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Railway Hotel, Ngahere, 1974.
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DescriptionBuilt Ca 1900 by J. Nayall on the same site as John W Ross Union Hotel.Date of Photo1974Map[1] ContributorTony Kokshoorn
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Location (city or town)NgahereOrganisation (eg business)Railway Hotel, Ngahere
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Date Created29th May 2020CommentsBruce Lightfoot - Is that on the corner of the road down to the rail station?
Rhonda Glasson - So remember being in there when we were kids at red jacks and our parents would drink there.
Julianna Del - Used to catch the bus there, to grey high.
Gary Watts - Guess that old Kiwi Pub could tell quite a few interesting stories, Tony.
Allyson Kennedy - My grandparents owned it in late 50's
Linda Jane Fernandez - Grey High school bus come right to our front door!
Eddie Parsons - Used to have great pies in the mid 60's.
Matt Taylor - Eddie Parsons no surprises you know where the good pies are.
James Codyre - Eddie and Anne Brown ran it when I boarded there in mid 60's.I had a hut out the back.
Tom Egan - The old mans favorite stop stop on the way home from town.
JohnandKathleen Ranger - Used to go there with my dad he wud buy me a raspberry drink. Harry Foster.
Alan Sheehan Our parents ran it in the early 60’s
Billy Campbell - Changing buses, on the school run.
John Campbell - Billy Campbell. John Ross was our Great Grandfather.
Warner Nut Curry - That's a beauty thanks Tony.
Colin Pattinson - Used to be a pub down on the other corner by the old Blackball turn off and the road to rail station.
Tony Kokshoorn - We changed there before going up the hill to beat Ngahere at Rugby League.
Phyllis Aberhart - It looked so sad then.
Margaret Standen - My Grandmother used to have a hotel Ii Ngahere in the early 1930s, think it was this one. Margaret (Peg) Weir.
Robin Spillane = George Weir was a friend of ours when we lived in Redjacks. I remember his mothers 80th birthday party and she stayed up till after 3am. We were all wanting to go home to bed but she was still wanting to party. Rose was her name.
Doug Griffin - Used to catch the Forestry truck outside.
Andrew Crook - My mum broke a window there once. She told me the story this morning.
Jenny Marshall - This hotel was owned by Mary Ann Thornton in the late 1900's until possibly the 1920s. I had posted photos of the hotel and people. Mrs Thornton was a widow and most of the lodgers were working in the Bush or mining. it was from this hotel her daughter Margaret Marshall got her driver's license and drove Dr Telford around the Grey valley area during the Spanish flu.Barry Ward Use to be a coast thing waiting in the car, with raspberry and smiths potatoe chips
Barry Ward I think it was called the top pub an the other one the bottom pub
Viv Sheehan Also reconized as the turn around and stop for buses
Colin Pattinson And to Tony Kokshorn it must have been when Ngahere beat Marist
Colin Pattinson The Grey valley always beat Marist the only good thing about Marist up there was Father Bill Middleton
Tony Kokshoorn The only time they won against us was when the Bull rushes were so high we could not see them. Great times. Great Memories and great after match drinks.
James Codyre Ginger Kennedy told his Marist team to"kill the pagan bastards" Father Bill Middleton yelled from the sideline."Hey Carrot Top.There are more Doolies in the Ngahere team."
Mike Minehan That quote reminds me of my strict upbringing in the 50s in Cobden, one side of the family Doolans, the others Anglican, "never the twain shall meet". Asked a nun at school when aged 6 whether our Proddy cousins would get to heaven too, and she very diplomatically replied, "only if they are very good girls" ;) See you all there then! The bad old days in that respect, great that we have all moved on.
Shona Margaret Dixon Lived across the road from this pub great memoriesNeville Sheehan jack and june sheehan were the last ones in the pub if i remember right
Rhonda Glasson - So remember being in there when we were kids at red jacks and our parents would drink there.
Julianna Del - Used to catch the bus there, to grey high.
Gary Watts - Guess that old Kiwi Pub could tell quite a few interesting stories, Tony.
Allyson Kennedy - My grandparents owned it in late 50's
Linda Jane Fernandez - Grey High school bus come right to our front door!
Eddie Parsons - Used to have great pies in the mid 60's.
Matt Taylor - Eddie Parsons no surprises you know where the good pies are.
James Codyre - Eddie and Anne Brown ran it when I boarded there in mid 60's.I had a hut out the back.
Tom Egan - The old mans favorite stop stop on the way home from town.
JohnandKathleen Ranger - Used to go there with my dad he wud buy me a raspberry drink. Harry Foster.
Alan Sheehan Our parents ran it in the early 60’s
Billy Campbell - Changing buses, on the school run.
John Campbell - Billy Campbell. John Ross was our Great Grandfather.
Warner Nut Curry - That's a beauty thanks Tony.
Colin Pattinson - Used to be a pub down on the other corner by the old Blackball turn off and the road to rail station.
Tony Kokshoorn - We changed there before going up the hill to beat Ngahere at Rugby League.
Phyllis Aberhart - It looked so sad then.
Margaret Standen - My Grandmother used to have a hotel Ii Ngahere in the early 1930s, think it was this one. Margaret (Peg) Weir.
Robin Spillane = George Weir was a friend of ours when we lived in Redjacks. I remember his mothers 80th birthday party and she stayed up till after 3am. We were all wanting to go home to bed but she was still wanting to party. Rose was her name.
Doug Griffin - Used to catch the Forestry truck outside.
Andrew Crook - My mum broke a window there once. She told me the story this morning.
Jenny Marshall - This hotel was owned by Mary Ann Thornton in the late 1900's until possibly the 1920s. I had posted photos of the hotel and people. Mrs Thornton was a widow and most of the lodgers were working in the Bush or mining. it was from this hotel her daughter Margaret Marshall got her driver's license and drove Dr Telford around the Grey valley area during the Spanish flu.Barry Ward Use to be a coast thing waiting in the car, with raspberry and smiths potatoe chips
Barry Ward I think it was called the top pub an the other one the bottom pub
Viv Sheehan Also reconized as the turn around and stop for buses
Colin Pattinson And to Tony Kokshorn it must have been when Ngahere beat Marist
Colin Pattinson The Grey valley always beat Marist the only good thing about Marist up there was Father Bill Middleton
Tony Kokshoorn The only time they won against us was when the Bull rushes were so high we could not see them. Great times. Great Memories and great after match drinks.
James Codyre Ginger Kennedy told his Marist team to"kill the pagan bastards" Father Bill Middleton yelled from the sideline."Hey Carrot Top.There are more Doolies in the Ngahere team."
Mike Minehan That quote reminds me of my strict upbringing in the 50s in Cobden, one side of the family Doolans, the others Anglican, "never the twain shall meet". Asked a nun at school when aged 6 whether our Proddy cousins would get to heaven too, and she very diplomatically replied, "only if they are very good girls" ;) See you all there then! The bad old days in that respect, great that we have all moved on.
Shona Margaret Dixon Lived across the road from this pub great memoriesNeville Sheehan jack and june sheehan were the last ones in the pub if i remember right
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