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Jacksons Hotel and Post Office,Otira. Jan 1975.
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DescriptionJackson's Post Office and renovated Hotel. Otira. Jan 1975Date of Photo1975Map[1] Contributor Anne Cooper
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Date Created21st September 2019CommentsRichard Leach Ahhh Scotty now there’s a hang out mate
Patrick Casserly Heather Wasn’t always jacksons hotel we went thear from greymouth because you could get saved under Age it was call the kindergarten they serve you at 16 17 wen you had to be 21 was it a stagecoach stop ? In the old days
Anne Miller Mcmillan Some good nites there sis when your wally and elsie running the pub aye.
Michael Nottingham Was previously the Perry Range Hotel run by Tom Edens and his wife Dot. Below photo was taken approx 1964.
Michael Nottingham The little people on the right of the pic, are Julie and Lindsay Edens....
PaulAnthony Teens Michael Nottingham essential Tom the
Derek Hayward Went there from Arthur’s Pass a few times in the seventies. The journey back to the Pass after a night at The Hotel was very ‘interesting’ especially on the downhill run after the Otira gorge.
Trish Barclay I used to go there when Tom and Dot had it
Kevin Voigt My wife made them at one time
Jenny Leach used to stay at this pub cool place
Edwin Lord Always a compulsory stop traveling to ChCh and back the good times
Graeme Richardson loved the pub and a great feed also on many a coast trip
Lyndon Buttola
My great aunt used to operate the Poerua post office.
Cheryl Townsend
I have been there it was great to see it thank you
Sue Brown
Great pub,as kids we got a bag of chips and a raspbeery,while the parents were inside having a beer,loved thoese days.
Jeanette Hall
Sue Brown or a pie, they were good
Nigel Jayes
Sue Brown same here we weren't allowed in so dad only went once
Janneen Thompson
Cute post office
Pauleen Knowles
Oh, I remember Jacksons Hotel! Bit of a story there, but never mind!
Ray Deo
Men and women of steel were the only people that could live there
Tony Warner
Not far from the turnoff to Rotomanu
Graham Ruston
Has this pub reopened?
Mark Thomson
Graham Ruston no. Unfortunately it is now a private residence.
Paula McGeady
Tom And Dot Edens used to let me stamp the letters at that little Post Office.
Colleen Chamberlain
Paula McGeady Wow! a blast from the past, great days growing up at Jacksons,
Mark Thomson
Have been in the bar several times, usually to dry out my outsides and lubricate the insides. I always admired the massive collection of alcohol miniatures.
Its a shame that it’s now a private home.
Alison Paulsen
Those were the days!
John Flattery-donohoe
i always used to know it as Jacksons on westcoast
Sandra Douglas
Tom & Dot Edens lovely couple..we stopped every Xmas &holidays to chch return in 60's .always let my sister&I sit in kitchen with squash/lemonade& chips. I always wanted the black white concrete dog doorstop.
Susan Barlow
Was THAT so very long ago?
KevinandMargaret Mills
Last time I was in there there was a bleeding earthquake
Robyn A Rusholme
Was my home for a bit early 80’s
Wendy Dense
Robyn A Rusholme I was a toddler there in early 60s....Grandad Walter Neame was publican. They had farm at Turiwhati.
Gary Grant
Top spot for a hot breaky on the way thru on the trucks ,,
Marlene Coleman have to go there it's been yrs
Marlene Coleman
Trevor Coleman road trip
Sheryl O'Leary
Ernie and Daphne Power leased the pub in the late 1980's.
Colin Harman
Had many a beer there before they opened up the bar and posted a letter or 2 across the road
Neville Reilly
Great company they were ,always good stop for a pie and a beer
Colin Perano
couldnt drive back home to otira one night so i slept the night under the pool table... back in the days.......
