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Description5th row: Rob Roney, Rick Baxter, Geoff Jolliffe, Les Holmes, Neil McKinley, Philip Howison, Phil Capper, Dennis Smith.
4th row:Tony Simpson, Ann Hinch, Marion Harvey, Malcolm Deverson, Pam Englefield, Patricia Roney, Julian Taylor, Heather Kelly, Alex Papp, Diane Hooper.
3rd row: Clare Burford, Wendy Dodd, Lindsay Hawke, Chris Green, Marianne Lee, Lloyd Faulk, Tony Connell, Audrey Tucker, Raeone Johnson, Thelma Eakin, Fiona Green.
2nd row: Jack Flood, George Wolken, Max Jones, Grant Hinchcliff, Murray Fisher, Keith Sauer, Julie Mouat, Brian Rowlands, Shirley Winn, Barbara Harper.
1st row: Mike Bruce, Wayne Chapman, Bob Dayne, Brian Wood, Des Hinch, Yvonne Davidson,Damer Farrell, Helen Anderson, Brian Greer.
From Dennis Smith Collection.Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1979 and 31st December 1979Map[1] ContributorMegan Smith
4th row:Tony Simpson, Ann Hinch, Marion Harvey, Malcolm Deverson, Pam Englefield, Patricia Roney, Julian Taylor, Heather Kelly, Alex Papp, Diane Hooper.
3rd row: Clare Burford, Wendy Dodd, Lindsay Hawke, Chris Green, Marianne Lee, Lloyd Faulk, Tony Connell, Audrey Tucker, Raeone Johnson, Thelma Eakin, Fiona Green.
2nd row: Jack Flood, George Wolken, Max Jones, Grant Hinchcliff, Murray Fisher, Keith Sauer, Julie Mouat, Brian Rowlands, Shirley Winn, Barbara Harper.
1st row: Mike Bruce, Wayne Chapman, Bob Dayne, Brian Wood, Des Hinch, Yvonne Davidson,Damer Farrell, Helen Anderson, Brian Greer.
From Dennis Smith Collection.Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1979 and 31st December 1979Map[1] ContributorMegan Smith
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Location (city or town)GreymouthPersonRob RoneyRick BaxterGeoff JolliffeLes HolmesNeil McKinleyPhilip HowisonPhillip Capper Dennis SmithTony SimpsonAnn HinchMarion HarveyMalcolm DeversonPam EnglefieldPatricia RoneyJulian TaylorHeather KellyAlex PappDiane HooperClare BurfordWendy DoddLindsay HawkeChris GreenMarianne LeeLloyd FaulkTony ConnellAudrey TuckerRaeone Johnson Thelma EakinFiona GreenJack Flood George WolkenMax JonesGrant HinchcliffMurray FisherKeith SauerJulie Mouat Brian RowlandsShirley WinnBarbara Harper Mike BruceWayne Chapman Bob Dayne Brian WoodDes HinchYvonne DavidsonHelen AndersonBrian GreerDamer Farrell
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Date Created29th June 2017CommentsChristopher Stephen Blue
Tony Simpson later taught at SOHS, and Malcolm Deverson, became the Headmaster at ODHS. oops, ODHS would have been CAS by then.
Gretchen McKinley
Awww... Dad with his long hair & mo!
Amanda Stephens
Yup, that crew there when I was.
Good times!
Paul Ortega
Wow, this brings back some great memories, of my year (1979) as an AFS exchange student at GHS. It was literally life changing!
A great host family, the Nimmos in Cobden, and very kind and welcoming people throughout. I am ever so grateful for the experience.
Paul Marshall
Damer Farrell. Was told he would look at students technical drawings and say you couldn't even use this for toilet paper. What sort of dickhead thinks he can do that. Some teachers were bad back then
Murray Hay
Teachers soccer team was a good team. Too strong for us blaketown lads
Mind you every team was too strong for us ?
Helen Macduff
Oldies must be at the front
Don't know anyone in the back 39. Was there 58 to 63
Yvonne Davidson was OK if you wanted to learn French. Ritchie deMontalk studied Aviation. His top mark was 5 for neatness.
Jack Flood was there but never taught any of the academic classes in my time. Mike Bruce was a perfect in my 4th year. Bob Dayne was a good honest teacher and stern disciplinarian. Young Hoss Hoglund held the circuit record for the quadrangle after scoring a double from Bob.
