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Intemanns Cafe and Golden Eagle, Greymouth,1986.
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DescriptionIan Haussmann
I precooked the chips must be over 40 years ago .Hygiene wasnt the best back then,, stray cats used to come in and lick the meat off the meat slice lol.
Boundary Street from Mawhera Quay
John Charlton Collection
Greymouth Public Library
PhotographerJohn CharltonDate of Photo1986Map[1] ContributorGreymouth Library
I precooked the chips must be over 40 years ago .Hygiene wasnt the best back then,, stray cats used to come in and lick the meat off the meat slice lol.
Boundary Street from Mawhera Quay
John Charlton Collection
Greymouth Public Library
PhotographerJohn CharltonDate of Photo1986Map[1] ContributorGreymouth Library
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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Mawhera QuayGolden Eagle HotelIntemanns Cafe Organisation (eg business)Intemanns Cafe
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CommentsBryce Humphries
That’s Intermans or however you spell it aye.. best fish ‘n chips
John Webster
Bryce Humphries yes I remember them and they were the best
Ian Haussmann
Bryce Humphries I precooked the chips must be over 40 years ago .hiegyne wasnt thecbest back then stray cats used to come in and lick the meat off the meat slice lol.
Graham Hay
That is the Golden Eagle not the Commercial Hotel.
The photo is dated 1986, the Commercial fire was 1984.
Lesley Thomas
Graham Hay that's correct, this the golden eagle.
Geoff Wood
Love the morry 1300, sitting there
Joel Murdoch
Great pic. I had forgotten about that takeaway place.
Glenn Johnston
That was my favourite fish and chip shop in Greymouth. Intermann's Cafe & takeaways.
Arthur Bass
Jean The Scream did good greasies when she had Intemans.
Alan Pegley
I think Intermans had their own fishing boat?
Tony Mundy
Lockey Mundy. Old Mundy's on Boundary St
Tony Mundy
Lockey Mundy. Oops old Mundys Cafe
Beverley Burley
Where I lived for 2 years when Dad took over from Uncle Arch and he moved to Railway Hotel Greymouth.
Tony Mundy
Didn't realise Jim went in there after Arch & Lil went to the Railway
Tony Mundy
Bev, do you know what year they went to the Railway? I know they went to the Albion in Westport in 1952.
Shelley Lindsey
My pop owned the Intemann's Cafe.
Alan Pitman
got butterd bread with fish n chips sitting inside good feed
John Roberts
I think you will find that it is the Golden Eagle Hotel on the corner.
Helen Joan Forrest
That’s not the golden eagle. That pub was at the corner and around the corner
Graham Hay
Helen Joan Forrest It is the Golden Eagle, it is the only pub in the picture on the corner.
James Codyre
Had my tea at that cafe every Friday depending on season.Oysters,whitebait,a whole sole or flounder with eggs(2 ) and chips plus buttered bread with vinegar splashed over it all.Could start the taste buds salivating from about Wednesday.
Elaine Mcgill
Prop Steele great mates with my cousin Roy Manson think maybe they raced a horse together Roys sister was Pearl Levick wife of Harry
Elaine Mcgill
Mr Steele was killed in car accident on way back to Greymouth His wife ran Golden Eagle for a long time stayed there in 60s coming ova for the races
Murry Tengu
Uncle tom an aunty jean lintermann's
Sue Berry
Used to go there every fri after school for tea with Dad. Order was 1/2 fish n chips and a bottle of coke. Great memories.
Jakh Heremia
Intemanns fish & chips when I was little - special occasions for a sit down meal
Gabrelle Hart
Boy do i remember that.
Keston Ruxton
The first hotel that was on this site of the Golden Eagle was the Boundary Hotel in the 1860’s.
Owned for a time by my ggg grandfather James Rugg. It burnt down later on and the hotel rebuilt on its site was eventually called the Golden Eagle.
Karen Potter
Tommy and jeanies fish and chip shop.
Paul Buchanan
Karen Potter fish chips & cats!
Karen Potter
Paul Buchanan aw that turned my guts a bit Paul.
Michelle Macilquham
Jude Smail
Glenn Brickmann
Round pool table
John Oakley
Eat whole sole and eggs n chips in the Country in the day.
Old Harry was delivered the sole straight from Greymouth fishing boats
Bill Garth
Harry owned the boat. Myers used to bring the soles home on a Thursday night with some twine thru their necks then scale them for lunch on Friday. Dont get soles that size today
John Paget
Anyone remember RayCobourn at Intermanns Cafe next door.
