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Schaefs Garage, 1954. -ALBUM-
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Description1 Workshop looking towards Petrie Ave
2 Looking SE
3 Lube Bay
4 Used Cars Tarapuhi St.
5 Car Yard
6 Schaefs Garage 1960's
7 Display at Industries Fair 1954
8 Schaefs Showroom
9 Where the business started, Petrie Ave. Photo 1922
9 Visualiner wheel Alignment MachineDate of Photo1954Map[1] ContributorGraham L Schaef
2 Looking SE
3 Lube Bay
4 Used Cars Tarapuhi St.
5 Car Yard
6 Schaefs Garage 1960's
7 Display at Industries Fair 1954
8 Schaefs Showroom
9 Where the business started, Petrie Ave. Photo 1922
9 Visualiner wheel Alignment MachineDate of Photo1954Map[1] ContributorGraham L Schaef
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Date Created11th June 2019CommentsMaye Dunn: Great photos of a once thriving business.
Rhys Devlin: IreneandRoger Devlin image 2 zoom in vesta sign
Arthur Bass: It is being demolished as you speak.
Myron Caldwell: My brother Harry worked there at one stage Have no idea what he did there.
Karen Potter: Worked petrol pumps and parts there many years ago. Great memories.
Nina Townsend: Diane Whittle
Che Norris: This is history!
Heather Newby: sure is!
Heather Newby: Fantastic photo.
Miles Reay: I remember the hype and promotion when Schaefs got the first Holdens.Sue Vaughan Yes Mary happy days.
Anthea Keenan: Great :)
Wendy Dense: Not sure if this was where my Dad and Uncle worked.....Mannix and Bernard Neame
Wendy Dense: Kathryn Neame
Kathryn Neame: Wendy Dense yes Dad worked there, He did his apprenticeship there. I didn’t realise Mannix worked there also.
Wendy Dense: Kathryn Neame yep Dad did his panel beating apprenticeship before going to Ferguson’s Earthmoving.
Sharon Stanton: Remember walking through that work shop hundreds of times when I worked at Schaefs. Great place to work wasn't it Sue Vaughan and Gary Reid.
John Hunt: Our late father would have worked there at that time I am sure. Bill Hunt.
James Codyre: My father Jim Codyre was a mechanic there in the early 50's.
Don Pearson: Remember Schaefs garage,when I was growing up,local icon,has it now closed.?
Paul Soster: been closed for years,getting demolished.
Bazza Morland: I can see my old 'work bay' there Paul Agnes Smith Ernie Baldock was in the Lube division before he retired.
Arthur Johnson: We lived next door the Schaefs in the 1930s in Terapui street Guido.Hilda. Len and Neva.We became friends.I would have been 8 or 9 at the time.
Graham Bone: Remember it well, with Ron Melrose and Ron West in the parts, Alan Christianson, Bruce Smith, Basil Eder etc. etc
Graham Bone: Was that Ernie Baldock in the Lube Bay?
Robin Peterson: Remember it well
Greg Procter: Cars in 1954 tended to need a lot of maintenance!
Sue Vaughan Yes Mary happy days.
Wendy Dense Not sure if this was where my Dad and Uncle worked.....Mannix and Bernard Neame
Kathryn Neame Wendy Dense yes Dad worked there, He did his apprenticeship there. I didn’t realise Mannix worked there also.
Wendy Dense Kathryn Neame yep Dad did his panel beating apprenticeship before going to Ferguson’s Earthmoving.
Sharon Stanton Remember walking through that work shop hundreds of times when I worked at Schaefs. Great place to work wasn't it Sue Vaughan and Gary
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton sure was Sharon Friday parties in the corner tea room. I remember lifting the corner of one of the car sales guys pie and squirting dish washing fluid in , that didn't end well.
Sharon Stanton Wouldn't have been Les Guenoles pie by any chance or was it Finns.
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton no I can see his face in my mind can't remember name , fair hair pot guys and was always going to chch to bring a car, he had a girlfriend there, always had grey suit on
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton maybe Brad???
Sharon Stanton Gary Reid Yes you are right I was just thinking it would gave been him.
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton I remember another directly behind that car was the toilet and hand basin Smacker and Denis were at their benches to the left I was giving smacker a mouthful of cheek smacker picked up his socket set and threw it at me as I ducked into the toilet it missed me and smashed the toilet bowl
Sharon Stanton Gary Reid That's terrible Gary. Just as well it missed you. I'll give him a telling off in the morning. Lol
Peter Gray I remember my Dad buying a new 1964 EH Holden from these guys, 1104 Pound, Thoes were the days you needed Overseas funds to buy a new car
Lyn Moe Peter Gray My father started as a apprentice there before going to the mines. I think 1940, Al Bowes , Schaef ???? Kirk 2nd name
Peter Gray Moe, I enjoyed working alongside your Dad, Hongi & earlier Jake Fagan on the Skids when I was at the Strongman, boy that miners Humour was unbeatable, all hard working men :)
Sue Vaughan Sharon Stanton .what about Bill and the thunder flash?
