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Topsy Guenole, Bessie Sinclair, Pat Rankin, Aggie Brereton, Olive Milne, Cath Daly.Kumara.1960`s.
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Description Some lovely Kumara ladies in the late 1960s. Left to to right, Topsy Guenole, Bessie Sinclair, Pat Rankin, Aggie Brereton, Olive Milne, Cath Daly.Date of Photo1960`sMap[1] ContributorCatherine Cameron
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Location (city or town)KumaraPersonTopsy GuenoleBessie SinclairPat RankinAggie BreretonOlive Milne Cath DalyEventKumara Ladies
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Date Created20th October 2020CommentsApril Jarden
Nicole Rankin,Your Nana's in this.
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Catherine Cameron
April Jarden I am a daughter of Cath Daly. I have really fond memories of Pat and family. We lived across the road from them.
April Jarden
Lovely family.
Karen Peters
Great photo with heaps of memories of neighbours and friends of Mum
Karen Blanchfield
Fantastic! Both Topsy and Pat worked in our sister Marianne’s Hideaway Coffee Lounge. I’ll send the photo to her....... happy memories of two hardworking competent women who drove in from Kumara together.
Harold Lee
Wonder what the occasion was. Seems like they are dressed for a soecial occasion. Brings back good memories of younger days in Kumara.
Alan Kerr
99
Geoff Guenole
WOW!!!!! that sure brings back some memories.
Mark Keenan
RIP Pat, seems like a very long time ago.
Nova Hichens
Look at these beautiful Kumara ladies, I knew them all, we were the kids & they were the adults. We lived in a lovely community.
Bev Freitas
Nova Hichens True,
They were all lovely ladies.
Weren't we lucky growing up in Kumara.
Karen Kellaway
Great memories of those ladies when growing up in Kumara!
Maggie Boot
What a fabulous collection
Anne-Marie Dixon
Kay Mangan Mocky Brereton
Anne-Marie Dixon
Margaret Milne
Bernadette Hannah
Loved Pat Rankin . A beautiful lady .
Len Brereton
Thank you for sharing.
Margaret Cairney
Hamish Sinclair
Hamish Sinclair
Great photo and great days in Kumara. Have this photo at home. Ladies must be going to a show in Greymouth.. Brings back awesome memories..
Geoff Bone
Brian Rochelle Rankin
Tom Ryall
They were all lovely ladies
Christine Nijdam
Mum (Cath Daly) and her friends enjoyed having the occasional ladies night out. Lovely community minded women.
Rose Nolan
Have great memories of Pat . Pat was morning nursing supervisor early 80’s Grey Hospital
Annette Mead
Worked with Pat on night shift at Grey hospital lovely woman.
Rose Nolan
Annette. Remember your name as well. You were young chick then (we all were)
June Bland
I was just a little girl but can remember some of these ladies being friends with my mother Molly Burridge in Kumara.
Sandra Case
top ladies it was great place to live they used com into pub now an again
Lynley McInroe
Yes Pat was an awesome nurse
Jeannie Preddy
Did a few haircuts on most of these lovely women. Hard working and down to earth NZers!
Daphne Coombs
Jeannie Preddy just a few
Geoffrey Bell
Topsy Guenole was a friend of my mothers and Agnes Brereton was her cousin.
Chris Keenan
Pat Rankin was such an amazing Nana, great memories visiting kumara
Jayne Duncan
Chris Keenan she sure was Chris, and a amazing Mum. Think this photo was taken on a big jackpot housie night out.xxx
Chris Keenan
Jayne Duncan nana took me to housie a few times hahaha she had cards every where lol
Grant Ilton
New most of these ladies.
Lovely people.
Thanks for sharing.
Catherine Cameron
I remember your Dad taking us to the station in his taxi. Loved my childhood in Kumara.
Rochelle Rankin
Pat was a wonderful mother in law, such a kind soul she loved her housie and always won raffles. Probably because she bought so many tickets
Peter Armstrong
My Grandfather and Grandmother( Wilmot and Louisa Ruby Armstrong) had a good friend in Blackball whom we all called Auntie Rae and her surname was Rankin, any likely hood it's the same family?
Kevin Lalor
hi i knew of these ladies topsy gunole used to live acroos the road in greenstone road just down from the empire hotle
Mary Fenemor
Lynette French Your ( late) Mums Lovely Friends from Kumara .
Lynnette Beirne
Mary Fenemor and my mum’s friends too
We used to go to kumara visiting when I was little to catch up with the friends they made when they lived there and were neighbours of Elsie and Jack
Mary Fenemor
Lynnette Beirne Our, ( late ) Aunty Vida O'Neill, would of been, Good Friends with these Ladies to. She was a Neighbour to , Topsy Guenole, ...who, was Our Aunty Margaret G. Best Friend Those were The Days .
