Corner of Shiel and Sinnamon Sts, Reefton, during the 1961 snow.

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DescriptionCorner of Shiel and Sinnamon Sts, Reefton, during the 1961 snow.Date of Photo1961Map^[1]ContributorTony Fortune

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Date Created31st July 2019CommentsCatherine Brian Denton Brought my mother down to meet my future in-laws Rita and Laurie Wood, and the glass of water beside her bed froze solid overnight..she was most impressed..that was Queens Birthday weekend of that year.

Admin Team - West Coast History and Recollect Bloody hell that house must've been cold!!

Catherine Brian Denton Admin Team - West Coast History and Recollect was the front room...long way from the warm kitchen.
RecollectApparently there's a house in Reefton that the inside loo freezes.

Catherine Brian Denton Probably why we now live in Otaki.

Elizabeth Mehrtens The week I started school, remember it so vividly sent home from school with my sisters to watch over me, power lines down in Buller Rd my mother doing the washing and measuring the snow with her yd ruler in front of our house , oh my we survived with no drama , ,

Admin Team - West Coast History and Recollect
Admin Team - West Coast History and RecollectExciting for a 5 year old!

Elizabeth Mehrtens Yip, I have photo,s somewhere , or my sisters do one day when I get time and learn how to post them I will share, the ice was so thick on the inside of our windows you scraped it like ice off a window screen.

Loretta Donnelly I have a dim memory of a big snow fall once at Ikamatua. Perhaps the same one.

Dave Palmer
Remember that we'll, we had pretty much a week off school and the massive snowman built by the kids was still standing 3 weeks later although quite a bit smaller.

Margaret Kaa
Dave Palmer still had to feed the chooks eh!

Arthur Bass
Alf Collis house in the right corner, Bob Yellowlees workshop and the RSA in the distance.

Arthur Bass
Laurie's house this side of the RSA, the RSA looks busy. Bet the pot belly was glowing red.

Naireen Bass
Arthur Bass it would have been white hot if you were in control of it!

Ruth Naylor
Liz snow and all I still had to go and get the bread and mail, walked to the post office and bread shop and home for lunch.

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Corner of Shiel and Sinnamon Sts, Reefton, during the 1961 snow.

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