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Greymouth villas and houses .1936.
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DescriptionSir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19360708-52-1Date of Photo1936Map[1]
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Location (city or town)GreymouthEventGreymouth villas and houses .1936.
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Linkhttp://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbt.....ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1Date Created4th August 2017CommentsNoel Thomson That looks like Kilgour road below it.The straight road off Kilgour think its Perrotti st.
Noel Thomson Alot of them houses are still there.
Don Hutton Kilgour Road in the foreground. Perotti St in the centre then Palmerston St above that. Greymouth Technical HS top right with the latest wing built in 1930 (lighter colour). Lydia St at left. I can see our house at 24 Marsden Rd which was built in 1928. So this photo will be early 1930s I would guess.
Don Hutton Jack Bluett's place (2 storey) far left top. Des Barrow may be able to tell us more about the people who lived in Kilgour Rd, Perotti St and thereabouts. The Meiklejohns lived in one of the facing houses. I can see Dr Moore's 2 storey house in Buccleugh St, the United Pavilion and tennis courts in Shakespeare St on the right.
Geoffrey King yr a mind of information Don Hutton. Jack Bluett was the Chemist?did he end his life in unusual circumstances shall we say
Don Hutton Jack Bluett had a pharmacy in Tainui St. His children Barry & Jill were my contemporaries. Jack lived to a great age. I was at his funeral in Christchurch quite some years ago. Barry gave a brilliant eulogy of him. Jack was a very likable man.
Claire Ward That's a beautiful villa! Is it still there?
Don Hutton It might show up on street view.
Don Hutton No. Street view doesn't go up Devon St and the bush on Kilgour Rd obscures where that lovely villa is or was.
Maureen Tones Don,the bush that you see is part of the front property of that villa ..it had a driveway through it up to the house ..the trees also went right back behind Greenslades place ..
Don Hutton Thanks Maurine, I had forgotten that the Greenslades lived there too. John & Clarice were a few years my senior.
Murray Hay yes the house is still there I am sure. I helped my brother Kevan do some painting in there when I was about 15 or 16, so 45 years ago. most of the houses are still there in Kilgour Road, and Perotti Street
Ian Haussmann Think your right
Maureen Tones My parents home is on the corner of Kilgour Rd & Perotti St Mc Clymonts lived across the Rd .That villa had a fire at one time but I did not now who lived there .very private up a driveway .
Don Hutton Maureen Tones The Robertsons, McGraths, Barrows, Pringles, Ashbys, Woollastons and Taylors lived on that side of Kilgour Rd too in the 1940s & 50s. Can't remember all the names.
Maureen Tones Next to the Barrows were Greenslades & next to us were Odonnells,Boddys ,& opposite were the Robinsons Dallas,& Costello,s .The two miss Browns lived by the Miekeljohns .some of the names
Cherame Mossley The Odonnells were frank and his boys.. on the crnr.. costellos were up the hill on the otherside. Neill Salt.. do you remember any of these peeps?
Maureen Tones Cherame Mossley the O,donnells that lived next door to us was Charlie & daughters Nancy & Margaret .it was a single story home & then Rothsays bought it & added top story .
Murray Hay Cherame Mossley , Frank O'Donnell did build a house further along that street on the left and they did raise their family there, it would be just out of that picture.
Bruce Keddie Yes, agree. Must have been taken from near the top of Tindale Road
Cherame Mossley The Rathbuns had homes on that st. My family and i used to visit Edward Rathbun before he passed away.. lovely family. I lived up Tindale road for yrs.. the homes on kilgour road were stunning villas. Sure Costellos were there too among the mix.
Sangeeta Menzies Awesome ☺
Delwyn Hughes Ted and Betty Langbein lived up in the bush on the corner of Kilgour road we used to visit heaps up the big long driveway playing in the trees. Not sure if this is there home as I remember a big verander
Maureen Tones Thank you Delwyn ,I had forgotten it was the Langbeins .
Don Hutton There were some keen young cricketers lived in Kilgour Rd and told stories of contests in the street - Graeme Barrow, John Greenslade, Mervyn Ashby, Peter McPherson, John Taylor, Barry Bluett et al.
Nikki Eagle Darcy Kemp...can see Hughs house!
Judi Trompetter My grandparents lived in Kilgour ed Fred Jacobs and their daughter looked after them Edna and Brother Pentecost fond memerioes of xmass there
Geoffrey Bell Boddy's house is the last one on the right you can see in Kilgour Road. My brother lived next door, just around the corner and out of sight.
Geoffrey Bell I wonder if that villa is Forsyth's home?
Brian McIntyre Rachael Forsyth is this your Grandparents house
Des Barrow the miss browns next to tuckers.opposite them was us and nextdoor was prings.
Don Hutton Oops I got it wrong. Pring!
April Jarden Des,were the Tuckers Fay and Frank and there 3 children ?
Des Barrow No April they were Doug and Audrey and their 3 children Pauline, Ian and I think Helen. Audrey's mother was Mrs Shannon who lived next to us in Devon St before McBrides.