Lynnette Beirne
Mary Fenemor they were all Amazing ladies for sure
Geoffrey Bell
Aggie Brereton, my mother's 1st cousin, and Topsy Guenole a friend of my mother.
Peter Moore
All lovely ladies who we respected as kids in my old home town
Nova Hichens
Knew all these lovely ladies, Bessie had the local store,everyone knew each other in Kumara & all helped out at times of need. Catholic kids didn’t like Protestant kids, & vice versa. We all grew up well.
Lynette French
The good days with lovely ladies
Margaret Milne
Olive Milne. My mother-in-law. Loved her to bits. Miss her so much. I remember all these beautiful ladies.
RIP Lovely Ladies.
Noeline Pinn
Lots of familiar faces of old friends.
Marie Bone
Familiar faces
Trish Rennie
Pat Rankin was a fabulous nurse….have very fond memories of her
12h
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Karen Stevens
Trish Rennie me too.
Bev Freitas
Nova Hichens
We knew all these lovely ladies,x
Nova Hichens
Bev Freitas they were the nicest women, we all knew them & they us. Bessie Sinclair was very good to her customers.Kumara was such a great place growing up & the places we went & investigated as there was so much to do.I would love to go back to those days.
Maire Morrison
My mother in law, Aggie Brereton. How lovely to see this pic, thanks for sharing.
Karen Blanchfield
Both Topsy and Pat drove in from Kumara to work at my sister’s coffee lounge, the Hideaway, in Albert St, 1960s. Really solid workers, lovely women.
Peter Moore
Grew up in kumara and always respected these lovely ladies.And from time to time catch up with family members.A great place and time to grow up.
Lucy Lorraine Lucking
I grew up down the Kumara straight, I knew all of these ladies, they were all good friends. I used to do alot of shopping for mum, around the Kumara shops. Great memories of the good old days. Lucy L Fahey
Tarsha Finlay
Olive was my nana
Ian Buchanan
Or a nuttal
Rochelle McGown
Pat Rankin was my mother in law. A wonderful lady
Mary Fenemor
Lynette French U would Remember, all these , Lovely Ladies from Kumara, the O'Neill Girls , would to
Trish Rennie
I remember Pat Rankin being an awesome nurse at Greymouth Hospital…?
Noeline Pinn
Topsy and Aggie, both formerly neighbours in Kotuku. Knew them both before they married.
Karen Thomson
Cath Daly was a great friend of my mother's Rose Thomson nee Ward.
Jeannie Preddy
Lovely ladies all!
Chris Keenan
Nana pat ❤️
Lesley Parker Butland
My goodness there’s a lot of familiar surnames here
Richard Case
they were tops
Nicole Rankin,Your Nana's in this.
· Reply · 1h
Catherine Cameron
April Jarden I am a daughter of Cath Daly. I have really fond memories of Pat and family. We lived across the road from them.
April Jarden
Lovely family.
Karen Peters
Great photo with heaps of memories of neighbours and friends of Mum
Karen Blanchfield
Fantastic! Both Topsy and Pat worked in our sister Marianne’s Hideaway Coffee Lounge. I’ll send the photo to her....... happy memories of two hardworking competent women who drove in from Kumara together.
Harold Lee
Wonder what the occasion was. Seems like they are dressed for a soecial occasion. Brings back good memories of younger days in Kumara.
Alan Kerr
99
Geoff Guenole
WOW!!!!! that sure brings back some memories.
Mark Keenan
RIP Pat, seems like a very long time ago.
Nova Hichens
Look at these beautiful Kumara ladies, I knew them all, we were the kids & they were the adults. We lived in a lovely community.
Bev Freitas
Nova Hichens True,
They were all lovely ladies.
Weren't we lucky growing up in Kumara.
Karen Kellaway
Great memories of those ladies when growing up in Kumara!
Maggie Boot
What a fabulous collection
Anne-Marie Dixon
Kay Mangan Mocky Brereton
Anne-Marie Dixon
Margaret Milne
Bernadette Hannah
Loved Pat Rankin . A beautiful lady .
Len Brereton
Thank you for sharing.
Margaret Cairney
Hamish Sinclair
Hamish Sinclair
Great photo and great days in Kumara. Have this photo at home. Ladies must be going to a show in Greymouth.. Brings back awesome memories..
Geoff Bone
Brian Rochelle Rankin
Tom Ryall
They were all lovely ladies
Christine Nijdam
Mum (Cath Daly) and her friends enjoyed having the occasional ladies night out. Lovely community minded women.
Rose Nolan
Have great memories of Pat . Pat was morning nursing supervisor early 80’s Grey Hospital
Annette Mead
Worked with Pat on night shift at Grey hospital lovely woman.
Rose Nolan
Annette. Remember your name as well. You were young chick then (we all were)
June Bland
I was just a little girl but can remember some of these ladies being friends with my mother Molly Burridge in Kumara.
