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DescriptionPeggies Tramway Hotel at Millerton, about 1984.
David Wood
Took this in January 1972. Wasn't living on the Coast at this stage - just doing a road trip with friends.
May be a black-and-white image of outdoorsDate of Photo1984Map[1] ContributorRichard Howe
David Wood
Took this in January 1972. Wasn't living on the Coast at this stage - just doing a road trip with friends.
May be a black-and-white image of outdoorsDate of Photo1984Map[1] ContributorRichard Howe
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Location (city or town)MillertonEventPeggies Tramway Hotel at Millerton
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Date Created16th October 2021CommentsCarrol Barnes - Baker
I wonder how many times Grandad Hawthorne walked though that door
Jim Cate
Carrol Barnes - Baker i would wonder how many times he stumbled out lol
Carrol Barnes - Baker
Yep you are so right but he would have been singing his little irish heart out
Elaine Mcgill
Thanks for the photo often wondered what it looked like My uncle Wally Davey tendered an won a house up there when Pub was still open He an Laura had great times there
Richard Howe
Elaine Mcgill When it was new Elaine, it was a very flash looking pub.
Bill Ratcliffe
Piss ed there a few times lol
David Wood
Took this in January 1972. Wasn't living on the Coast at this stage - just doing a road trip with friends.
May be a black-and-white image of outdoors
Richard Howe
David Wood Was it still in use then David ?
Annemarie Harris
Great photo.
David Wood
I really have no idea. But with the car parked up ahead (not mine) it's possible I suppose.
Annemarie Harris
I remember this being there. It is a shame the swimming baths and tennis court building is going to ruin.
Mary Hall
I really thought ,,,Millerton had vanished
My mother was born there.Mary Curtis
Colin Aldridge
in 1965 and66 coming down from the mine the bus would stop and haif the bus would get off and have a beer wally would have them all lined up.. would only be there approx., 4to 5 minutes good to wash the coal dust down. or for thirsty men. good times.
Mark Stewart
I can remember going there with dad when it was open he was born in Millerton Andrew Stewart
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki
Just how I remember it
Philip Scott
Stayed there one Easter early/mid 70's. My Aunty and Uncle from Christchurch either owned it for a while or had rented it, can't exactly remember. It wasn't open for business then, just somewhere to stay.
Kae Lewis
My grandmother was born there, Mollie Gray. Her father was Peter Gray, mine foreman from about 1900 - 1915
Barbara Mccaffrey
It is the only pub thatcran out of beer it happened in the 50s at the time of the school jubilee
Jim Wilson
Where is this, please?
Richard Howe
Jim Wilson North of Westport. Turn off at Granity, and go up the hill to Millerton Jim.
Jim Wilson
Richard Howe Thanks Richard. Got it!
Craig Thin
Done a bit of detecting up there over the years..found many a lost coin
John Hansen
Millerton - my father and his brother and sister were all born there. Their father was the postmaster from 1920 and they lived in the post office house.
John Hansen
Being postmaster also came with the job of registrar of births deaths and marriages. My father and his siblings birth certificates were hand written out by their father!
Barbara Scott
Auntie Joy and Doug owned it as a holiday place. Lots of rooms Remember the Millerton swimming pool? We swam there.
Peter McKenzie
Had many beers here, Sunday afternoon " baps" with lashings of west coast butter just topped off the day. Then a hair raising trip down the Millerton tract to Granity.
Ruth Naylor
My Father Tom Williams & his 2 sisters were born up here, Tom went to school there, His sisters all died within 5 years of birth. There are some very sad stories of the families who lived up there.
Robin James
Some good Sundays up there .Mrs Peggy put on home made bread rolls around 4.30 -5oclock
Stanley Davies
Only pub in NZ where you could be run over going to the toilet as it was on the other side of the road
Richard Howe
Stanley Davies You are dead right Stanley, it was still there when i took the photo. I wondered why on earth a toilet should be there.
John Ryall
Had a couple of ales there first time we saw Domino’s played in a hotel.
Jeff Lemon
I think I've sat in the car and had a raspberry there!
Gabrelle Hart
Lived in the old Police House Once opposite the Hall, Sunset Rock was really that and the Library at the Hall was Awseome So Was The Pool. My Son was Born into That House...sadly i lost him in 2011 but in that House he lives on.Robin James
Mrs Peggie used to make bread rolls for counter lunch 4 o’clock on Sunday
Pauline Barrow
Where is Millerton i suppose this hotel is well gone now
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki
What a great photo
Robin William Kinsella
Is that not adcos old building on corner of Henley and
palmerston st now??
Robin William Kinsella
Just heard door on the corner looks alike
Ruth Naylor
It is a sad state to see buildings so run down.
Jeff Lemon
When did it close I think I remember having a raspberry there when I was a kid.
Brian Sutherland
Use to walk out the side door cross the road to the toilet.
Colin Aldridge
terrible photo had some good times up there and the miners bus stopped most days of the week
Fiona Godden
Louise Ross. We spent many hours exploring this as teenagers in the 70's. Is it still there?
Louise Ross
Fiona Godden No Fee, it's gone.
