View down main road to coal bins at Dobson.1969.

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DescriptionView down main road to coal bins at Dobson.Date of Photo1969Map^[1]ContributorNeville Burt‎

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Location (city or town)DobsonEventView down main road to coal bins at Dobson.1969.

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Date Created2nd June 2019CommentsBrian McIntyre It was there yesterday?

Michael Dense Remember this well

Sue Lucas A familiar scene

Emily Myrtle Manson Good old Dobson,,,the best place to grow up in

Dennis Wick Thats a picture I'll never forget.
Mark Boon I've asked this before on here. Where was the mine entrance? Can it still be found. My father went down there on a school trip just before it closed. Would be interesting to track it down.

Helen Joan Forrest I remember that

Arthur Bass Used to drive under it on the way from Reefton to Grey back in the day.

Myron Caldwell Arfa. Even I remember that view.

Richard Byrne I remember them going in railcar
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Elinor Tibbles I remember seeing these ever time we passed there going to Greymouth shopping also going to school.

Kevin Bell Another great landmark sadly gone.

Brian McIntyre It seemed like the end of the world when I saw it being dismantled

Fred Key All the great land marks are disappearing

Betty Tindale my brother George Robb worked there for years till it closed

Pauline Failes Loved when driving to Greymouth if you saw the little coal trucks going along the top. My Uncle Frank worked at the Dobson Mine so as a child I always thought it was him up there pushing them out

June Edwards Bring back me memories Griff and long for NZ

Charlie Blanchett It was for the guys who worked there

Helen Chappell Awe still call Dobson home It was an awesome place to grew up in .

Ed Dando Dobson landmark!! Better than anywhere in the world!⛏⛏⛏Len Brereton Used to work up top

Shona Ratana So familiar, great memories this sight. Our swimming place to the right of photo The Sands . Walked along the railway lines, supposed not too but we did and in season picked dusty blackberries.

Trevor Molloy brings back memories , my father Ted Molloy and Owen Phillips who drove for him were on the job there , delivering household coal and taking the slack away from the bins to be stockpiled before me , I was still doing the job when the mine closed

Judi Trompetter Just how I remember them when travelling from Chch th Greymouth to see my grandparents I knew it wasn’t far now

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