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DescriptionJillian Johnson
There were two schools.My father went to this one about 1914.When I was little we had Sunday school in it as a hall,and many Marsden Socials.Situated on the right hand side after travelling over the Cards Creek Bridge as you enter Marsden.I went to the new school next to my parents home on Chapel Hill.The new school was shifted from Kurow about 1946,and I went to it 1947.It closed when I was about 8.Map[1] ContributorJillian Johnson
There were two schools.My father went to this one about 1914.When I was little we had Sunday school in it as a hall,and many Marsden Socials.Situated on the right hand side after travelling over the Cards Creek Bridge as you enter Marsden.I went to the new school next to my parents home on Chapel Hill.The new school was shifted from Kurow about 1946,and I went to it 1947.It closed when I was about 8.Map[1] ContributorJillian Johnson
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Location (city or town)MARSDENLandmark (Place)Old Marsden School
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Date Created25th May 2021CommentsCarrol Hunter
Is that the one at Shantytown Now. Where was the school situated at Marsden ?
Jillian Johnson
There were two schools....my father went to this one about 1914...when I was little we had Sunday school in it as a hall and many Marsden Socials....situated on the right hand side after travelling over the Cards Creek Bridge as you enter Marsden......I went to the new school next to my parents home ...on Chapel Hill....the new school I’ll put up a photo later was shifted from Kurow about 1946...and I went to it 1947.....closed when I was about 8.....
Anntoinette Allan
I owned it for awhile I loved it x we brought it off an awesome whānau who had it for a longtime. The father was very kind.
Jillian Johnson
Not at Shantytown......The old school was in later years sold to Ian Maguigan Snr...who lived next to it......he used it as a garage workshop, it then disintegrated.....the new School I lived in in 1964 newly married and we made it into a comfortable little house open fire put in by my bricklayer brother....in 1970 I was widowed....so went away......in the 2000s new owners demolished it....I think the shed...garage my late husband built remains.....my Dad bought the new school off the education board and iincorporated into his land area.....later it appears to have been incorporated in to a larger land ownership.....
Graham Messenger
Jillian Johnson l always thought that Maguigan's house was the old school. I did some electrical work there when I knocked around with Ian jnr and from up in the ceiling it looked like it had been 1 big room (like a school room).
Jillian Johnson
Not sure no one ever lived in old school to my knowledge and I lived Marsden till I was 27.....but Dad was there till early nineties and old school was pretty done by then.....Maguigans was next door and still stands to my knowledge....Topps house when I was a kid...then after Maguigans it was Leightons .....many changes in Marsden now.....
Jillian Johnson
Old school not at Shantytown........old school as a hall was sold to Ian Maguigan Snr. Who lived next door...he used it as a workshop etc...I think it gradually disintegrated.....New School Education Board sold it to my Dad as he was the closest neighbour to it...it was incorporated in his land parcel....Newly married1964 my husband and I made it into a comfortable home...my brother a bricklayer put in an open fire...the school toilets and woodshed we used...washed clothes at parents next door...and bathed there too...had our first son there....I was widowed 1970 so left...the shed my husband built remains to my knowledge.....school demolished 2000s and incorporated land in others ownership......parents former house also sadly demolished.....
Lynda McAuliffe
Jillian Johnson, your book Valley of Little Towns is one of my all time favourites, my late mother Helen Markland (née Williams) and grandmother Winifred lived in the area for a time and really enjoyed it as well
Jillian Johnson
I remember your family well....Mrs W made me a delightful jelly once...red, green, yellow, separated with a milk Jelly...in a glass bowl looked fabulous...
Ronald John Amberger
My father, Phil Amberger was born in Marsden 1922. Looks like him standing by the tree? Any names available?
Kyle Yates
Hi going by my dad he brought the old school section in the mid 70's bulldozed what was left of the old school and built a shed on it we haven't used it in years but I'm in the process of buying it from him going to use the old shed to stay in when in the area with plans to build there eventually is this the correct section first right after the bridge down the hill where the wee shed is heading over this weekend to clear a way in curious to hear the history in it
Leigh Doidge
Hi ole bus driver!!!!