Sharon Stanton Sue Vaughan How could you ever forget him.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan was Lionel there when u were there sue
Sue Vaughan Karen Winchester Yes he certainly was. He was great to work with and a lovely guy. I think of him often Karen.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan thought he mite have sue....thank u for yr kind words...xx
Sue Vaughan He was a beautiful man Karen.
Norma Reid Garth did his apprenticeship from 1963 and left Schaefs in 1968. He remembers Gus who was one of his mentors, Basil Eder was the service manager and Bob Cohen was the foreman. Ernie Baldock was in the lube bay, and Ron Melrose in the parts departmen…See More
Gary Reid Norma Reid yes I remember you both
Denis Mellett My Dad Bob Mellett worked there from 1946-47 to 1954,he made my pedal car there,note the Chev badge on the front of it
Joan Aynsley Great place to work
Peter Gray I remember my Dad buying a new 1964 EH Holden from these guys, 1104 Pound, Thoes were the days you needed Overseas funds to buy a new car
Lyn Moe Peter Gray My father started as a apprentice there before going to the mines. I think 1940, Al Bowes , Schaef ???? Kirk 2nd name
Peter Gray Moe, I enjoyed working alongside your Dad, Hongi & earlier Jake Fagan on the Skids when I was at the Strongman, boy that miners Humour was unbeatable, all hard working men :)
Sue Vaughan Sharon Stanton .what about Bill and the thunder flash?
Sharon Stanton Sue Vaughan How could you ever forget him.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan was Lionel there when u were there sue
Sue Vaughan Karen Winchester Yes he certainly was. He was great to work with and a lovely guy. I think of him often Karen.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan thought he mite have sue....thank u for yr kind words...xx
Sue Vaughan He was a beautiful man Karen.
Norma Reid Garth did his apprenticeship from 1963 and left Schaefs in 1968. He remembers Gus who was one of his mentors, Basil Eder was the service manager and Bob Cohen was the foreman. Ernie Baldock was in the lube bay, and Ron Melrose in the parts departmen…See More
Denis Mellett My Dad Bob Mellett worked there from 1946-47 to 1954,he made my pedal car there,note the Chev badge on the front of it
Kyle Webster the pool table in the smoko room on many a school holiday trip to the coast
Denis Mellett any staff photo's 1940s and 1950's
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Rhys Devlin: IreneandRoger Devlin image 2 zoom in vesta sign
Arthur Bass: It is being demolished as you speak.
Myron Caldwell: My brother Harry worked there at one stage Have no idea what he did there.
Karen Potter: Worked petrol pumps and parts there many years ago. Great memories.
Nina Townsend: Diane Whittle
Che Norris: This is history!
Heather Newby: sure is!
Heather Newby: Fantastic photo.
Miles Reay: I remember the hype and promotion when Schaefs got the first Holdens.Sue Vaughan Yes Mary happy days.
Anthea Keenan: Great :)
Wendy Dense: Not sure if this was where my Dad and Uncle worked.....Mannix and Bernard Neame
Wendy Dense: Kathryn Neame
Kathryn Neame: Wendy Dense yes Dad worked there, He did his apprenticeship there. I didn’t realise Mannix worked there also.
Wendy Dense: Kathryn Neame yep Dad did his panel beating apprenticeship before going to Ferguson’s Earthmoving.
Sharon Stanton: Remember walking through that work shop hundreds of times when I worked at Schaefs. Great place to work wasn't it Sue Vaughan and Gary Reid.
John Hunt: Our late father would have worked there at that time I am sure. Bill Hunt.
James Codyre: My father Jim Codyre was a mechanic there in the early 50's.
Don Pearson: Remember Schaefs garage,when I was growing up,local icon,has it now closed.?
Paul Soster: been closed for years,getting demolished.
Bazza Morland: I can see my old 'work bay' there Paul Agnes Smith Ernie Baldock was in the Lube division before he retired.
Arthur Johnson: We lived next door the Schaefs in the 1930s in Terapui street Guido.Hilda. Len and Neva.We became friends.I would have been 8 or 9 at the time.
