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AddBy: Margaret O'Reilly25th Mar 2024 9:24PMAs a child I was given the task of writing out many Christmas cards for relatives on the West Coast. I will always remember sending a card to the Blanchfields at their bakery.
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Blanchfield`s Bakery, with Hugh and Josie.Greymouth.1989.
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DescriptionTwo Blanchfields, Hugh and Josie, the brother and sister of our Dad, Paddy. Both very skilled bakers too, as well as being beautiful people. This was about 1989.PhotographerKaren BlanchfieldDate of Photo1989Map[1] ContributorKaren Blanchfield
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Location (city or town)GreymouthPersonHugh BlanchfieldJosie BlanchfieldOrganisation (eg business)Blanchfield`s Bakery
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Date Created12th July 2020CommentsMel Higson
Awesome‼️ Love their pies & filled rolls
Pauline Walsh
My mother Nellie Walsh worked there
Anne Miller Mcmillan
Pauline Walsh i worked there in 1965 .
Pauline Walsh
Anne Miller Mcmillan I don't know wt year mum was there but I was still at high school Anne
Marilyn Hill
Anne Miller Mcmillan so did i 1965
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Great coasters .great pies .always call in
Neil Wick
Owens Pasties the go to breakfast !!
Mark Hopkins
Neil Wick oh yes they were the best.
Neil Wick
Mark Hopkins still are, Blanchies make them yo the old recipe, have one at least twice a week.
Mark Hopkins
Best cream donuts anywhere
]Liz Aratema
Good coffee too
Jo E Nicol
Best ginger biscuits in the world
Theresa Gibson
Apple turnovers, just have to have a second one.....
Catherine Moffitt Rowlands
Great wholesome food.
Glenda Bishop
Dressed pies. Yum!!
Mike Roberts
Love their filled rolls....and still the best Donuts IMO
· Reply · 11h
Dot Stewart
My Mum worked there in the late 1940's She was Kathleen Hunt later Stewart
Trevor Wylde
Love going there the occasional times I come down from the Naki
Lynnette Beirne
We were complemented on our ciabatta we use today and I told them it was locally sourced from Blanchfields
Mike Orari McManus
Brian.. I met a delightful Mr Hughie Blanchfield who retired to Richmond.. Nelson some 30 years ago.
Im sure if my memory is right.. Hughie told me he was from the Coast and then had a Bakery in Motueka or Takaka and was Paddy's brother.
Does that rin… See More
Bill Garth
Yes Paddy had 2 brothers Hughie and Jack . Jack's son was John from Blanchys fame on TV with David McPhail.
Mike Orari McManus
Bill Garth Thanks Bill.
Brian Gus Heveldt
Bill Garth Bill Garth What you don’t know ain’t worth knowing
Jim Conaghan
Dot Stewart. I remember your mother very well. A lovely lady.
Rachel Olliver
They make the best pies
Pauline Matene
Dot Stewart, I remember you, your parents and mine were great friends, Kath and Albie, your dad and mine worked on the Railways together
Jimmy Jingles In the sixties Mum and Dad owned the Santa Fe Milk Bar..would go to the bakery with Dad early morning and pick up the pies for the shop..images of mixing machines, ovens and rows and rows of raw pastry pies being hand filled with squeeze tubes of mince then covered with a giant slab pastry top, before being individually cut and shovelled into the baking ovens by a man with a white apron and a long wood handled tray...
Neil Wick Was the pick up place for the forestry truck, were able to get our smokes and smoko before we left.
Geoffrey King Picture must have been taken on a Sunday the shelves / cupboards are bare
Lois Iacoppi Remember it well
Pauline Burrows Loved Blanchfields Bakery..it was the best.
My Twin Sisters frequently visit this Bskery to this day.
Quality Food to the Max..
