Greymouth aerial 1960, including Gas Works, Police Station and Victoria Park

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DescriptionGreymouth aerial 1960 including gas works, police station and Victoria Park

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PhotographerWhites AviationDate of Photo1960Map^[1]

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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Greymouth police stationGreymouth gas worksVictoria ParkBlaketown bridgeEventGreymouth aerial 1960 including gas works, police station and Victoria Park

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Date Created14th October 2020CommentsMonica Harvey
Sad but Victoria park doesn't look like that now

Carrol Hunter
So neat & tidy and an Asset to Greymouth then Not so much now ?

Richard Byrne
I can see our little house 11 William street

Barbara Fitzsimmons
It's been a bloody eye sore .for so long .loved my childhood days .The Fair the Races .shame .

Robin Gibbens
Remember going to the fair and watching my first live rock band playing, start of my love of rock music . Sad to see what has become of it

Gavin Aldridge
I can remember going to the gas works with Glen Campbell to see his dad (Jim Campbell) making the coking coal.

Pete Muir
I remember going to the gas works on a school trip

Brian McIntyre
And to get pitch for our canoes

Naomi Riley
Messenger Park is nonexistent as the lagoon is stretching far and wide! And heaps of houses on Preston Road. Very few there now

Lyn Whittle
Dad worked at the gas works

Glen Campbell
I can still smell the gas works every time I talk about it
My dad worked there there for a number of years

Sandra Arnott
Those were the days,it’s such a shame it’s come to this!

Bill Garth
Greymouth was prospourse in those days. Everyone had a job.Trish Rennie
Wish Victoria Park looked like that today
Bronwen Skates
no chance Trish , thankgoodness it has a high fence round to hide the disgusting state of it now as an absolute eyesore and waste

June Griggs
Great shot of the old Blaketown bridges and lagons. Brings back lots of memories.

Dan Mckinley
Shows the tiny strip of land that Blsketown sits on

Pauline Naylor
Great photo.

Alan Pegley
Anyone know when the gasworks closed?

Tony Warner
Who’s supposed to be keeping Victoria Park tidy

Tony Warner
Wayne Verry no one is responsible

Victor Smithers
Tony Warner its a big waste land now Tony you'd be astounded if you saw it now ....

Tony Warner
Victor Smithers why did it get in such a state
Mary Fenemor
Tony Warner Good Question !!

Trish Rennie
The lease was not renewed from MAWHERA Inc....is now their responsibility Tony Warner

Cedric Trounson
you will notice the railway line for the port to transport rock for the construction of the south Breakwater

Steve Batey
That brings back some memories, my grandfather Bags Byrne worked at the Gas Works, you can see the big round storage tanks bottom left and the building next door, they used to live at 13 Preston Road which is visible to the right of the grandstand (over the small lagoon) they were about the middle of those 8 or 10 houses - they used to get flooded quite badly - the carpets were only tacked down in doorways and the corners, and when a flood was on the way, we would rush down and pack everything, carpets and everything 2 beer crates high - once this was not enough and the whole lot was stuffed - soon after they moved out. he also shaped at the racetrack as well.

Sandra Arnott
Bloody sad about situation,not good for anyone!

Vince Nolan
I worked at the greymouth police station 1964 and 65. Lots of memories.

Brian Payne
Would love to see a long track speedway meeting on that trotting track

Iri Sinclair
Beautiful Maori land we have. Mawhera te whenua Ko TUHURU TE TANGATA!

Tony Warner
Seems to have got the locals upset whatever has happened

Anne Miller Mcmillan
lovely back then. we have lost so much

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Greymouth aerial 1960, including Gas Works, Police Station and Victoria Park

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