Murray Saunders
I had quite a few of them for teacher’s.
Great times indeed.
Also tough opponents in soccer .
The teachers soccer club at the time was very very strong.
It was quite funny being in pubs under age drinking with the School teachers on Sunday afternoons..
Quite a few of them played for the West Coast team too.
Respect ✊
Kevin Williamsn
Johnny Smith
Left in 69 and was picked up by the “Grease” at Reception for having a poor excuse for a moustache as I was about to make my final exit. He told me he was going to have my leaving cert modified but it never happened. Am 73 now and had a pretty good career. Thanks mate!
Kevin Barker
I got to know Brian Wood who sometimes worked as a reliever at Westland High in the 1990's when I worked there as a physics teacher.
Helen Fielding
Some of those people were v important in my lil life! I hope they knew.
Heather Newby
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I think Tony Simpson went to Wellington
Jeanie Nicol
Phil Capper went onto do some interesting educational work and sadly died too early . A great teaching colleague of my in-laws .
Ngaire Tinning
Overall good teachers and mentors
Robert Mathewson
A few good cainers ,a few pricks and some very good teachers.
Allister Leach
Damer Farrell & Jack Flood were there when I was there 70 - 73
Ross Williams
Don’t pinch it. Hinch it ????????
Don Hutton
I find it a great pity that many of the comments here are negative. My family was directly involved in the school from its first year 1923 until 1990 in various roles. In that time some of the people in this photo were pupils and teachers and not one of them deserves to be accorded the eliminatory language used. Overall GHS was a very good school which served its community very well and personal attacks are inappropriate. Don Hutton 1951 - 55.
Malcolm Pentecost
Geoff Jolliffe I’m friends with now in Martinborough and cuts my hair small world .
Lisa Sparks
Brings back alot of memories seeing some of these faces ?where does time go
Christopher Stephen Blue
Don Hutton
Stephen Hudson
Bob ' Gooby ' Dane caned me in 1964 ... The firstRoss Williams
Don’t pinch it. Hinch it ????????
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Don Hutton
Ross Williams Not funny. The righteous BOT chairman botched it.
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Don Hutton
I find it a great pity that many of the comments here are negative. My family was directly involved in the school from its first year 1923 until 1990 in various roles. In that time some of the people in this photo were pupils and teachers and not one of them deserves to be accorded the eliminatory language used. Overall GHS was a very good school which served its community very well and personal attacks are inappropriate. Don Hutton 1951 - 55.
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Malcolm Pentecost
Geoff Jolliffe I’m friends with now in Martinborough and cuts my hair small world .
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Lisa Sparks
Brings back alot of memories seeing some of these faces ?where does time go
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Christopher Stephen Blue
Don Hutton
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Stephen Hudson
Bob ' Gooby ' Dane caned me in 1964 ... The first
6d
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Laura Mills Detlaff
Admins updated
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Gretchen McKinley
Awww... Dad with his long hair & mo!
6d
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Amanda Stephens
Yup, that crew there when I was.
Good times!
6d
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Paul Ortega
Wow, this brings back some great memories, of my year (1979) as an AFS exchange student at GHS. It was literally life changing!
A great host family, the Nimmos in Cobden, and very kind and welcoming people throughout. I am ever so grateful for the experience.
6d
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Paul Marshall
Damer Farrell. Was told he would look at students technical drawings and say you couldn't even use this for toilet paper. What sort of dickhead thinks he can do that. Some teachers were bad back then
6d
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Rewa Kanara-Smith
Paul Marshall just like Mr Wilson (the career adviser) told me I had nothing going for me and I was gana go nowhere in life!!.wtf aye. We could honestly sue most of them teachers in our day
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Edited
Buzzy Dan Apache
Paul Marshall used to kick me out for walking in the door lol
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Joshua JViggy Vegneris
Paul Marshall so he wasnt to keen on ya technical drawings there Swamp?
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Peter Lambert
Paul a tiny dickhead with a huge ego to make up for his short comings.
6d
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Heather Newby
Didn't like high school
6d
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Murray Hay
Teachers soccer team was a good team. Too strong for us blaketown lads
Mind you every team was too strong for us ?
