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Commercial Hotel fire, Greymouth.5th. November, 1984. -ALBUM-
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DescriptionCommercial Hotel Mawhera Quay Greymouth.Date of Photo5th November,1984.Map[1] ContributorSharron Wright
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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Commercial Hotel, GreymouthOrganisation (eg business)Commercial Hotel, GreymouthEventCommercial Hotel Fire.
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Date Created13th July 2019CommentsAlan Meaclem thats when it was,I was in DUNEDIN @ time, doing coastal masters, sad day,awesome meeting place! !
Melanie Smith I remember going down to watch that...
Heather Newby That`s when I was in Wellington. sad
Brendon Barrow The P and T watering hole I remember one certain person doing a streek from the Commercial to the Golden Eagle one Friday night around 5 pm
Donna Ridsdale-Richardson I think it was Guy Fawkes night or close to it.
Val Peat I remember lots of times there....Great days.
Jason Mather If im correct that's all car park now
Annie Van Looy had some fun times in there
William Albert Whitehead Barmen were told not to smoke behind bar.
Brian McIntyre Ahead of their time
Brenda Brown Good drinking hole
Kathy Marshall was that you Brendie that did the streak
Brendon Barrow No but his name started with Z
Mon Mor Thanks for these photos! Look at all the old building frontages up in smoke
Brian McIntyre Dry Cleaners (Blondie Hogg) if he was still there and Intermans Cafe
Amanda Pike I remember that night. We could see the flames and smoke from Bright St really well. Dad was away hours at that fire.
Amanda Pike Are you thinking the barman caused it William Albert Whitehead? Pretty sure it wasnt themPaul Logie I watched it there and saw barry pike up on the top balcony fighting the fire,a real firefighte.Amanda Pike In his younger days he was a good man Paul Logie.
Raewyne Whitcombe Walker Back in the days when you had to ring three times on the bell on a sunday,, as the cops always rung once....
Les N Linda Owen I remember this....I was working at intermans cafe and it was guy fawks night
Heather Newby Interman`s cafe.. is that where we used to buy our fish and chips on Friday night?
Les N Linda Owen Yep sure was
Raewyne Whitcombe Walker best fish and chips apart from Wallys, roundabouts where maccas is now...
Heather Newby Dad would give us 5 shillings and two of us would bike up to Intemans cafe for fish and chips and put them on the carrier at the back and bike home real fast to Blaketown , so the chips wouldn`t get cold.there was often an argument about whether we should open the packet a bit and sneak some chips,, but common sense won out and it stayed closed till we got home.That was a whole heap of fish and chips to feed five kids and Mum and Dad.
Sue Scott I remember getting 6 pence worth of fish and chips on the way home from the Friday night pictures....used to eat them on the last bus. You got 1 piece of fish and chips for that from Intermans... as a family we always got the F & C from up by the RSA Hendy's owned it I think
Carole N Brent Shefford Your right Sue, Bill Hendy owned it & it was called the Blue Marlin, wern't we lucky back then to have had so many good Fish & Chip shops...also a great selection of Shops in general, Groceries, Fruit & Veg, Butchers, Cake Shops....Oh to turn back the clock aye.
Neil Martin Just before lunchtime at Greymain two kids headed over to the Blue Marlin with a stretcher sort of arrangement and came back carrying the lunch orders in a huge cardboard box the Fish and Chips we pretty steamed by the time you got them.
Pauline Schafer My sister Christine married Jimmy Intermann, and I spent one Christmas holidays helping out at Intermann's cafe, putting spuds through the spud peeler machine and setting tables.
Donna Ridsdale-Richardson I remember it when Jean was behind the counter
Craig Jarden I remember this really well.finished early and just got home.
Phone call from Joanne Jarden wondering where i was.
One fast trip to town.
I still believe it was arson
Karla Haussmann My grandparents used to own this pub in the early 60s
John Murray Yeah I heard a lot of the Greymouth P & T workers had to find another Hotel to drink at.
Vern Pattinson Lived not fare from the hotel back then remember it well
Steve Newby It burned down on Guy Fox's night
Lois Iacoppi i worked here for Mrs Hausmana in the mid 60's we walked along the quay in January this year, it is not a patch on what it used to be.
Lois Iacoppi I meant the whole of Mawhera Quay is not the same
April Jarden If your talking about the Commercial Hotel Lois Iacoppi it sure couldnt be a patch on what it was as it burnt down and isnt there now.Photo shows the fire.