Peter East Looks like Forsyths villa - used to go there a lot and play billiards and snooker with Ian.
Noel Thomson Alot of them houses are still there.
Don Hutton Kilgour Road in the foreground. Perotti St in the centre then Palmerston St above that. Greymouth Technical HS top right with the latest wing built in 1930 (lighter colour). Lydia St at left. I can see our house at 24 Marsden Rd which was built in 1928. So this photo will be early 1930s I would guess.
Don Hutton Jack Bluett's place (2 storey) far left top. Des Barrow may be able to tell us more about the people who lived in Kilgour Rd, Perotti St and thereabouts. The Meiklejohns lived in one of the facing houses. I can see Dr Moore's 2 storey house in Buccleugh St, the United Pavilion and tennis courts in Shakespeare St on the right.
Geoffrey King yr a mind of information Don Hutton. Jack Bluett was the Chemist?did he end his life in unusual circumstances shall we say
Don Hutton Jack Bluett had a pharmacy in Tainui St. His children Barry & Jill were my contemporaries. Jack lived to a great age. I was at his funeral in Christchurch quite some years ago. Barry gave a brilliant eulogy of him. Jack was a very likable man.
Claire Ward That's a beautiful villa! Is it still there?
Don Hutton It might show up on street view.
Don Hutton No. Street view doesn't go up Devon St and the bush on Kilgour Rd obscures where that lovely villa is or was.
Maureen Tones Don,the bush that you see is part of the front property of that villa ..it had a driveway through it up to the house ..the trees also went right back behind Greenslades place ..
Don Hutton Thanks Maurine, I had forgotten that the Greenslades lived there too. John & Clarice were a few years my senior.
Murray Hay yes the house is still there I am sure. I helped my brother Kevan do some painting in there when I was about 15 or 16, so 45 years ago. most of the houses are still there in Kilgour Road, and Perotti Street
Ian Haussmann Think your right
Maureen Tones My parents home is on the corner of Kilgour Rd & Perotti St Mc Clymonts lived across the Rd .That villa had a fire at one time but I did not now who lived there .very private up a driveway .
Don Hutton Maureen Tones The Robertsons, McGraths, Barrows, Pringles, Ashbys, Woollastons and Taylors lived on that side of Kilgour Rd too in the 1940s & 50s. Can't remember all the names.
Maureen Tones Next to the Barrows were Greenslades & next to us were Odonnells,Boddys ,& opposite were the Robinsons Dallas,& Costello,s .The two miss Browns lived by the Miekeljohns .some of the names
Cherame Mossley The Odonnells were frank and his boys.. on the crnr.. costellos were up the hill on the otherside. Neill Salt.. do you remember any of these peeps?
Maureen Tones Cherame Mossley the O,donnells that lived next door to us was Charlie & daughters Nancy & Margaret .it was a single story home & then Rothsays bought it & added top story .
Murray Hay Cherame Mossley , Frank O'Donnell did build a house further along that street on the left and they did raise their family there, it would be just out of that picture.
Bruce Keddie Yes, agree. Must have been taken from near the top of Tindale Road
Cherame Mossley The Rathbuns had homes on that st. My family and i used to visit Edward Rathbun before he passed away.. lovely family. I lived up Tindale road for yrs.. the homes on kilgour road were stunning villas. Sure Costellos were there too among the mix.
Sangeeta Menzies Awesome ☺
Delwyn Hughes Ted and Betty Langbein lived up in the bush on the corner of Kilgour road we used to visit heaps up the big long driveway playing in the trees. Not sure if this is there home as I remember a big verander
Maureen Tones Thank you Delwyn ,I had forgotten it was the Langbeins .
Don Hutton There were some keen young cricketers lived in Kilgour Rd and told stories of contests in the street - Graeme Barrow, John Greenslade, Mervyn Ashby, Peter McPherson, John Taylor, Barry Bluett et al.
Nikki Eagle Darcy Kemp...can see Hughs house!
Judi Trompetter My grandparents lived in Kilgour ed Fred Jacobs and their daughter looked after them Edna and Brother Pentecost fond memerioes of xmass there
Geoffrey Bell Boddy's house is the last one on the right you can see in Kilgour Road. My brother lived next door, just around the corner and out of sight.
Geoffrey Bell I wonder if that villa is Forsyth's home?
Brian McIntyre Rachael Forsyth is this your Grandparents house
Des Barrow the miss browns next to tuckers.opposite them was us and nextdoor was prings.
Don Hutton Oops I got it wrong. Pring!
April Jarden Des,were the Tuckers Fay and Frank and there 3 children ?
Des Barrow No April they were Doug and Audrey and their 3 children Pauline, Ian and I think Helen. Audrey's mother was Mrs Shannon who lived next to us in Devon St before McBrides.
Peter East Looks like Forsyths villa - used to go there a lot and play billiards and snooker with Ian.
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