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Dixon Park *PHOTO ALBUM*
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DescriptionDixon Park, Alan Wisdom collection *PHOTO ALBUM*Map[1] ContributorMarie Summers Brian McIntyre
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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Dixon Park
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Date Created18th February 2020CommentsCarolyn Luck
Many happy times spent there
Sara Jones
What happened to the beautiful flower beds?
Jim Cate
Sara Jones Henry Brown must of retired
Bronwen Skates
What beautiful gardens back then .
Sandra Case
Awesome
Jayne Costelloe
Loved playing there ... i remember being scared of the depth of the concrete paddling pool, seemed real deep. Loved my togs too, material not lycra
Ally Davies
I loved going to Dixon Park when I was little!
Remember being stoked to find a dollar on the ground under the swings
Anne-Grant Vaughan
Spent many a happy hour playing on the swings slide & pool those were the days when kids had fun running around with out shoes stubbing toes rolling down the hill I don’t think the children of today have as much fun as we did they all want to be on their phones or IPads
Graeme Bonē
Lots of fun playing in the paddling pool and getting an allover sunburn
Maureen Tones
Graeme Bonē l remember the Grey Main School end of year picnics ,weak Raspberry drink & Jelly sponge ,hated it & still can’t eat it today ,
Graeme Bonē
Hi Maureen Tones those drinks I definitely remember, funny that I was thinking about how we used to order lunch weak Milo to and half a sav on white bread and salty mince pies just a few days ago
Cheryl King
So much fun spent at this park growing up, rolling down that hill to see if we could stop before landing in the creek… the swings, burning hot slide, etc… we were allowed to live in those days, before heading over to the Municipal Pool with Snowy the life saver to look after us.
Helen Fennell
I remember those days!
Gloria Pahl
Great memories as a young girl
Lyn Thompson
How many times have i run down that path been on that bridge and the outside of it ,good times back in the day late 40s50s ... boy getting long in the tooth
Sonia Smith
Well done
David Howe
Lovely colorful gardens.
Merle Brown
Our wedding photos were taken by that bridge in Feb 1961.
Priyani de Silva-Currie
Wedding photos on the rotunda!
Kylie Moore
Remember going here visiting my nana Jean smith ❤️who lived on high st
Lisa Switalla-Byers
Always loved walking through here from the pool too home
Jan Gerritsen-Molloy
us kids spent hours over the 70s and early 80s years playing there
Suzanne Tones Wolfe
Was this the park by where Nana lived, Beverley Hooper ? If so, loved playing there.
Beverley Hooper
Suzanne Tones Wolfe yes it was Suzanne. Looks lovely doesn't it
Suzanne Tones Wolfe
Beverley Hooper yes it does. Loved that park
Elaine Lawson Stone
They were always kept lovely too
Lorraine Inwood
Is that the herbert mc glashen
Jenny Green
Lorraine Inwood yes I think it is..Herbert McGlashan memorial bridge in Dixon park., (didn't Isabella McGlashan? commission it? She was the daughter of Neil & Adelaide Gray) am I right?
Lorraine Inwood
Jenny Green mum left me to live with !sabella when we used to have the odd times on holidays
Jenny Green
Lorraine Inwood yes, I remember you telling me and wasn't it a bus company or something like that, that McGlashan had Greymouth/Cobden area. Tis funny when you read about or see photos of your distant relations on the west coast history pages.
Lorraine Inwood
Is that the Herbert Mcglashan Bridge built in his memory
Brian McIntyre
Lorraine Inwood yes
Ann Hobden
We loved playing in this park when we were kids. Following along the bank of Sawyer's Creek, paddling in the shallows and swooping down the slide or swinging high on the swings.
Mr Smith,the gardener, was very friendly and didn't mind answering questions.
Brian McIntyre
My Grandmother took me there from about 1947
Les Holmes Germanicus
I'm glad I was able to save the Anzac Pine for the Centennial.
Brian McIntyre
This is Sawyers Creek that flows through Dixon Park and that bridge would be the High St Bridge
Marcia Webber
Yes, I remember our wedding photos taken there!
Brian McIntyre
Perrotti House at the bend where Tainui and High St meet
Anne McMillan Miller
Lots of stories in that park
Eddie Parsons
You could write a book about the going on in that park , some comical memories,ha ha
Lynne Parkin
Now now Eddie careful
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Nothing wrong with a walk in the park Down memory lane .. it was like getting on and off the bus .those Bam Bo Bushes
Sandra Cross
You and me both, Lynne!
Del Godfrey
Had some lovely wedding photos taken here by Stu Nimmo
Richard Butcher
I remember when I was in Dixon house one of the staff yelling out of the top story window at a couple of school children making out on the band rotunder in full view of the public to remove themselves from there.
Anne McMillan Miller
Richard Butcher
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Anne McMillan Miller no it wasnt
Jenny Leach
Oh dear that would have been a bit cheeky. Lol
Jill Smith
I remember the Grey Main summer picnics in the park. There were huge hanging branch trees which we sat under and enjoyed Snowfkake Icecream tubs. Many fun hours spent in that park between swims at the Municipal Pool with Snowy Rochford. Who remembers laying on their towels on those wooden seats?? You had to use the top seats so you could watch everyone lol.