Sheena Russell Best chocolate eclairs -lovely staff one of my fav hangouts
Jock Allen Paddy was a good racecaller in his day you always knew where Paddys horse was it was the only one he mentioned in the race HA HA HA I think that the horse was named Statley Lady?? L O L
Karen Blanchfield Jock Allen you’re right there! We fondly remember our bedtime stories whenever he was home.... Dad always saved the day! He was a hero to us.
Kim Blanchfield
Got to b the best Blanchfield Baker Aunty Josie
Annie Annie
best pies
Kathy Duthie
best pasties
Shona Duthie
They are the best bakery ever
Irene Joyce Cassidy
was that the same blanchfield that had one in takaka too
Anne Miller Mcmillan
worked there in 1965 for Frank.
Marilyn Hill
Nice to look back
Denise Eckersley
Can see the family resemblance brings back memories
Lynne McBride
I went to school with Paddy's daughter at greymth. Love photo
Sue Scott
would they be brother and sister to our great grandmother who was Margaret Kennedy nee Blanchfield. Pete Hines ?
Mary Margaret Wills
Remember Blanchfields in 1940/50's.
Murray Saunders
That’s a nice pic
Kevin Lynch
Murray Saunders best dressed pie you could get
Murray Saunders
Ohhh I loved them Kev
Kevin Lynch
Murray Saunders same and still try to get one if I'm ever in greymouth
Murray Saunders
I have found a very good baker here in Melbourne.
You actually put on weight walking into his shop
https://www.houseofbreadandpastries.com.au/
Murray Saunders
Next year mate
Labour weekend Street races
Bring it......
Darryl Eason
Mrs Eadie made the best piklets , she was the best neighbor you could ever wish for
Maree Nolan
How lovely to see a photo of Paddy I did not know Josie.. went to school with a lot of the Blanchfield children ..love to you all great family xx
Dot Stewart
My mum Kathleen Stewart nee Hunt worked at Blanchfields in the 1940's. I was in the same class as Douglas at St Patrick's
No photo description available.
Bob Laing
Fantastic bakery
Jim McDougall
Got sent there for a long weight(wait),
Diana Ackland
I remember going there
Lorraine Anderson
I recall … brings back lovely memories
Robyn A Rusholme
Beautiful man. Thank you Hughie for your love and support. Nelson 1986. Always remembered by many.
Elaine Matthews
Can't wait to go there next year.
Vicki Jolly
Elaine Matthews
Cool we look forward to seeing you.
Stephen Thorn
Andrea Thorn Great photo of Nana
Janet Webster
Stephen Thorn it was her last Christmas with us!
Sheree Horton
Love your dressed pies
Jan Page
Love the photo ,brings back great memories of Takaka x
Susan Ann James
Wow brings bk memories I cnt cum to greymouth now and nt go to blanchfields for their sausage rolls it would a dreadful sin , best bakery in NZ always was always will b to me
Vaughan Smith
Legends
Bill Day
Hughie and Tess were special people to our family. Hugh was a professional wrestler in his younger days. His Takaka bakery was one of the first bakery’s taken over by the Goodman brothers of Motueka on the way to their multi million $ company. Hughie worked at their Stoke bakery. He made the best sponge cakes ever. Fond memories.
Anne Kelly
Best apple pies ever!Joan West
We loved their Cornish Pasties no one else made them as good as Blanchfields.
Leanne Irvine
Was a neighbour of ours in Richmond for many years, my boys loved him & Tess, happy memories.
Pauline Schafer
Lovely memories for your family Karen.
SonJa Doherty Findlater
Best chicken an camembert pie in the world
James Hobbs
Good old days
Debz Muston
There pies were amazing
Wayne Thornton
We often stopped there when we were in Greymouth Blanchies a real icon
Brian Beban
Well, you've made my day with a photo of Josie Eadie, the most gracious and kindly person I've had the privilege of meeting. Many a summer day at the Eadie swimming pool. I remember at age approx. 7 being told by Josie if I didn't teach myself to swim in a week, I couldn't come back. Quickest self taught swimmer ever. Jack drove a Bentley and Josie rode a bike. A wonderful person.