Barry Appleton
Stopped there on the railcar when uncle John (JR) was the gard we won the way to Hokitika for nana Ruby Cadigans birthday
Good times
Colin Harman
I can remember drinking beer there in 1969 and you had to tip the bit in the bottom out because of the floaters
Linda Howard
Had a good few nights up there.
Rosie Christie
Had some great times at Jacksons
Keith Douthett
That was a great pub!
Niaouli Wolf
Jackson’s is 12 miles from Otira!
Rochelle Mcgrath
Exactly as iremember it
John Visser
A fine place to visit it was
Glenn Johnston
I used to enjoy looking at all the memorabilia in the bar at the Jacksons. In the late 70's it was owned by the same company/person that owned and did up the Heather Bell at Totara Flat. (was it an Elcock? am a bit hazy as it was long ago but I'd recognise the name- the owner was ChCh based but used to pop in every now and again. There was a manager)
Jillian Gardyne
Spent some time there, as a child, waiting in the car outside while Mum and Dad had a drink or two. Did enjoy the raspberry drink they sometimes bought out to us.
Malcolm Yorston
I remember the old sign “Jackson’s, Perry Range Hotel”
· Reply · 1h
Marion Robina Hogarth
We stopped there while on our motorbike rally and enjoyed fabulous whitebait patties ‼️
Lawrence Gordon Coghlan
Great place to stop on the way to the coast, and the
Wild Food Festival
Yum Yum
Lois Iacoppi
I believe my aunt and uncle ran this pub for a while
Beverley Thomson
I adored that place..it was the best staying there as a kid..what adventures we all had..
Ian Selwood
I first stopped at Jackson's Hotel about 1993 while cycle touring..! Had a pint of Montieths prior to heading to Kelly's Creek to camp the night.
Next day I rode my bike up the zig-zag and caught the Tranz Alpine at Arthur's Pass..
It was that beer at Jackson's which that hooked me on Montieths and, indirectly, lead me to settle on the Coast..!
Alan Dean
Only 10minutes in the car !
Carla M Jordan
A great history and people of this place
Trish Barclay
Did under age drinking there as a 20 year old
Kate Adams
Trish Barclay WHAT!!!! Lol
Greg Mait
Went to school there for a year which was just down the road a bit and the Edens kids Billy and Ngaire ,their parents owned the pub.
Andy McPhedran
Many a pie and a pint had in there. Compulsory stop on the way to Coast for 4WD trips.
Tania Tones Lawrence
As kids, 1970's, Dad told us we'd stop at Jackson's for a possum pie
Carrol Hunter
Pitty It has been closed for years
Gavin Davy
Me and a mate stopped there for a beer while training for the round Brunner bike ride a few years ago. The old lady behind the bar said you only have so many heartbeats in your life and you silly buggers are wasting them doing that???
Tony Smith
Jackson’s Pies, best pies ever don’t you think Chris O'brien-Smith
Thelma Coutts
Maybe the pie cart?
Bev Kelly
Awesome pies!!
Jocelyn Neville
I have a sentimental memory of Otira.
Phyllis Aberhart
I think it was in the early to mid 2,000's it was renovated and looked fantastic Shame it's now closed down.
John Morgan
Used to be the Perry Range Hotel. First stop from Chch after Arthur's Pass. The good old road.
Trevor Keith Scott
The Perry Range Hotel was run by Tom & Dot Edens, I used to catch possums with Bill their sun who worked for the railways after leaving school. The Jackson's you see here was done up when two men took it over from Tom & Dot.
Kath Merv Moreton
Trevor Keith Scott Went to GTHSchool and nursed with Colleen Eden's in the 60's.
Wayne Leckie
Had a few in there over the years.
Trevor Keith Scott
SO DID I.
John Wilson
I used to drink there, in the NZFS there was a house just up from wainihini creek, we called it the taipo base.
I was in the pool and darts, the times were excellent.
Sheryl Iraia
Used to spend many a weekend up there when at Grey High School. Tom and Dorothy Eden's owned the little pink Pub. My best friend was there daughter Ngaire
Heather Reid
It's a shame closed now
Mary Curphey
happy memories
William John Vaile
Wish someone would open it up.
