Aerial-elevated view of Greymouth and Grey River, 1960s

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DescriptionAerial-elevated view of Greymouth and Grey River, 1960sDate of PhotoBetween 1st January 1960 and 31st December 1969Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Greymouth post officeSt Patrick's ChurchSt James TheatreRegent Theatre, GreymouthEventAerial-elevated view of Greymouth and Grey River

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CommentsDiana Goodall
Awesome photo. Fred (Goodall) loves seeing all these photos of his old home town. He lived there 1938 to

Brian McIntyre
Diana Goodall and where is Freddy now

Diana Goodall
Hi, Fred is now 82 has been living in Wellington since 1987, after 22 years in ChCh. West Coast will always be home though. Was he called Freddy as a lad & at school down there?

Robert Mathewson
Love that coal smoke.

Michelle Urban
Is the area at the bottom of Cobden all reclaimed land?

James Newby
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Michelle Urban over the years the second wave trap has filled in with gravel,on the right swell you can get great surfable waves in there.

James Newby
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Here’s a photo of Steve Newby surfing in the second wave trap back in the seventies
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Aaron Cook
Why's the river so blue?

Sally Mehrtens
Aaron Cook our river is usually blue it’s amazing

Vaughan Smith
Aaron Cook because it's sunny blue skies

Garick Mcdonald
Aaron Cook no shit flowing through it probably

Linda Howard
Thriving?

Jeffrey Peacock
hey ya tony....you wouldnt happen to have any photos of the old hokitika band mills at 3 mile.....

Jeffrey Peacock
thank you.....be for the kids to see and know where i lost my left wing

Marty Byrne
Great photo Tony

Che Norris
Why didn't greymouth look like that these days?!. Are we going forwards not backwards? Lol...

Greg King
Stunning photo of my birthplace. Is that St Patrick’s church in the foreground? I am not sure as I don’t recall it having a spire.

Murray Hay
Greg King as far as I know the spire had to come down after inangahua earthquake

Miles Reay
Makes you realise what a substantial building the Opera House was.

Murray Hay
Miles Reay which building is the opera house please?

Miles Reay
Looking into the scene, it’s the third large building away from the rear of the church in the foreground.

Donald Pearson
Great memories of my young days,but sadly no more.
Ed Dando
That's my young years in Dobson and Greyhigh

Wayne Thornton
(If it wasn’t for saint Patrick’s and the river I wouldn’t have recognised it

David Hall
Sad Revingtons is now gone.

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Aerial-elevated view of Greymouth and Grey River, 1960s

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