb
Grahame Kelly guilty . .

Dave Lyes
True

Peter Spence
Railway cups at Otira and Taihape in the North Island on the main trunk line - -

Jane Cameron
I have four of the third on right and LOVE them!

Colin Skates
They reckon you could use them as a cricket ball and good for a couple of sixes

Colin Robbins
No, occasionally you would loose a handle, the cup itself was so thick it was never going to break but it only held 3 mouth fills of tea as I remember.

Alison Hale
Couldn't they anchor Britania......as the song went.

Merv Nicolle
Got a couple in good nick.

Glenys Elizabeth Martin
Livecd opp Station, and refreshment rooms in Otira in 70 s also worked for a while at Refreshment Rooms, always picked cups off our Back lawn gèe wish I d kept the m now,

Sheri Lee
rarely sen a broken one LOL

Kevin O'Regan
And the early Hodens were never snowmobiles. Get stuck in a cow pat
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Marcel Van Leeuwen

zig zagging up or down the Otira was like being in the Swiss Alps

Vic Ollerenshaw
I remember it well, nearly to bottle flat where the coaches gave the horses a spell.

Jane Cameron
Classic

Neil Robinson
Done well to get to where he is

Mark Bradford
A 57 FE

Murray Beckman
I recall pushing cars up Candy’s Bend with you on a West Coast hockey trip. Match was called off before half time (was it in Ashburton)? Otira closed. Got through the Lewis Pass behind a grader. Home 2/3am.

Lyn Tyson
I used to rush out of the train at Otira, travelling Christchurch/Greymouth with my grandma, to get her a cup of tea in one of those. Still very clear in my mind. Super solid cups! Also remember the overnight ferry Christchurch/Wellington with her, and the cups of tea brought to the cabin in the morning were similar. Did this from about age 6. Great memories! Felt very grown up

Alison Glass
You had to hurry and get back on the train I remember getting your cuppa

Beverley Leopold
Love the mugs remind me of the many trips mum and I made after we shifted from the coast to Dunedin. Hot mugs of tea and yummy slabs of fruit cake at Otira, Everyone made a dash to the cafeteria on the station, then rushed back onto the train to eat and enjoy.. it was a great rush for the ladies serving everyone in such a short time ......but they did. Another happy memory of the good old Coast..

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