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Runanga Workingmens Club. 1949.
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DescriptionBack Row:Alex Shaw, Dick Thomas,Jim Smith , Dave Thompson,Mick Fitzgibbon,Harry Dowling,Maurice Buckley(Old Buck),Dick Maddison, John Masters,Mick Garvey, Bert Houghton.
3rd Row: Jack McTaggart,Colin Cowan,Joe Smith, Andy Wright,Sandy Butler, Alex Wright,Cecil Curry, Dick Dalzell,Ben Crestani, Mick O`Connell,Dick Higson, Billy Bourke,Lance Hunter, Bert Fisher,Jimmy Garvey, Dick Ewen.
2nd Row: Kevin Buckely,Fred Baxendale, Storey Worgan,Danny Barnes, Jack Euen,Albert Pattinson, Walter Pattinson,George Bell, Walter Wright,Bill Henderson, Jim Brown,George English(Rosebud.)
Front Row:Boots Cowan, Teddy Barnes,Bob Merriman, Norm Pattinson,Bill Rodden, Joe Soster,Ron Baxendale, Lou Grogan,Jack Timlin, Tommy Pinn,Jerry Harrington, Harold Pattinson.Date of Photo1949Map[1] Contributor Moe Bowes
3rd Row: Jack McTaggart,Colin Cowan,Joe Smith, Andy Wright,Sandy Butler, Alex Wright,Cecil Curry, Dick Dalzell,Ben Crestani, Mick O`Connell,Dick Higson, Billy Bourke,Lance Hunter, Bert Fisher,Jimmy Garvey, Dick Ewen.
2nd Row: Kevin Buckely,Fred Baxendale, Storey Worgan,Danny Barnes, Jack Euen,Albert Pattinson, Walter Pattinson,George Bell, Walter Wright,Bill Henderson, Jim Brown,George English(Rosebud.)
Front Row:Boots Cowan, Teddy Barnes,Bob Merriman, Norm Pattinson,Bill Rodden, Joe Soster,Ron Baxendale, Lou Grogan,Jack Timlin, Tommy Pinn,Jerry Harrington, Harold Pattinson.Date of Photo1949Map[1] Contributor Moe Bowes
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Location (city or town)RunangaPersonAlex ShawTommy PinnJerry Harrington Harold Pattinson.Teddy BarnesBob MerrimanNorm PattinsonBill Rodden Joe SosterRon BaxendaleLou GroganJack TimlinWalter WrightBill HendersonJim BrownGeorge EnglishBoots CowanDanny BarnesJack EuenAlbert PattinsonWalter PattinsonGeorge BellBert FisherJimmy GarveyDick EwenKevin BuckelyFred BaxendaleStorey WorganDick DalzellBen CrestaniMick O`ConnellDick HigsonBilly BourkeLance Hunter Dick ThomasJim SmithDave ThompsonMick FitzgibbonHarry DowlingMaurice BuckleyDick MaddisonJohn MastersMick GarveyBert HoughtonJack McTaggart,Colin CowanJoe SmithAndy WrightSandy Butler Alex WrightCecil CurryLandmark (Place)Runanga Workingmen's Club EventRunanga Workingmens Club. 1949.
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Date Created6th May 2021CommentsSharleen Davidson
Carol Cook
I reckon that's our Granddad back row
Carol Cook
Sharleen Davidson yes 5th from left
Photo is also at Club
David Perry
They actually do look like genuine working men actually
Matt Curtis
Back row third from left my great grandfather Jim Smith
Gerald Smith
My Grandad is Jim Smith top row third from the left. A grand man
Trish Rennie
Awesome old photo…Sandy Butler used to be a neighbour of ours all those years ago…
Karen Blanchfield
Is Jack Paterson in there? I’d like to show Terry if he is.
Lyn N Moe
Karen Blanchfield Hi Karen, I knew Jack, he lived near the club but I dont think he drank there, My parents bought his old Vauxhall car back in the day
Adele E McKenzie
My uncle TEDDY BARNES second one on front row behind him my Grandad Danny Barnes
Lyn N Moe some really great characters there makes
You smile some you recognise in their kids still looking through
Anne-Marie Dixon
Helen Brennan same
Margaret Briggs
Helen Brennan me too great photo
Anne-Marie Dixon
Yes it is . What a great photo . Your great grandfather Buckley back row 5th from your right . Uncle Kevin Buckley front row on the left . Selina Pattinson Stace Maree Kemp Calley Beaumont Sharon O'Regan
Stace Maree Kemp
Anne-Marie Dixon Oh! Very cool
Anne-Marie Dixon
Stace Maree Kemp
Jenny Masters
Kevin is the little boy held in his Dads arms. So maybe you know 30 of them
Janice Oconnor
Wish the names were mentioned
Joan Gollan
Alec Shaw back left.
Bevan Climo
Watch out the PC cry babies be running down the ole WorkingMens club Next. Obviously forgetting that a fair percentage of them in this image , I’d ascertain, fought in the war to protect these mamby pambys of their today’s rights that they don’t want anyone else to have any more !
Great photo by the way !
Pauleen Knowles
Why is it that there are no women there!!! They are half the population for goodness sakes!!!~ They supported their men!!