6d
Reply
Helen Macduff
Oldies must be at the front
Don't know anyone in the back 39. Was there 58 to 63
Yvonne Davidson was OK if you wanted to learn French. Ritchie deMontalk studied Aviation. His top mark was 5 for neatness.
Jack Flood was there but never taught any of the academic classes in my time. Mike Bruce was a perfect in my 4th year. Bob Dayne was a good honest teacher and stern disciplinarian. Young Hoss Hoglund held the circuit record for the quadrangle after scoring a double from Bob.
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Murray Saunders
I had quite a few of them for teacher’s.
Great times indeed.
Also tough opponents in soccer .
The teachers soccer club at the time was very very strong.
It was quite funny being in pubs under age drinking with the School teachers on Sunday afternoons..
Quite a few of them played for the West Coast team too.
Respect ✊
Kevin Williamsn
Johnny Smith
Left in 69 and was picked up by the “Grease” at Reception for having a poor excuse for a moustache as I was about to make my final exit. He told me he was going to have my leaving cert modified but it never happened. Am 73 now and had a pretty good career. Thanks mate!
Kevin Barker
I got to know Brian Wood who sometimes worked as a reliever at Westland High in the 1990's when I worked there as a physics teacher.
Helen Fielding
Some of those people were v important in my lil life! I hope they knew.
Heather Newby
I think Tony Simpson went to Wellington
Jeanie Nicol
Phil Capper went onto do some interesting educational work and sadly died too early . A great teaching colleague of my in-laws .
Tony Simpson later taught at SOHS, and Malcolm Deverson, became the Headmaster at ODHS. oops, ODHS would have been CAS by then.
Gretchen McKinley
Awww... Dad with his long hair & mo!
Amanda Stephens
Yup, that crew there when I was.
Good times!
Paul Ortega
Wow, this brings back some great memories, of my year (1979) as an AFS exchange student at GHS. It was literally life changing!
A great host family, the Nimmos in Cobden, and very kind and welcoming people throughout. I am ever so grateful for the experience.
Paul Marshall
Damer Farrell. Was told he would look at students technical drawings and say you couldn't even use this for toilet paper. What sort of dickhead thinks he can do that. Some teachers were bad back then
Murray Hay
Teachers soccer team was a good team. Too strong for us blaketown lads
Mind you every team was too strong for us ?
Helen Macduff
Oldies must be at the front
Don't know anyone in the back 39. Was there 58 to 63
Yvonne Davidson was OK if you wanted to learn French. Ritchie deMontalk studied Aviation. His top mark was 5 for neatness.
Jack Flood was there but never taught any of the academic classes in my time. Mike Bruce was a perfect in my 4th year. Bob Dayne was a good honest teacher and stern disciplinarian. Young Hoss Hoglund held the circuit record for the quadrangle after scoring a double from Bob.
Murray Saunders
I had quite a few of them for teacher’s.
Great times indeed.
Also tough opponents in soccer .
The teachers soccer club at the time was very very strong.
It was quite funny being in pubs under age drinking with the School teachers on Sunday afternoons..
Quite a few of them played for the West Coast team too.
Respect ✊
Kevin Williamsn
Johnny Smith
Left in 69 and was picked up by the “Grease” at Reception for having a poor excuse for a moustache as I was about to make my final exit. He told me he was going to have my leaving cert modified but it never happened. Am 73 now and had a pretty good career. Thanks mate!
Kevin Barker
I got to know Brian Wood who sometimes worked as a reliever at Westland High in the 1990's when I worked there as a physics teacher.
Helen Fielding
Some of those people were v important in my lil life! I hope they knew.
Heather Newby
Author
Admin
I think Tony Simpson went to Wellington
Jeanie Nicol
Phil Capper went onto do some interesting educational work and sadly died too early . A great teaching colleague of my in-laws .
Ngaire Tinning
Overall good teachers and mentors
Robert Mathewson
A few good cainers ,a few pricks and some very good teachers.
Allister Leach
Damer Farrell & Jack Flood were there when I was there 70 - 73
Ross Williams
Don’t pinch it. Hinch it ????????
Don Hutton
I find it a great pity that many of the comments here are negative. My family was directly involved in the school from its first year 1923 until 1990 in various roles. In that time some of the people in this photo were pupils and teachers and not one of them deserves to be accorded the eliminatory language used. Overall GHS was a very good school which served its community very well and personal attacks are inappropriate. Don Hutton 1951 - 55.