Graham Bone: Remember it well, with Ron Melrose and Ron West in the parts, Alan Christianson, Bruce Smith, Basil Eder etc. etc
Graham Bone: Was that Ernie Baldock in the Lube Bay?
Robin Peterson: Remember it well
Greg Procter: Cars in 1954 tended to need a lot of maintenance!
Sue Vaughan Yes Mary happy days.
Wendy Dense Not sure if this was where my Dad and Uncle worked.....Mannix and Bernard Neame
Kathryn Neame Wendy Dense yes Dad worked there, He did his apprenticeship there. I didn’t realise Mannix worked there also.
Wendy Dense Kathryn Neame yep Dad did his panel beating apprenticeship before going to Ferguson’s Earthmoving.
Sharon Stanton Remember walking through that work shop hundreds of times when I worked at Schaefs. Great place to work wasn't it Sue Vaughan and Gary
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton sure was Sharon Friday parties in the corner tea room. I remember lifting the corner of one of the car sales guys pie and squirting dish washing fluid in , that didn't end well.
Sharon Stanton Wouldn't have been Les Guenoles pie by any chance or was it Finns.
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton no I can see his face in my mind can't remember name , fair hair pot guys and was always going to chch to bring a car, he had a girlfriend there, always had grey suit on
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton maybe Brad???
Sharon Stanton Gary Reid Yes you are right I was just thinking it would gave been him.
Gary Reid Sharon Stanton I remember another directly behind that car was the toilet and hand basin Smacker and Denis were at their benches to the left I was giving smacker a mouthful of cheek smacker picked up his socket set and threw it at me as I ducked into the toilet it missed me and smashed the toilet bowl
Sharon Stanton Gary Reid That's terrible Gary. Just as well it missed you. I'll give him a telling off in the morning. Lol
Peter Gray I remember my Dad buying a new 1964 EH Holden from these guys, 1104 Pound, Thoes were the days you needed Overseas funds to buy a new car
Lyn Moe Peter Gray My father started as a apprentice there before going to the mines. I think 1940, Al Bowes , Schaef ???? Kirk 2nd name
Peter Gray Moe, I enjoyed working alongside your Dad, Hongi & earlier Jake Fagan on the Skids when I was at the Strongman, boy that miners Humour was unbeatable, all hard working men :)
Sue Vaughan Sharon Stanton .what about Bill and the thunder flash?
Sharon Stanton Sue Vaughan How could you ever forget him.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan was Lionel there when u were there sue
Sue Vaughan Karen Winchester Yes he certainly was. He was great to work with and a lovely guy. I think of him often Karen.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan thought he mite have sue....thank u for yr kind words...xx
Sue Vaughan He was a beautiful man Karen.
Norma Reid Garth did his apprenticeship from 1963 and left Schaefs in 1968. He remembers Gus who was one of his mentors, Basil Eder was the service manager and Bob Cohen was the foreman. Ernie Baldock was in the lube bay, and Ron Melrose in the parts departmen…See More
Gary Reid Norma Reid yes I remember you both
Denis Mellett My Dad Bob Mellett worked there from 1946-47 to 1954,he made my pedal car there,note the Chev badge on the front of it
Joan Aynsley Great place to work
Peter Gray I remember my Dad buying a new 1964 EH Holden from these guys, 1104 Pound, Thoes were the days you needed Overseas funds to buy a new car
Lyn Moe Peter Gray My father started as a apprentice there before going to the mines. I think 1940, Al Bowes , Schaef ???? Kirk 2nd name
Peter Gray Moe, I enjoyed working alongside your Dad, Hongi & earlier Jake Fagan on the Skids when I was at the Strongman, boy that miners Humour was unbeatable, all hard working men :)
Sue Vaughan Sharon Stanton .what about Bill and the thunder flash?
Sharon Stanton Sue Vaughan How could you ever forget him.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan was Lionel there when u were there sue
Sue Vaughan Karen Winchester Yes he certainly was. He was great to work with and a lovely guy. I think of him often Karen.
Karen Winchester Sue Vaughan thought he mite have sue....thank u for yr kind words...xx
Sue Vaughan He was a beautiful man Karen.
Norma Reid Garth did his apprenticeship from 1963 and left Schaefs in 1968. He remembers Gus who was one of his mentors, Basil Eder was the service manager and Bob Cohen was the foreman. Ernie Baldock was in the lube bay, and Ron Melrose in the parts departmen…See More
Denis Mellett My Dad Bob Mellett worked there from 1946-47 to 1954,he made my pedal car there,note the Chev badge on the front of it
Kyle Webster the pool table in the smoko room on many a school holiday trip to the coast
Denis Mellett any staff photo's 1940s and 1950's
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