R
Karen Potter
John Paget great feed of steak there.
Sandra Arnott
Those were the days!
Blair Menzies
Fish and chips wrapped in old news papers and know one died.
Trevor Robertson
Blair Menzies Who was it?
Blair Menzies
Goodwin's fish and chips shops in Staveley Street Avonhead.
Geoffrey King
And if you saw out the back you wd have thrown up!
Maxine Cruickshank
That was the place to go after we finished playing rugby
Bazza Morland
That would be Asa Norman Boustridge's 140Y parked in front on a Friday night whilst he was playing pool in the 'Duck' ...
Bazza Morland
Jeans Morris 1300 there too .
Marg Power
The whole sole was so yummie a couple of bits of white bread and chips. Can't have been good for us but back in the day we didn't care.
Roger Sloan
Marg Power no it wasn't bad for you ! It didn't have processed sugar in it!!!
Elaine Mcgill
Stsyed in 60s All nighter as ABs playing in UK Got up about 8am Mrs Steele in her dressing gown cooking whitebait patties Large i buttered white bread in heaps Took them into Public Bar Very Well recieved
Helen Brennan
Oysters chips & egg at Intemanns
Janice Oconnor
Helen Brennan he was my uncle Helen
Helen Brennan
Janice Oconnor they knew how to cook fish oysters & chips Leeanne Mahuika
I remember going there a lot as a kid with my brothers. It was exciting bro Have Fanta and fish n chips. We didn’t get that in Hokitika
Valda Ford
My aunt worked there a long time ago!
Linda Hughes
My sister in law worked there in the 60s.
Mike Mahon
My Grandparents cafe, when I was growing up in Napier, our family would travel down from Napier to see the Grandparents in Reefton & Greymouth every few years during school holidays.
Wayne Gazzard
Oysters eggs and chips after a couple of jugs on a Friday night the good old days
Helen Brennan
Wayne Gazzard stiffy Coleman’s Commercial Hotel
Jakh Heremia
Harry Intercourses - made me laugh when I was 14 - yummy fish and chips when I was 7 though
Les Bryce
Blondie Hogg had the dry cleaners next door.
Ted Hillman
Haha the dirty duck Thats half the reason Covid does so well everything is super clean these days we need more cat spit then runny tummy as we build our resistance and have a body that can fight germs
Anne Milligan
Tony Warner agree, to many people have been brought up wrapped in cotton wool.Les Mehrtens
Also known as Mundays. Best Fish and chips. $5:00 fed our family of 14 with some left over.
Janis Farmer
Harry and Rene were the best bosses you could have enjoyed my time there .
Garry Chapman
Eggs,chips & a huge sole at Intermans late on a Friday night Either there or around the corner to Paddys Pie Cart
John Oakley
Garry Chapman Good one Garry.
Loved the whole sole there.
Pie cart semiconductor choice, depending on what time it was A ?
Beverley Inwood
I remember you there Jan
Janis Farmer
Hey Brent I'm still here your mum was my godmother
Peter Moore
Came I from kumara.Best fish and chips ever.
Keith White
In our young stupid days (as opposed to our older stupid days ?), Rod Beck and I went in, got our fish and chips order, and turned off the main power switch on our way out. Lots of hollering and squawking in the gloom.......
Russell Smith
Use too go in there and play space invaders and a feed of fish an chips
Peter Gray
Used to get a whole sole ( hanging over the plate) + chips Friday lunch back in the 60’s ?
Murray Saunders
Best chips…
And the video machine.
Wasn’t a space invader model.
Was Something else???
Bloody hell I can’t remember…
Pauline Walsh
Yes jean an girls did a great job running the cafe
Linda Crisp
I remember those days with Jean and her girls. Helped out on Friday nights.
Arthur Bass
Jean The Scream made a good feed there after Rayco
Mason Cooksley
Harry Intermans whole battered sole
Lynne Simpson
Our Dad took us the aunty Rene’s for fish n chips and a visit the. A ride to tip head to eat them every time we visited back in the day.
Jenny Roche
Omg the good old days. Golden Eagle was such a great pub. First barmaid job there??
Paul Agnes Smith
77, and have survived 2 fish and chips.. sit down or take away!
Rob Lunn
RayCo used to do a mean half chicken and chips!!!