Braydon Priest
I remember visiting Kathleen Ranger there.
Brent David
Cream & jam filled do-nuts…
Heather Newby
Brent David my fav was cream buns.
Lisa Grant
Jim Conaghan what years did you do your apprenticeship there?
Awesome‼️ Love their pies & filled rolls
Pauline Walsh
My mother Nellie Walsh worked there
Anne Miller Mcmillan
Pauline Walsh i worked there in 1965 .
Pauline Walsh
Anne Miller Mcmillan I don't know wt year mum was there but I was still at high school Anne
Marilyn Hill
Anne Miller Mcmillan so did i 1965
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Great coasters .great pies .always call in
Neil Wick
Owens Pasties the go to breakfast !!
Mark Hopkins
Neil Wick oh yes they were the best.
Neil Wick
Mark Hopkins still are, Blanchies make them yo the old recipe, have one at least twice a week.
Mark Hopkins
Best cream donuts anywhere
]Liz Aratema
Good coffee too
Jo E Nicol
Best ginger biscuits in the world
Theresa Gibson
Apple turnovers, just have to have a second one.....
Catherine Moffitt Rowlands
Great wholesome food.
Glenda Bishop
Dressed pies. Yum!!
Mike Roberts
Love their filled rolls....and still the best Donuts IMO
· Reply · 11h
Dot Stewart
My Mum worked there in the late 1940's She was Kathleen Hunt later Stewart
Trevor Wylde
Love going there the occasional times I come down from the Naki
Lynnette Beirne
We were complemented on our ciabatta we use today and I told them it was locally sourced from Blanchfields
Mike Orari McManus
Brian.. I met a delightful Mr Hughie Blanchfield who retired to Richmond.. Nelson some 30 years ago.
Im sure if my memory is right.. Hughie told me he was from the Coast and then had a Bakery in Motueka or Takaka and was Paddy's brother.
Does that rin… See More
Bill Garth
Yes Paddy had 2 brothers Hughie and Jack . Jack's son was John from Blanchys fame on TV with David McPhail.
Mike Orari McManus
Bill Garth Thanks Bill.
Brian Gus Heveldt
Bill Garth Bill Garth What you don’t know ain’t worth knowing
Jim Conaghan
Dot Stewart. I remember your mother very well. A lovely lady.
Rachel Olliver
They make the best pies
Pauline Matene
Dot Stewart, I remember you, your parents and mine were great friends, Kath and Albie, your dad and mine worked on the Railways together
Jimmy Jingles In the sixties Mum and Dad owned the Santa Fe Milk Bar..would go to the bakery with Dad early morning and pick up the pies for the shop..images of mixing machines, ovens and rows and rows of raw pastry pies being hand filled with squeeze tubes of mince then covered with a giant slab pastry top, before being individually cut and shovelled into the baking ovens by a man with a white apron and a long wood handled tray...
Neil Wick Was the pick up place for the forestry truck, were able to get our smokes and smoko before we left.
Geoffrey King Picture must have been taken on a Sunday the shelves / cupboards are bare
Lois Iacoppi Remember it well
Pauline Burrows Loved Blanchfields Bakery..it was the best.
My Twin Sisters frequently visit this Bskery to this day.
Quality Food to the Max..
Sheena Russell Best chocolate eclairs -lovely staff one of my fav hangouts
Jock Allen Paddy was a good racecaller in his day you always knew where Paddys horse was it was the only one he mentioned in the race HA HA HA I think that the horse was named Statley Lady?? L O L
Karen Blanchfield Jock Allen you’re right there! We fondly remember our bedtime stories whenever he was home.... Dad always saved the day! He was a hero to us.
