Stools made at Fritz Frazer's Manual Workshop in High Street

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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Fritz Frazer's Manual Workshop in High StreetEventFurniture making

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Date Created2nd September 2021CommentsMargaret Wright
My brother made on for my Mum I now have it.

Lesley Thomas
yes, at least 60yrs old and still used nearly every day.
May be an image of table and indoor

Nova Hichens
I have one that my son made

Ken Campbell
My brother has my one with the original varnish. I made it about 1961 and they still use it

Paul Agnes Smith
Still have mine, and the stepladder..from 1960 - 1961.

John Rosanowski
Have still got my brother Brian's excellent bookcase, made at Reefton Manual in1955.

Moira O'Shea
Peter, Shaun, Martin and Patrick

Geoffrey Bell
In case someone doesn't go into Recollect here is another stool I made there.
May be an image of table

Paul Agnes Smith
Geoffrey Bell Nice. Our project was similar, but inlaid.

Bob Ilton
Good handy work for those days.
Nina Townsend
Still got 1

Peter Robertson
Fritz told me to throw mine in the Grey River on the way home!! I gave it to my mother who only said nice things about it. I found it in the shed a couple of years ago and as it was rotten,chucked it out! Made it in 1953 so it lasted a lot longer than Fritz thought it would!

John Lester
Found one of mine, that I put in a hut,still doing the job in a backblocks hut

Judith Kett
we have one of these

Margaret Harris
I have one of those. Must have been a set thing for manual training back in the day

Alan Messenger
Fritz told me that I had no ability for woodwork at all. He told me to sit down and write an essay about the dangers of smoking ( he was way ahead of his time). My Marist brother teacher was outraged and complained ( he was a smoker).

Ken Meadowcroft
I made an inlayed kidney table at manual .my mum had it for years in the lounge room don't know what happened to it.

Stephen Lucas
I made one of those it was still in use when mum died

Robert Smith
Remember old Doug Lions the woodwork teacher in the old block , he was a tuff old nut

Felicity Pudds
Got one

Brian McIntyre
I made a stool and a seagrass stool also an ironing board that clamped onto the edge of a table with a scissor like action

Miles Reay
Fritz was an unforgettable character.

Des Barrow
Yes it was a great morning walk especially the stop off at the bakery for a half a loaf of bread just out of the oven !!!.

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
I made a coal scuttle, perfect for Blackball! and a letter box. That’s where my carpentry career began and ended! Great rush to the pie shop!

Paul Buchanan
Can remember using them to work on when wallpapering,!

Lynn Turnbull
My Mum had one x

Wendy Cane
I still have one. Was given it from a playcentre but had to repaint it after getting rid of the lead paint.
Doreen Wallis
Great design I use one all the time

Colin Pattinson
No I got kicked out of there by Fritz

Rob Collins
Great days .I remember the wood working clases and the fresh bread on the way .

John Kennedy
Found one at the Bucks Head Tavern many a Fraser drank there

Garry Wick
Me !

Anne Miller Mcmillan
Garry Wick bet that took u back

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