Ian Aitken
Remember it well worked there with Harry for a few years
Rose Green
Shirley Michael Palmer
Jane Georgeson
Those were the days. Went to a wee cafe in Dunedin a few months back. Reminded me of intermans after a wee session at the pub. Same style tables and they had the buttered bread you used to get to nibble on before your meal. You just can't beat the simple things. Loved it!
Pat Jock Allen
Had a few feeds there Good old Harry
William Mcdonald
Good old days in greymouth can't better it
That’s Intermans or however you spell it aye.. best fish ‘n chips
John Webster
Bryce Humphries yes I remember them and they were the best
Ian Haussmann
Bryce Humphries I precooked the chips must be over 40 years ago .hiegyne wasnt thecbest back then stray cats used to come in and lick the meat off the meat slice lol.
Graham Hay
That is the Golden Eagle not the Commercial Hotel.
The photo is dated 1986, the Commercial fire was 1984.
Lesley Thomas
Graham Hay that's correct, this the golden eagle.
Geoff Wood
Love the morry 1300, sitting there
Joel Murdoch
Great pic. I had forgotten about that takeaway place.
Glenn Johnston
That was my favourite fish and chip shop in Greymouth. Intermann's Cafe & takeaways.
Arthur Bass
Jean The Scream did good greasies when she had Intemans.
Alan Pegley
I think Intermans had their own fishing boat?
Tony Mundy
Lockey Mundy. Old Mundy's on Boundary St
Tony Mundy
Lockey Mundy. Oops old Mundys Cafe
Beverley Burley
Where I lived for 2 years when Dad took over from Uncle Arch and he moved to Railway Hotel Greymouth.
Tony Mundy
Didn't realise Jim went in there after Arch & Lil went to the Railway
Tony Mundy
Bev, do you know what year they went to the Railway? I know they went to the Albion in Westport in 1952.
Shelley Lindsey
My pop owned the Intemann's Cafe.
Alan Pitman
got butterd bread with fish n chips sitting inside good feed
John Roberts
I think you will find that it is the Golden Eagle Hotel on the corner.
Helen Joan Forrest
That’s not the golden eagle. That pub was at the corner and around the corner
Graham Hay
Helen Joan Forrest It is the Golden Eagle, it is the only pub in the picture on the corner.
James Codyre
Had my tea at that cafe every Friday depending on season.Oysters,whitebait,a whole sole or flounder with eggs(2 ) and chips plus buttered bread with vinegar splashed over it all.Could start the taste buds salivating from about Wednesday.
Elaine Mcgill
Prop Steele great mates with my cousin Roy Manson think maybe they raced a horse together Roys sister was Pearl Levick wife of Harry
Elaine Mcgill
Mr Steele was killed in car accident on way back to Greymouth His wife ran Golden Eagle for a long time stayed there in 60s coming ova for the races
Murry Tengu
Uncle tom an aunty jean lintermann's
Sue Berry
Used to go there every fri after school for tea with Dad. Order was 1/2 fish n chips and a bottle of coke. Great memories.
Jakh Heremia
Intemanns fish & chips when I was little - special occasions for a sit down meal
Gabrelle Hart
Boy do i remember that.
Keston Ruxton
The first hotel that was on this site of the Golden Eagle was the Boundary Hotel in the 1860’s.
Owned for a time by my ggg grandfather James Rugg. It burnt down later on and the hotel rebuilt on its site was eventually called the Golden Eagle.
Karen Potter
Tommy and jeanies fish and chip shop.
Paul Buchanan
Karen Potter fish chips & cats!
Karen Potter
Paul Buchanan aw that turned my guts a bit Paul.
Michelle Macilquham
Jude Smail
Glenn Brickmann
Round pool table
John Oakley
Eat whole sole and eggs n chips in the Country in the day.
Old Harry was delivered the sole straight from Greymouth fishing boats
Bill Garth
Harry owned the boat. Myers used to bring the soles home on a Thursday night with some twine thru their necks then scale them for lunch on Friday. Dont get soles that size today
John Paget
Anyone remember RayCobourn at Intermanns Cafe next door.
R
Karen Potter
John Paget great feed of steak there.
Sandra Arnott
Those were the days!
Blair Menzies
Fish and chips wrapped in old news papers and know one died.
Trevor Robertson
Blair Menzies Who was it?
Blair Menzies
Goodwin's fish and chips shops in Staveley Street Avonhead.