Heather Newby
Jill Smith i remember the snowflake icecream tubs.. we used to have them at the coalminers picnics
Many happy times spent there
Sara Jones
What happened to the beautiful flower beds?
Jim Cate
Sara Jones Henry Brown must of retired
Bronwen Skates
What beautiful gardens back then .
Sandra Case
Awesome
Jayne Costelloe
Loved playing there ... i remember being scared of the depth of the concrete paddling pool, seemed real deep. Loved my togs too, material not lycra
Ally Davies
I loved going to Dixon Park when I was little!
Remember being stoked to find a dollar on the ground under the swings
Anne-Grant Vaughan
Spent many a happy hour playing on the swings slide & pool those were the days when kids had fun running around with out shoes stubbing toes rolling down the hill I don’t think the children of today have as much fun as we did they all want to be on their phones or IPads
Graeme Bonē
Lots of fun playing in the paddling pool and getting an allover sunburn
Maureen Tones
Graeme Bonē l remember the Grey Main School end of year picnics ,weak Raspberry drink & Jelly sponge ,hated it & still can’t eat it today ,
Graeme Bonē
Hi Maureen Tones those drinks I definitely remember, funny that I was thinking about how we used to order lunch weak Milo to and half a sav on white bread and salty mince pies just a few days ago
Cheryl King
So much fun spent at this park growing up, rolling down that hill to see if we could stop before landing in the creek… the swings, burning hot slide, etc… we were allowed to live in those days, before heading over to the Municipal Pool with Snowy the life saver to look after us.
Helen Fennell
I remember those days!
Gloria Pahl
Great memories as a young girl
Lyn Thompson
How many times have i run down that path been on that bridge and the outside of it ,good times back in the day late 40s50s ... boy getting long in the tooth
Sonia Smith
Well done
David Howe
Lovely colorful gardens.
Merle Brown
Our wedding photos were taken by that bridge in Feb 1961.
Priyani de Silva-Currie
Wedding photos on the rotunda!
Kylie Moore
Remember going here visiting my nana Jean smith ❤️who lived on high st
Lisa Switalla-Byers
Always loved walking through here from the pool too home
Jan Gerritsen-Molloy
us kids spent hours over the 70s and early 80s years playing there
Suzanne Tones Wolfe
Was this the park by where Nana lived, Beverley Hooper ? If so, loved playing there.
Beverley Hooper
Suzanne Tones Wolfe yes it was Suzanne. Looks lovely doesn't it
Suzanne Tones Wolfe
Beverley Hooper yes it does. Loved that park
Elaine Lawson Stone
They were always kept lovely too
Lorraine Inwood
Is that the herbert mc glashen
Jenny Green
Lorraine Inwood yes I think it is..Herbert McGlashan memorial bridge in Dixon park., (didn't Isabella McGlashan? commission it? She was the daughter of Neil & Adelaide Gray) am I right?
Lorraine Inwood
Jenny Green mum left me to live with !sabella when we used to have the odd times on holidays
Jenny Green
Lorraine Inwood yes, I remember you telling me and wasn't it a bus company or something like that, that McGlashan had Greymouth/Cobden area. Tis funny when you read about or see photos of your distant relations on the west coast history pages.
Lorraine Inwood
Is that the Herbert Mcglashan Bridge built in his memory
Brian McIntyre
Lorraine Inwood yes
Ann Hobden
We loved playing in this park when we were kids. Following along the bank of Sawyer's Creek, paddling in the shallows and swooping down the slide or swinging high on the swings.
Mr Smith,the gardener, was very friendly and didn't mind answering questions.
Brian McIntyre
My Grandmother took me there from about 1947
Les Holmes Germanicus
I'm glad I was able to save the Anzac Pine for the Centennial.
Brian McIntyre
This is Sawyers Creek that flows through Dixon Park and that bridge would be the High St Bridge
Marcia Webber
Yes, I remember our wedding photos taken there!
Brian McIntyre
Perrotti House at the bend where Tainui and High St meet
Anne McMillan Miller
Lots of stories in that park
Eddie Parsons
You could write a book about the going on in that park , some comical memories,ha ha
Lynne Parkin
Now now Eddie careful
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Nothing wrong with a walk in the park Down memory lane .. it was like getting on and off the bus .those Bam Bo Bushes
Sandra Cross
You and me both, Lynne!
Del Godfrey
Had some lovely wedding photos taken here by Stu Nimmo
Richard Butcher
I remember when I was in Dixon house one of the staff yelling out of the top story window at a couple of school children making out on the band rotunder in full view of the public to remove themselves from there.
Anne McMillan Miller
Richard Butcher
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Anne McMillan Miller no it wasnt
Jenny Leach
Oh dear that would have been a bit cheeky. Lol
Jill Smith
I remember the Grey Main summer picnics in the park. There were huge hanging branch trees which we sat under and enjoyed Snowfkake Icecream tubs. Many fun hours spent in that park between swims at the Municipal Pool with Snowy Rochford. Who remembers laying on their towels on those wooden seats?? You had to use the top seats so you could watch everyone lol.
Heather Newby
Jill Smith i remember the snowflake icecream tubs.. we used to have them at the coalminers picnics
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West Coast New Zealand History (3rd Aug 2023). Dixon Park *PHOTO ALBUM*. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 25th Apr 2026 07:44, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/27122