Jade Dalzell
Love this place & Aitkens
Patrick Casserly Heather Wasn’t always jacksons hotel we went thear from greymouth because you could get saved under Age it was call the kindergarten they serve you at 16 17 wen you had to be 21 was it a stagecoach stop ? In the old days
Anne Miller Mcmillan Some good nites there sis when your wally and elsie running the pub aye.
Michael Nottingham Was previously the Perry Range Hotel run by Tom Edens and his wife Dot. Below photo was taken approx 1964.
Michael Nottingham The little people on the right of the pic, are Julie and Lindsay Edens....
PaulAnthony Teens Michael Nottingham essential Tom the
Derek Hayward Went there from Arthur’s Pass a few times in the seventies. The journey back to the Pass after a night at The Hotel was very ‘interesting’ especially on the downhill run after the Otira gorge.
Trish Barclay I used to go there when Tom and Dot had it
Kevin Voigt My wife made them at one time
Jenny Leach used to stay at this pub cool place
Edwin Lord Always a compulsory stop traveling to ChCh and back the good times
Graeme Richardson loved the pub and a great feed also on many a coast trip
Lyndon Buttola
My great aunt used to operate the Poerua post office.
Cheryl Townsend
I have been there it was great to see it thank you
Sue Brown
Great pub,as kids we got a bag of chips and a raspbeery,while the parents were inside having a beer,loved thoese days.
Jeanette Hall
Sue Brown or a pie, they were good
Nigel Jayes
Sue Brown same here we weren't allowed in so dad only went once
Janneen Thompson
Cute post office
Pauleen Knowles
Oh, I remember Jacksons Hotel! Bit of a story there, but never mind!
Ray Deo
Men and women of steel were the only people that could live there
Tony Warner
Not far from the turnoff to Rotomanu
Graham Ruston
Has this pub reopened?
Mark Thomson
Graham Ruston no. Unfortunately it is now a private residence.
Paula McGeady
Tom And Dot Edens used to let me stamp the letters at that little Post Office.
Colleen Chamberlain
Paula McGeady Wow! a blast from the past, great days growing up at Jacksons,
Mark Thomson
Have been in the bar several times, usually to dry out my outsides and lubricate the insides. I always admired the massive collection of alcohol miniatures.
Its a shame that it’s now a private home.
Alison Paulsen
Those were the days!
John Flattery-donohoe
i always used to know it as Jacksons on westcoast
Sandra Douglas
Tom & Dot Edens lovely couple..we stopped every Xmas &holidays to chch return in 60's .always let my sister&I sit in kitchen with squash/lemonade& chips. I always wanted the black white concrete dog doorstop.
Susan Barlow
Was THAT so very long ago?
KevinandMargaret Mills
Last time I was in there there was a bleeding earthquake
Robyn A Rusholme
Was my home for a bit early 80’s
Wendy Dense
Robyn A Rusholme I was a toddler there in early 60s....Grandad Walter Neame was publican. They had farm at Turiwhati.
Gary Grant
Top spot for a hot breaky on the way thru on the trucks ,,
Marlene Coleman have to go there it's been yrs
Marlene Coleman
Trevor Coleman road trip
Sheryl O'Leary
Ernie and Daphne Power leased the pub in the late 1980's.
Colin Harman
Had many a beer there before they opened up the bar and posted a letter or 2 across the road
Neville Reilly
Great company they were ,always good stop for a pie and a beer
Colin Perano
couldnt drive back home to otira one night so i slept the night under the pool table... back in the days.......
Barry Appleton
Stopped there on the railcar when uncle John (JR) was the gard we won the way to Hokitika for nana Ruby Cadigans birthday
Good times
Colin Harman
I can remember drinking beer there in 1969 and you had to tip the bit in the bottom out because of the floaters
Linda Howard
Had a good few nights up there.
