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Police on Preston Road, Greymouth??? Or North Island???
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Location (city or town)GreymouthPersonPreston RoadEventPolice on Preston Road, Greymouth
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Date Created3rd February 2021CommentsBob Jamieson
Mk. 1 Zephyr.
Brian McIntyre
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Cop might be Harry Fantham its not big tubby Les Anderson
Sandra Arnott
Blaketown
Karen Peters
Looks like Preston Rd
Shannon Jet Boat Davis
What was the speed limit back then
Brian McIntyre
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Shannon Jet Boat Davis 30mph = 50kph
Melanie Galbraith
Preston rd we used to live there as well as hundreds of others lol
Marie Kerr
What year would that have been?
Les Holmes Germanicus
Roger O'Regan
Discreet weren't they!
Richard Print
They were fun. The good thing was they couldn't chase you.
Lyn Whittle
Preston Road?
Paddy Wakefield
Looks like Preston road
Dave Steers
Paddy Wakefield how are you getting on Paddy.
Paddy Wakefield
Dave Steers yep good mate still hanging in there Dave how bout you
Russell Knipe
During my misspent youth years in Invercargill, I spent a lot of time in Mk1s. Great car.
Sandra Arnott
Blaketown?
Donald Pearson
Those were the days,my home town then.
David Grundy
Probably cancer causing.
Richard Strong
So they wrote the number plate number on a clipboard?
Don Hutton
The hills in the background don't look right for Greymouth when you copy and zoom it up on PSP. Different profile from 12 Apostles? No bush? Might be Christchurch? Possibly Opawa / Port Hills Rd before the Lyttelton road tunnel was built. Those Zephyrs were in use by the Traffic Dept in the mid to late 1950s. Is that a hint of Mt Pleasant suburb on the slope in the distance beyond the road? Just guessing.
Dianne Smith
Looks like the Australation hotel to the right of picture. Hills are the back of Cobden?
Brett McLean
Dianne Smith No not the Australation hotel, there are houses on the left where the railway line is.
Maureen Burnett
Kevin Voigt
I wonder if its hec roper or harry phamtom
Don Hutton
Brilliant, inventive spelling Kevin Voigt. Fantham was his nameThere was also "Tolly" Tolchard.
Kevin Voigt
Don Hutton yes don he was a bit like the phantom to me lol
Eric Lynn
My first car
Graham Hardrock Jennings
I remember these I brought ex traffic mk1.wish I still had it.
Kevin Voigt
I new both quite well lol l
Sandra Douglas
He cld hav booked that Nash? for being over the white line
Bryan Eckhoff
Sandra Douglas only reason he's going over white line is so he can pass the dumb cop for not parking properly on the side of the road
Sandra Douglas
Bryan Eckhoff well cop has point his car out so the radar dish can pick up the cars
Cheryl Hedley
Better than speed cameras
Warner Nut Curry
Parked dangerously and what a waste of a powerful Zepher if it was a Friday night lol
Bob Jamieson
Warner Nut Curry Powerful? all 86 bhp. My Diahatsu YRV turbo produces 127 bhp from a 1.3 motor. Yeah suppose for the time it was OK.
Eddie Parsons
Was that Harry Fanthom ,the traffic cop
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Bill Parlane
looks like same trafic cop who caught me 1973olivers rd chch he had same carhe felt sorry for me because all kids were crying so he let me go lol
Denis Mellett
Remember Willy Wong getting caught speeding in Dobson
Jakh Heremia
I watched a program on the UK Channel the other day - Anglias - 2 of them with woowoo sirens - hardcase
PaulAnthony Teens
Camrons
Don Hutton
Perhaps someone in Greymouth could pop down to the Australasian and point their camera straight down the road towards the Grey R gap and take a pic showing the profile of the 12 Apostles (Cobden Hill) and Peter Ridge (Chunn's Hill) maybe with Mt Davy in between. Karoro Beach is another location. Then compare hill profile with the traffic radar pic. QED.
Les Bryce
More like Karoro
Barb Rodway
It’s all a bit obvious. That it’s a speed trap
Kevin Voigt
Preston's rd no rail
Raewyn Louttit
Look how nice they were dressed
John Freeman
No one speeds on the Coast !
Craig Taylor
Preston Rd I believe
· Reply · 2h
Jeanette Coll
Craig Taylor Id go with Preston Rd. Houses on the left to close to the road for South Beach.
Craig Taylor
Jeanette Coll definately the Cobden hills in the distance.
Kevin Voigt
Kyle Webster
They were there at the weekend
Don Hutton
Kyle Webster Ummm....I'm trying as politely as possible that this location is NOT Greymouth. Whoever posted this on this site or West Coast Recollect got the location wrong.
Barb Rodway
Don Hutton hi Don what makes you sure of location ?
Don Hutton
Barb Rodway My earlier posts explain. Unless someone digitally altered the background , this is not Greymouth.
Barb Rodway
Don Hutton ok I’m a Greymouth girl and did think it was .
Julie Lucas
Totally looks like blaketown Preston road
Graham Messenger
Julie Lucas Preston Road didn't have a white line down it.
Craig Brooks
Julie Lucas i was thinking the same
Christina Veale
Dogs balls lol
Bill Garth
Billy Bourke would know
Paddy N Belinda Blanchfield
Definitely I’d say
Don Hutton
Paddy N Belinda Blanchfield No.