Vern Pattinson
Pauleen Knowles cry baby
Steve Butler
I see Grandad Sandy Butler in there
Steve Butler
Andrea McMillan i think he was one of men that started the working men's club
Maye Dunn
My grandfather Bill Henderson, sitting 3rd from right 2nd row from front.
Jacqui Espinoza
Phyl (Walter Wright .. row 3.. was that your grand dad?)
Phyl Powell
Jacqui Espinoza Walter Wright ( cig in his mouth)
Lyn N Moe
Jacqui Espinoza Did he live in Ward St.
Vern Pattinson
Great photo thanks
Lyn N Moe
Vern Pattinson A few Pattinsons in there Vern.
Vern Pattinson
Lyn N Moe yes i thought I saw another one in the front row Moe is it Norm
Mary Moffitt
Would the Buckley men be from the family who bought the Stillwater Hotel about this time? Names seem familiar. They owned it when it burned down.
Brian McIntyre
There is your Granddad Samantha Gray
Corinne Ord
My dad Tom Pinn 3rd on the right
Paul Soster
dad next to bill rodden.
Brian McIntyre
Paul Soster I picked him Paul
Karen Potter
Paul Soster in the front row Paul?
Ian Buchanan
Proud to grow up in Runanga
Stephen Elwood
Come to the club I think this photo is on the wall in the passage.
Heather Buchanan
Here here Ian , me too ! X
Alva Mundy
My dad Herbert Mundy should be here
Lyn Galvin
My dad Jock (John) Masters with my brother Kevin in the back row
Jenny Masters
Lyn Galvin and Tommy & Andy as well Lyn
Carol Cook
I reckon that's our Granddad back row
Carol Cook
Sharleen Davidson yes 5th from left
Photo is also at Club
David Perry
They actually do look like genuine working men actually
Matt Curtis
Back row third from left my great grandfather Jim Smith
Gerald Smith
My Grandad is Jim Smith top row third from the left. A grand man
Trish Rennie
Awesome old photo…Sandy Butler used to be a neighbour of ours all those years ago…
Karen Blanchfield
Is Jack Paterson in there? I’d like to show Terry if he is.
Lyn N Moe
Karen Blanchfield Hi Karen, I knew Jack, he lived near the club but I dont think he drank there, My parents bought his old Vauxhall car back in the day
Adele E McKenzie
My uncle TEDDY BARNES second one on front row behind him my Grandad Danny Barnes
Lyn N Moe some really great characters there makes
You smile some you recognise in their kids still looking through
Anne-Marie Dixon
Helen Brennan same
Margaret Briggs
Helen Brennan me too great photo
Anne-Marie Dixon
Yes it is . What a great photo . Your great grandfather Buckley back row 5th from your right . Uncle Kevin Buckley front row on the left . Selina Pattinson Stace Maree Kemp Calley Beaumont Sharon O'Regan
Stace Maree Kemp
Anne-Marie Dixon Oh! Very cool
Anne-Marie Dixon
Stace Maree Kemp
Jenny Masters
Kevin is the little boy held in his Dads arms. So maybe you know 30 of them
Janice Oconnor
Wish the names were mentioned
Joan Gollan
Alec Shaw back left.
Bevan Climo
Watch out the PC cry babies be running down the ole WorkingMens club Next. Obviously forgetting that a fair percentage of them in this image , I’d ascertain, fought in the war to protect these mamby pambys of their today’s rights that they don’t want anyone else to have any more !
Great photo by the way !
Pauleen Knowles
Why is it that there are no women there!!! They are half the population for goodness sakes!!!~ They supported their men!!
Vern Pattinson
Pauleen Knowles cry baby
Steve Butler
I see Grandad Sandy Butler in there
Steve Butler
Andrea McMillan i think he was one of men that started the working men's club
Maye Dunn
My grandfather Bill Henderson, sitting 3rd from right 2nd row from front.
Jacqui Espinoza
Phyl (Walter Wright .. row 3.. was that your grand dad?)
Phyl Powell
Jacqui Espinoza Walter Wright ( cig in his mouth)
Lyn N Moe
Jacqui Espinoza Did he live in Ward St.
Vern Pattinson
Great photo thanks
Lyn N Moe
Vern Pattinson A few Pattinsons in there Vern.
Vern Pattinson
Lyn N Moe yes i thought I saw another one in the front row Moe is it Norm
Mary Moffitt
Would the Buckley men be from the family who bought the Stillwater Hotel about this time? Names seem familiar. They owned it when it burned down.
Brian McIntyre
There is your Granddad Samantha Gray
Corinne Ord
My dad Tom Pinn 3rd on the right
Paul Soster
dad next to bill rodden.
Brian McIntyre
Paul Soster I picked him Paul
Karen Potter
Paul Soster in the front row Paul?
Ian Buchanan
Proud to grow up in Runanga
Stephen Elwood
Come to the club I think this photo is on the wall in the passage.
Heather Buchanan
Here here Ian , me too ! X
Alva Mundy
My dad Herbert Mundy should be here
Lyn Galvin
My dad Jock (John) Masters with my brother Kevin in the back row
Jenny Masters
Lyn Galvin and Tommy & Andy as well Lyn
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West Coast New Zealand History (25th Jun 2025). Runanga Workingmens Club. 1949.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 10th Apr 2026 21:19, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29338