Kim Blanchfield
Got to b the best Blanchfield Baker Aunty Josie
Annie Annie
best pies
Kathy Duthie
best pasties
Shona Duthie
They are the best bakery ever
Irene Joyce Cassidy
was that the same blanchfield that had one in takaka too
Anne Miller Mcmillan
worked there in 1965 for Frank.
Marilyn Hill
Nice to look back
Denise Eckersley
Can see the family resemblance brings back memories
Lynne McBride
I went to school with Paddy's daughter at greymth. Love photo
Sue Scott
would they be brother and sister to our great grandmother who was Margaret Kennedy nee Blanchfield. Pete Hines ?
Mary Margaret Wills
Remember Blanchfields in 1940/50's.
Murray Saunders
That’s a nice pic
Kevin Lynch
Murray Saunders best dressed pie you could get
Murray Saunders
Ohhh I loved them Kev
Kevin Lynch
Murray Saunders same and still try to get one if I'm ever in greymouth
Murray Saunders
I have found a very good baker here in Melbourne.
You actually put on weight walking into his shop
https://www.houseofbreadandpastries.com.au/
Murray Saunders
Next year mate
Labour weekend Street races
Bring it......
Darryl Eason
Mrs Eadie made the best piklets , she was the best neighbor you could ever wish for
Maree Nolan
How lovely to see a photo of Paddy I did not know Josie.. went to school with a lot of the Blanchfield children ..love to you all great family xx
Dot Stewart
My mum Kathleen Stewart nee Hunt worked at Blanchfields in the 1940's. I was in the same class as Douglas at St Patrick's
No photo description available.
Bob Laing
Fantastic bakery
Jim McDougall
Got sent there for a long weight(wait),
Diana Ackland
I remember going there
Lorraine Anderson
I recall … brings back lovely memories
Robyn A Rusholme
Beautiful man. Thank you Hughie for your love and support. Nelson 1986. Always remembered by many.
Elaine Matthews
Can't wait to go there next year.
Vicki Jolly
Elaine Matthews
Cool we look forward to seeing you.
Stephen Thorn
Andrea Thorn Great photo of Nana
Janet Webster
Stephen Thorn it was her last Christmas with us!
Sheree Horton
Love your dressed pies
Jan Page
Love the photo ,brings back great memories of Takaka x
Susan Ann James
Wow brings bk memories I cnt cum to greymouth now and nt go to blanchfields for their sausage rolls it would a dreadful sin , best bakery in NZ always was always will b to me
Vaughan Smith
Legends
Bill Day
Hughie and Tess were special people to our family. Hugh was a professional wrestler in his younger days. His Takaka bakery was one of the first bakery’s taken over by the Goodman brothers of Motueka on the way to their multi million $ company. Hughie worked at their Stoke bakery. He made the best sponge cakes ever. Fond memories.
Anne Kelly
Best apple pies ever!Joan West
We loved their Cornish Pasties no one else made them as good as Blanchfields.
Leanne Irvine
Was a neighbour of ours in Richmond for many years, my boys loved him & Tess, happy memories.
Pauline Schafer
Lovely memories for your family Karen.
SonJa Doherty Findlater
Best chicken an camembert pie in the world
James Hobbs
Good old days
Debz Muston
There pies were amazing
Wayne Thornton
We often stopped there when we were in Greymouth Blanchies a real icon
Brian Beban
Well, you've made my day with a photo of Josie Eadie, the most gracious and kindly person I've had the privilege of meeting. Many a summer day at the Eadie swimming pool. I remember at age approx. 7 being told by Josie if I didn't teach myself to swim in a week, I couldn't come back. Quickest self taught swimmer ever. Jack drove a Bentley and Josie rode a bike. A wonderful person.
Braydon Priest
I remember visiting Kathleen Ranger there.
Brent David
Cream & jam filled do-nuts…
Heather Newby
Brent David my fav was cream buns.
Lisa Grant
Jim Conaghan what years did you do your apprenticeship there?
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