Wayne Foster I can remember the night des the gov and a feu of the other boys put me in chiller we cop walk in lol good old days
Barry Furness Kells hotel in the background, was sitting at the bar watching it unfold, had only just left the Commercial was the end of an era! Q
Melanie Smith I remember going down to watch that...
Heather Newby That`s when I was in Wellington. sad
Brendon Barrow The P and T watering hole I remember one certain person doing a streek from the Commercial to the Golden Eagle one Friday night around 5 pm
Donna Ridsdale-Richardson I think it was Guy Fawkes night or close to it.
Val Peat I remember lots of times there....Great days.
Jason Mather If im correct that's all car park now
Annie Van Looy had some fun times in there
William Albert Whitehead Barmen were told not to smoke behind bar.
Brian McIntyre Ahead of their time
Brenda Brown Good drinking hole
Kathy Marshall was that you Brendie that did the streak
Brendon Barrow No but his name started with Z
Mon Mor Thanks for these photos! Look at all the old building frontages up in smoke
Brian McIntyre Dry Cleaners (Blondie Hogg) if he was still there and Intermans Cafe
Amanda Pike I remember that night. We could see the flames and smoke from Bright St really well. Dad was away hours at that fire.
Amanda Pike Are you thinking the barman caused it William Albert Whitehead? Pretty sure it wasnt themPaul Logie I watched it there and saw barry pike up on the top balcony fighting the fire,a real firefighte.Amanda Pike In his younger days he was a good man Paul Logie.
Raewyne Whitcombe Walker Back in the days when you had to ring three times on the bell on a sunday,, as the cops always rung once....
Les N Linda Owen I remember this....I was working at intermans cafe and it was guy fawks night
Heather Newby Interman`s cafe.. is that where we used to buy our fish and chips on Friday night?
Les N Linda Owen Yep sure was
Raewyne Whitcombe Walker best fish and chips apart from Wallys, roundabouts where maccas is now...
Heather Newby Dad would give us 5 shillings and two of us would bike up to Intemans cafe for fish and chips and put them on the carrier at the back and bike home real fast to Blaketown , so the chips wouldn`t get cold.there was often an argument about whether we should open the packet a bit and sneak some chips,, but common sense won out and it stayed closed till we got home.That was a whole heap of fish and chips to feed five kids and Mum and Dad.
Sue Scott I remember getting 6 pence worth of fish and chips on the way home from the Friday night pictures....used to eat them on the last bus. You got 1 piece of fish and chips for that from Intermans... as a family we always got the F & C from up by the RSA Hendy's owned it I think
Carole N Brent Shefford Your right Sue, Bill Hendy owned it & it was called the Blue Marlin, wern't we lucky back then to have had so many good Fish & Chip shops...also a great selection of Shops in general, Groceries, Fruit & Veg, Butchers, Cake Shops....Oh to turn back the clock aye.
Neil Martin Just before lunchtime at Greymain two kids headed over to the Blue Marlin with a stretcher sort of arrangement and came back carrying the lunch orders in a huge cardboard box the Fish and Chips we pretty steamed by the time you got them.
Pauline Schafer My sister Christine married Jimmy Intermann, and I spent one Christmas holidays helping out at Intermann's cafe, putting spuds through the spud peeler machine and setting tables.
Donna Ridsdale-Richardson I remember it when Jean was behind the counter
Craig Jarden I remember this really well.finished early and just got home.
Phone call from Joanne Jarden wondering where i was.
One fast trip to town.
I still believe it was arson
Karla Haussmann My grandparents used to own this pub in the early 60s
John Murray Yeah I heard a lot of the Greymouth P & T workers had to find another Hotel to drink at.
Vern Pattinson Lived not fare from the hotel back then remember it well
Steve Newby It burned down on Guy Fox's night
Lois Iacoppi i worked here for Mrs Hausmana in the mid 60's we walked along the quay in January this year, it is not a patch on what it used to be.
Lois Iacoppi I meant the whole of Mawhera Quay is not the same
April Jarden If your talking about the Commercial Hotel Lois Iacoppi it sure couldnt be a patch on what it was as it burnt down and isnt there now.Photo shows the fire.
Wayne Foster I can remember the night des the gov and a feu of the other boys put me in chiller we cop walk in lol good old days
Barry Furness Kells hotel in the background, was sitting at the bar watching it unfold, had only just left the Commercial was the end of an era! Q
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West Coast New Zealand History (3rd Aug 2019). Commercial Hotel fire, Greymouth.5th. November, 1984. -ALBUM-. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 29th Apr 2026 06:11, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/25654