Jillian Johnson
Hi Leigh, I remember you well…I’m 81 coming up….live In Canterbury…presently in Las Vegas….enjoying my old age….
Ronald John Amberger
My father went there in the 1920's. Parents owned the guest house in Marsden
Is that the one at Shantytown Now. Where was the school situated at Marsden ?
Jillian Johnson
There were two schools....my father went to this one about 1914...when I was little we had Sunday school in it as a hall and many Marsden Socials....situated on the right hand side after travelling over the Cards Creek Bridge as you enter Marsden......I went to the new school next to my parents home ...on Chapel Hill....the new school I’ll put up a photo later was shifted from Kurow about 1946...and I went to it 1947.....closed when I was about 8.....
Anntoinette Allan
I owned it for awhile I loved it x we brought it off an awesome whānau who had it for a longtime. The father was very kind.
Jillian Johnson
Not at Shantytown......The old school was in later years sold to Ian Maguigan Snr...who lived next to it......he used it as a garage workshop, it then disintegrated.....the new School I lived in in 1964 newly married and we made it into a comfortable little house open fire put in by my bricklayer brother....in 1970 I was widowed....so went away......in the 2000s new owners demolished it....I think the shed...garage my late husband built remains.....my Dad bought the new school off the education board and iincorporated into his land area.....later it appears to have been incorporated in to a larger land ownership.....
Graham Messenger
Jillian Johnson l always thought that Maguigan's house was the old school. I did some electrical work there when I knocked around with Ian jnr and from up in the ceiling it looked like it had been 1 big room (like a school room).
Jillian Johnson
Not sure no one ever lived in old school to my knowledge and I lived Marsden till I was 27.....but Dad was there till early nineties and old school was pretty done by then.....Maguigans was next door and still stands to my knowledge....Topps house when I was a kid...then after Maguigans it was Leightons .....many changes in Marsden now.....
Jillian Johnson
Old school not at Shantytown........old school as a hall was sold to Ian Maguigan Snr. Who lived next door...he used it as a workshop etc...I think it gradually disintegrated.....New School Education Board sold it to my Dad as he was the closest neighbour to it...it was incorporated in his land parcel....Newly married1964 my husband and I made it into a comfortable home...my brother a bricklayer put in an open fire...the school toilets and woodshed we used...washed clothes at parents next door...and bathed there too...had our first son there....I was widowed 1970 so left...the shed my husband built remains to my knowledge.....school demolished 2000s and incorporated land in others ownership......parents former house also sadly demolished.....
Lynda McAuliffe
Jillian Johnson, your book Valley of Little Towns is one of my all time favourites, my late mother Helen Markland (née Williams) and grandmother Winifred lived in the area for a time and really enjoyed it as well
Jillian Johnson
I remember your family well....Mrs W made me a delightful jelly once...red, green, yellow, separated with a milk Jelly...in a glass bowl looked fabulous...
Ronald John Amberger
My father, Phil Amberger was born in Marsden 1922. Looks like him standing by the tree? Any names available?
Kyle Yates
Hi going by my dad he brought the old school section in the mid 70's bulldozed what was left of the old school and built a shed on it we haven't used it in years but I'm in the process of buying it from him going to use the old shed to stay in when in the area with plans to build there eventually is this the correct section first right after the bridge down the hill where the wee shed is heading over this weekend to clear a way in curious to hear the history in it
Leigh Doidge
Hi ole bus driver!!!!
Jillian Johnson
Hi Leigh, I remember you well…I’m 81 coming up….live In Canterbury…presently in Las Vegas….enjoying my old age….
Ronald John Amberger
My father went there in the 1920's. Parents owned the guest house in Marsden
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West Coast New Zealand History (15th Sep 2023). Old Marsden School.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 10th Apr 2026 17:31, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29396