Mk. 1 Zephyr.
Brian McIntyre
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Author
Cop might be Harry Fantham its not big tubby Les Anderson
Sandra Arnott
Blaketown
Karen Peters
Looks like Preston Rd
Shannon Jet Boat Davis
What was the speed limit back then
Brian McIntyre
badge icon
Author
Shannon Jet Boat Davis 30mph = 50kph
Melanie Galbraith
Preston rd we used to live there as well as hundreds of others lol
Marie Kerr
What year would that have been?
Les Holmes Germanicus
Roger O'Regan
Discreet weren't they!
Richard Print
They were fun. The good thing was they couldn't chase you.
Lyn Whittle
Preston Road?
Paddy Wakefield
Looks like Preston road
Dave Steers
Paddy Wakefield how are you getting on Paddy.
Paddy Wakefield
Dave Steers yep good mate still hanging in there Dave how bout you
Russell Knipe
During my misspent youth years in Invercargill, I spent a lot of time in Mk1s. Great car.
Sandra Arnott
Blaketown?
Donald Pearson
Those were the days,my home town then.
David Grundy
Probably cancer causing.
Richard Strong
So they wrote the number plate number on a clipboard?
Don Hutton
The hills in the background don't look right for Greymouth when you copy and zoom it up on PSP. Different profile from 12 Apostles? No bush? Might be Christchurch? Possibly Opawa / Port Hills Rd before the Lyttelton road tunnel was built. Those Zephyrs were in use by the Traffic Dept in the mid to late 1950s. Is that a hint of Mt Pleasant suburb on the slope in the distance beyond the road? Just guessing.
Dianne Smith
Looks like the Australation hotel to the right of picture. Hills are the back of Cobden?
Brett McLean
Dianne Smith No not the Australation hotel, there are houses on the left where the railway line is.
Maureen Burnett
Kevin Voigt
I wonder if its hec roper or harry phamtom
Don Hutton
Brilliant, inventive spelling Kevin Voigt. Fantham was his nameThere was also "Tolly" Tolchard.
Kevin Voigt
Don Hutton yes don he was a bit like the phantom to me lol
Eric Lynn
My first car
Graham Hardrock Jennings
I remember these I brought ex traffic mk1.wish I still had it.
Kevin Voigt
I new both quite well lol l
Sandra Douglas
He cld hav booked that Nash? for being over the white line
Bryan Eckhoff
Sandra Douglas only reason he's going over white line is so he can pass the dumb cop for not parking properly on the side of the road
Sandra Douglas
Bryan Eckhoff well cop has point his car out so the radar dish can pick up the cars
Cheryl Hedley
Better than speed cameras
Warner Nut Curry
Parked dangerously and what a waste of a powerful Zepher if it was a Friday night lol
Bob Jamieson
Warner Nut Curry Powerful? all 86 bhp. My Diahatsu YRV turbo produces 127 bhp from a 1.3 motor. Yeah suppose for the time it was OK.
Eddie Parsons
Was that Harry Fanthom ,the traffic cop
·
Bill Parlane
looks like same trafic cop who caught me 1973olivers rd chch he had same carhe felt sorry for me because all kids were crying so he let me go lol
Denis Mellett
Remember Willy Wong getting caught speeding in Dobson
Jakh Heremia
I watched a program on the UK Channel the other day - Anglias - 2 of them with woowoo sirens - hardcase
PaulAnthony Teens
Camrons
Don Hutton
Perhaps someone in Greymouth could pop down to the Australasian and point their camera straight down the road towards the Grey R gap and take a pic showing the profile of the 12 Apostles (Cobden Hill) and Peter Ridge (Chunn's Hill) maybe with Mt Davy in between. Karoro Beach is another location. Then compare hill profile with the traffic radar pic. QED.
Les Bryce
More like Karoro
Barb Rodway
It’s all a bit obvious. That it’s a speed trap
Kevin Voigt
Preston's rd no rail
Raewyn Louttit
Look how nice they were dressed
John Freeman
No one speeds on the Coast !
Craig Taylor
Preston Rd I believe
· Reply · 2h
Jeanette Coll
Craig Taylor Id go with Preston Rd. Houses on the left to close to the road for South Beach.
Craig Taylor
Jeanette Coll definately the Cobden hills in the distance.
Kevin Voigt
Kyle Webster
They were there at the weekend
Don Hutton
Kyle Webster Ummm....I'm trying as politely as possible that this location is NOT Greymouth. Whoever posted this on this site or West Coast Recollect got the location wrong.
Barb Rodway
Don Hutton hi Don what makes you sure of location ?
Don Hutton
Barb Rodway My earlier posts explain. Unless someone digitally altered the background , this is not Greymouth.
Barb Rodway
Don Hutton ok I’m a Greymouth girl and did think it was .
Julie Lucas
Totally looks like blaketown Preston road
Graham Messenger
Julie Lucas Preston Road didn't have a white line down it.
Craig Brooks
Julie Lucas i was thinking the same
Christina Veale
Dogs balls lol
Bill Garth
Billy Bourke would know
Paddy N Belinda Blanchfield
Definitely I’d say
Don Hutton
Paddy N Belinda Blanchfield No.
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West Coast New Zealand History (8th Apr 2021). Police on Preston Road, Greymouth??? Or North Island???. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 12th Apr 2026 01:01, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/28952