Sandra Case
top ladies it was great place to live they used com into pub now an again
Lynley McInroe
Yes Pat was an awesome nurse
Jeannie Preddy
Did a few haircuts on most of these lovely women. Hard working and down to earth NZers!
Daphne Coombs
Jeannie Preddy just a few
Geoffrey Bell
Topsy Guenole was a friend of my mothers and Agnes Brereton was her cousin.
Chris Keenan
Pat Rankin was such an amazing Nana, great memories visiting kumara
Jayne Duncan
Chris Keenan she sure was Chris, and a amazing Mum. Think this photo was taken on a big jackpot housie night out.xxx
Chris Keenan
Jayne Duncan nana took me to housie a few times hahaha she had cards every where lol
Grant Ilton
New most of these ladies.
Lovely people.
Thanks for sharing.
Catherine Cameron
I remember your Dad taking us to the station in his taxi. Loved my childhood in Kumara.
Rochelle Rankin
Pat was a wonderful mother in law, such a kind soul she loved her housie and always won raffles. Probably because she bought so many tickets
Peter Armstrong
My Grandfather and Grandmother( Wilmot and Louisa Ruby Armstrong) had a good friend in Blackball whom we all called Auntie Rae and her surname was Rankin, any likely hood it's the same family?
Kevin Lalor
hi i knew of these ladies topsy gunole used to live acroos the road in greenstone road just down from the empire hotle
Mary Fenemor
Lynette French Your ( late) Mums Lovely Friends from Kumara .
Lynnette Beirne
Mary Fenemor and my mum’s friends too
We used to go to kumara visiting when I was little to catch up with the friends they made when they lived there and were neighbours of Elsie and Jack
Mary Fenemor
Lynnette Beirne Our, ( late ) Aunty Vida O'Neill, would of been, Good Friends with these Ladies to. She was a Neighbour to , Topsy Guenole, ...who, was Our Aunty Margaret G. Best Friend Those were The Days .
Lynnette Beirne
Mary Fenemor they were all Amazing ladies for sure
Geoffrey Bell
Aggie Brereton, my mother's 1st cousin, and Topsy Guenole a friend of my mother.
Peter Moore
All lovely ladies who we respected as kids in my old home town
Nova Hichens
Knew all these lovely ladies, Bessie had the local store,everyone knew each other in Kumara & all helped out at times of need. Catholic kids didn’t like Protestant kids, & vice versa. We all grew up well.
Lynette French
The good days with lovely ladies
Margaret Milne
Olive Milne. My mother-in-law. Loved her to bits. Miss her so much. I remember all these beautiful ladies.
RIP Lovely Ladies.
Noeline Pinn
Lots of familiar faces of old friends.
Marie Bone
Familiar faces
Trish Rennie
Pat Rankin was a fabulous nurse….have very fond memories of her
12h
Reply
Karen Stevens
Trish Rennie me too.
Bev Freitas
Nova Hichens
We knew all these lovely ladies,x
Nova Hichens
Bev Freitas they were the nicest women, we all knew them & they us. Bessie Sinclair was very good to her customers.Kumara was such a great place growing up & the places we went & investigated as there was so much to do.I would love to go back to those days.
Maire Morrison
My mother in law, Aggie Brereton. How lovely to see this pic, thanks for sharing.
Karen Blanchfield
Both Topsy and Pat drove in from Kumara to work at my sister’s coffee lounge, the Hideaway, in Albert St, 1960s. Really solid workers, lovely women.
Peter Moore
Grew up in kumara and always respected these lovely ladies.And from time to time catch up with family members.A great place and time to grow up.
Lucy Lorraine Lucking
I grew up down the Kumara straight, I knew all of these ladies, they were all good friends. I used to do alot of shopping for mum, around the Kumara shops. Great memories of the good old days. Lucy L Fahey
Tarsha Finlay
Olive was my nana
Ian Buchanan
Or a nuttal
Rochelle McGown
Pat Rankin was my mother in law. A wonderful lady
Mary Fenemor
Lynette French U would Remember, all these , Lovely Ladies from Kumara, the O'Neill Girls , would to
Trish Rennie
I remember Pat Rankin being an awesome nurse at Greymouth Hospital…?
Noeline Pinn
Topsy and Aggie, both formerly neighbours in Kotuku. Knew them both before they married.
Karen Thomson
Cath Daly was a great friend of my mother's Rose Thomson nee Ward.
Jeannie Preddy
Lovely ladies all!
Chris Keenan
Nana pat ❤️
Lesley Parker Butland
My goodness there’s a lot of familiar surnames here
Richard Case
they were tops
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West Coast New Zealand History (11th Jul 2025). Topsy Guenole, Bessie Sinclair, Pat Rankin, Aggie Brereton, Olive Milne, Cath Daly.Kumara.1960`s.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 13th Apr 2026 00:43, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/28585