Geoffrey King
And if you saw out the back you wd have thrown up!
Maxine Cruickshank
That was the place to go after we finished playing rugby
Bazza Morland
That would be Asa Norman Boustridge's 140Y parked in front on a Friday night whilst he was playing pool in the 'Duck' ...
Bazza Morland
Jeans Morris 1300 there too .
Marg Power
The whole sole was so yummie a couple of bits of white bread and chips. Can't have been good for us but back in the day we didn't care.
Roger Sloan
Marg Power no it wasn't bad for you ! It didn't have processed sugar in it!!!
Elaine Mcgill
Stsyed in 60s All nighter as ABs playing in UK Got up about 8am Mrs Steele in her dressing gown cooking whitebait patties Large i buttered white bread in heaps Took them into Public Bar Very Well recieved
Helen Brennan
Oysters chips & egg at Intemanns
Janice Oconnor
Helen Brennan he was my uncle Helen
Helen Brennan
Janice Oconnor they knew how to cook fish oysters & chips Leeanne Mahuika
I remember going there a lot as a kid with my brothers. It was exciting bro Have Fanta and fish n chips. We didn’t get that in Hokitika
Valda Ford
My aunt worked there a long time ago!
Linda Hughes
My sister in law worked there in the 60s.
Mike Mahon
My Grandparents cafe, when I was growing up in Napier, our family would travel down from Napier to see the Grandparents in Reefton & Greymouth every few years during school holidays.
Wayne Gazzard
Oysters eggs and chips after a couple of jugs on a Friday night the good old days
Helen Brennan
Wayne Gazzard stiffy Coleman’s Commercial Hotel
Jakh Heremia
Harry Intercourses - made me laugh when I was 14 - yummy fish and chips when I was 7 though
Les Bryce
Blondie Hogg had the dry cleaners next door.
Ted Hillman
Haha the dirty duck Thats half the reason Covid does so well everything is super clean these days we need more cat spit then runny tummy as we build our resistance and have a body that can fight germs
Anne Milligan
Tony Warner agree, to many people have been brought up wrapped in cotton wool.Les Mehrtens
Also known as Mundays. Best Fish and chips. $5:00 fed our family of 14 with some left over.
Janis Farmer
Harry and Rene were the best bosses you could have enjoyed my time there .
Garry Chapman
Eggs,chips & a huge sole at Intermans late on a Friday night Either there or around the corner to Paddys Pie Cart
John Oakley
Garry Chapman Good one Garry.
Loved the whole sole there.
Pie cart semiconductor choice, depending on what time it was A ?
Beverley Inwood
I remember you there Jan
Janis Farmer
Hey Brent I'm still here your mum was my godmother
Peter Moore
Came I from kumara.Best fish and chips ever.
Keith White
In our young stupid days (as opposed to our older stupid days ?), Rod Beck and I went in, got our fish and chips order, and turned off the main power switch on our way out. Lots of hollering and squawking in the gloom.......
Russell Smith
Use too go in there and play space invaders and a feed of fish an chips
Peter Gray
Used to get a whole sole ( hanging over the plate) + chips Friday lunch back in the 60’s ?
Murray Saunders
Best chips…
And the video machine.
Wasn’t a space invader model.
Was Something else???
Bloody hell I can’t remember…
Pauline Walsh
Yes jean an girls did a great job running the cafe
Linda Crisp
I remember those days with Jean and her girls. Helped out on Friday nights.
Arthur Bass
Jean The Scream made a good feed there after Rayco
Mason Cooksley
Harry Intermans whole battered sole
Lynne Simpson
Our Dad took us the aunty Rene’s for fish n chips and a visit the. A ride to tip head to eat them every time we visited back in the day.
Jenny Roche
Omg the good old days. Golden Eagle was such a great pub. First barmaid job there??
Paul Agnes Smith
77, and have survived 2 fish and chips.. sit down or take away!
Rob Lunn
RayCo used to do a mean half chicken and chips!!!
Ian Aitken
Remember it well worked there with Harry for a few years
Rose Green
Shirley Michael Palmer
Jane Georgeson
Those were the days. Went to a wee cafe in Dunedin a few months back. Reminded me of intermans after a wee session at the pub. Same style tables and they had the buttered bread you used to get to nibble on before your meal. You just can't beat the simple things. Loved it!
Pat Jock Allen
Had a few feeds there Good old Harry
William Mcdonald
Good old days in greymouth can't better it
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