Rosie Christie
Had some great times at Jacksons
Keith Douthett
That was a great pub!
Niaouli Wolf
Jackson’s is 12 miles from Otira!
Rochelle Mcgrath
Exactly as iremember it
John Visser
A fine place to visit it was
Glenn Johnston
I used to enjoy looking at all the memorabilia in the bar at the Jacksons. In the late 70's it was owned by the same company/person that owned and did up the Heather Bell at Totara Flat. (was it an Elcock? am a bit hazy as it was long ago but I'd recognise the name- the owner was ChCh based but used to pop in every now and again. There was a manager)
Jillian Gardyne
Spent some time there, as a child, waiting in the car outside while Mum and Dad had a drink or two. Did enjoy the raspberry drink they sometimes bought out to us.
Malcolm Yorston
I remember the old sign “Jackson’s, Perry Range Hotel”
· Reply · 1h
Marion Robina Hogarth
We stopped there while on our motorbike rally and enjoyed fabulous whitebait patties ‼️
Lawrence Gordon Coghlan
Great place to stop on the way to the coast, and the
Wild Food Festival
Yum Yum
Lois Iacoppi
I believe my aunt and uncle ran this pub for a while
Beverley Thomson
I adored that place..it was the best staying there as a kid..what adventures we all had..
Ian Selwood
I first stopped at Jackson's Hotel about 1993 while cycle touring..! Had a pint of Montieths prior to heading to Kelly's Creek to camp the night.
Next day I rode my bike up the zig-zag and caught the Tranz Alpine at Arthur's Pass..
It was that beer at Jackson's which that hooked me on Montieths and, indirectly, lead me to settle on the Coast..!
Alan Dean
Only 10minutes in the car !
Carla M Jordan
A great history and people of this place
Trish Barclay
Did under age drinking there as a 20 year old
Kate Adams
Trish Barclay WHAT!!!! Lol
Greg Mait
Went to school there for a year which was just down the road a bit and the Edens kids Billy and Ngaire ,their parents owned the pub.
Andy McPhedran
Many a pie and a pint had in there. Compulsory stop on the way to Coast for 4WD trips.
Tania Tones Lawrence
As kids, 1970's, Dad told us we'd stop at Jackson's for a possum pie
Carrol Hunter
Pitty It has been closed for years
Gavin Davy
Me and a mate stopped there for a beer while training for the round Brunner bike ride a few years ago. The old lady behind the bar said you only have so many heartbeats in your life and you silly buggers are wasting them doing that???
Tony Smith
Jackson’s Pies, best pies ever don’t you think Chris O'brien-Smith
Thelma Coutts
Maybe the pie cart?
Bev Kelly
Awesome pies!!
Jocelyn Neville
I have a sentimental memory of Otira.
Phyllis Aberhart
I think it was in the early to mid 2,000's it was renovated and looked fantastic Shame it's now closed down.
John Morgan
Used to be the Perry Range Hotel. First stop from Chch after Arthur's Pass. The good old road.
Trevor Keith Scott
The Perry Range Hotel was run by Tom & Dot Edens, I used to catch possums with Bill their sun who worked for the railways after leaving school. The Jackson's you see here was done up when two men took it over from Tom & Dot.
Kath Merv Moreton
Trevor Keith Scott Went to GTHSchool and nursed with Colleen Eden's in the 60's.
Wayne Leckie
Had a few in there over the years.
Trevor Keith Scott
SO DID I.
John Wilson
I used to drink there, in the NZFS there was a house just up from wainihini creek, we called it the taipo base.
I was in the pool and darts, the times were excellent.
Sheryl Iraia
Used to spend many a weekend up there when at Grey High School. Tom and Dorothy Eden's owned the little pink Pub. My best friend was there daughter Ngaire
Heather Reid
It's a shame closed now
Mary Curphey
happy memories
William John Vaile
Wish someone would open it up.
Jade Dalzell
Love this place & Aitkens
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