Malcolm Pentecost
Geoff Jolliffe I’m friends with now in Martinborough and cuts my hair small world .
Lisa Sparks
Brings back alot of memories seeing some of these faces ?where does time go
Christopher Stephen Blue
Don Hutton
Stephen Hudson
Bob ' Gooby ' Dane caned me in 1964 ... The firstRoss Williams
Don’t pinch it. Hinch it ????????
2d
Reply
Don Hutton
Ross Williams Not funny. The righteous BOT chairman botched it.
2d
Reply
Don Hutton
I find it a great pity that many of the comments here are negative. My family was directly involved in the school from its first year 1923 until 1990 in various roles. In that time some of the people in this photo were pupils and teachers and not one of them deserves to be accorded the eliminatory language used. Overall GHS was a very good school which served its community very well and personal attacks are inappropriate. Don Hutton 1951 - 55.
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Malcolm Pentecost
Geoff Jolliffe I’m friends with now in Martinborough and cuts my hair small world .
3d
Reply
Lisa Sparks
Brings back alot of memories seeing some of these faces ?where does time go
5d
Reply
Christopher Stephen Blue
Don Hutton
5d
Reply
Stephen Hudson
Bob ' Gooby ' Dane caned me in 1964 ... The first
6d
Reply
Laura Mills Detlaff
Admins updated
6d
Reply
Gretchen McKinley
Awww... Dad with his long hair & mo!
6d
Reply
Amanda Stephens
Yup, that crew there when I was.
Good times!
6d
Reply
Paul Ortega
Wow, this brings back some great memories, of my year (1979) as an AFS exchange student at GHS. It was literally life changing!
A great host family, the Nimmos in Cobden, and very kind and welcoming people throughout. I am ever so grateful for the experience.
6d
Reply
Paul Marshall
Damer Farrell. Was told he would look at students technical drawings and say you couldn't even use this for toilet paper. What sort of dickhead thinks he can do that. Some teachers were bad back then
6d
Reply
Rewa Kanara-Smith
Paul Marshall just like Mr Wilson (the career adviser) told me I had nothing going for me and I was gana go nowhere in life!!.wtf aye. We could honestly sue most of them teachers in our day
5d
Reply
Edited
Buzzy Dan Apache
Paul Marshall used to kick me out for walking in the door lol
5d
Reply
Joshua JViggy Vegneris
Paul Marshall so he wasnt to keen on ya technical drawings there Swamp?
5d
Reply
Peter Lambert
Paul a tiny dickhead with a huge ego to make up for his short comings.
6d
Reply
Heather Newby
Didn't like high school
6d
Reply
Murray Hay
Teachers soccer team was a good team. Too strong for us blaketown lads
Mind you every team was too strong for us ?
6d
Reply
Helen Macduff
Oldies must be at the front
Don't know anyone in the back 39. Was there 58 to 63
Yvonne Davidson was OK if you wanted to learn French. Ritchie deMontalk studied Aviation. His top mark was 5 for neatness.
Jack Flood was there but never taught any of the academic classes in my time. Mike Bruce was a perfect in my 4th year. Bob Dayne was a good honest teacher and stern disciplinarian. Young Hoss Hoglund held the circuit record for the quadrangle after scoring a double from Bob.
6d
Reply
Murray Saunders
I had quite a few of them for teacher’s.
Great times indeed.
Also tough opponents in soccer .
The teachers soccer club at the time was very very strong.
It was quite funny being in pubs under age drinking with the School teachers on Sunday afternoons..
Quite a few of them played for the West Coast team too.
Respect ✊
Kevin Williamsn
Johnny Smith
Left in 69 and was picked up by the “Grease” at Reception for having a poor excuse for a moustache as I was about to make my final exit. He told me he was going to have my leaving cert modified but it never happened. Am 73 now and had a pretty good career. Thanks mate!
Kevin Barker
I got to know Brian Wood who sometimes worked as a reliever at Westland High in the 1990's when I worked there as a physics teacher.
Helen Fielding
Some of those people were v important in my lil life! I hope they knew.
Heather Newby
I think Tony Simpson went to Wellington
Jeanie Nicol
Phil Capper went onto do some interesting educational work and sadly died too early . A great teaching colleague of my in-laws .
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