Fiona Godden
Louise Ross at least we got to explore it Lou .
Kevin Fleming
Wally was a Legend in his own right.
Gary Scott
Can just imagine this restored. Absolutely a
Opportunity.
Tarn Aldridge
My good friend owned this. He had great plans for it too. But it had squatters living in it and was eventually/ inevitably burnt to the ground. Still really P's me off.
Ray Chinn
Worked for Reynolds cordial factory,helped to carry the product on to the pub .was Wally his name ? Did his sister help run it,with his wife.this would be around 62 or 63 .the good old days!
Reply1d
Alan Johnson
You are quite correct in all your assumptions Ray. I think Geordie Orman lived there as well. Wally would have all the miners glasses filled and placed at there allocated spots around the bar just prior to the Bus arrived.
I spent many happy weekends staying at Noel Boswels in the early Sixties and have many a story I could tell about some of the antics we got upto..
Reply8h
Barbara Mccaffrey
.in the late fifty there was the,Millerton school jubilee and I remember my parents say that it was the only time they had heard of a pub with no beer. Apparently half way though the weekend it run out so they had to bring more up from Westport.
John Paget
I had a beer in this pub away back in the early 1970/s. It is a pity these place no longer exist.
I wonder how many times Grandad Hawthorne walked though that door
Jim Cate
Carrol Barnes - Baker i would wonder how many times he stumbled out lol
Carrol Barnes - Baker
Yep you are so right but he would have been singing his little irish heart out
Elaine Mcgill
Thanks for the photo often wondered what it looked like My uncle Wally Davey tendered an won a house up there when Pub was still open He an Laura had great times there
Richard Howe
Elaine Mcgill When it was new Elaine, it was a very flash looking pub.
Bill Ratcliffe
Piss ed there a few times lol
David Wood
Took this in January 1972. Wasn't living on the Coast at this stage - just doing a road trip with friends.
May be a black-and-white image of outdoors
Richard Howe
David Wood Was it still in use then David ?
Annemarie Harris
Great photo.
David Wood
I really have no idea. But with the car parked up ahead (not mine) it's possible I suppose.
Annemarie Harris
I remember this being there. It is a shame the swimming baths and tennis court building is going to ruin.
Mary Hall
I really thought ,,,Millerton had vanished
My mother was born there.Mary Curtis
Colin Aldridge
in 1965 and66 coming down from the mine the bus would stop and haif the bus would get off and have a beer wally would have them all lined up.. would only be there approx., 4to 5 minutes good to wash the coal dust down. or for thirsty men. good times.
Mark Stewart
I can remember going there with dad when it was open he was born in Millerton Andrew Stewart
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki
Just how I remember it
Philip Scott
Stayed there one Easter early/mid 70's. My Aunty and Uncle from Christchurch either owned it for a while or had rented it, can't exactly remember. It wasn't open for business then, just somewhere to stay.
Kae Lewis
My grandmother was born there, Mollie Gray. Her father was Peter Gray, mine foreman from about 1900 - 1915
Barbara Mccaffrey
It is the only pub thatcran out of beer it happened in the 50s at the time of the school jubilee
Jim Wilson
Where is this, please?
Richard Howe
Jim Wilson North of Westport. Turn off at Granity, and go up the hill to Millerton Jim.
Jim Wilson
Richard Howe Thanks Richard. Got it!
Craig Thin
Done a bit of detecting up there over the years..found many a lost coin
John Hansen
Millerton - my father and his brother and sister were all born there. Their father was the postmaster from 1920 and they lived in the post office house.
John Hansen
Being postmaster also came with the job of registrar of births deaths and marriages. My father and his siblings birth certificates were hand written out by their father!
Barbara Scott
Auntie Joy and Doug owned it as a holiday place. Lots of rooms Remember the Millerton swimming pool? We swam there.
Peter McKenzie
Had many beers here, Sunday afternoon " baps" with lashings of west coast butter just topped off the day. Then a hair raising trip down the Millerton tract to Granity.
Ruth Naylor
My Father Tom Williams & his 2 sisters were born up here, Tom went to school there, His sisters all died within 5 years of birth. There are some very sad stories of the families who lived up there.
Robin James
Some good Sundays up there .Mrs Peggy put on home made bread rolls around 4.30 -5oclock
Stanley Davies
Only pub in NZ where you could be run over going to the toilet as it was on the other side of the road
Richard Howe
Stanley Davies You are dead right Stanley, it was still there when i took the photo. I wondered why on earth a toilet should be there.
John Ryall
Had a couple of ales there first time we saw Domino’s played in a hotel.
Jeff Lemon
I think I've sat in the car and had a raspberry there!
Gabrelle Hart
Lived in the old Police House Once opposite the Hall, Sunset Rock was really that and the Library at the Hall was Awseome So Was The Pool. My Son was Born into That House...sadly i lost him in 2011 but in that House he lives on.Robin James
Mrs Peggie used to make bread rolls for counter lunch 4 o’clock on Sunday
Pauline Barrow
Where is Millerton i suppose this hotel is well gone now
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki
What a great photo
Robin William Kinsella
Is that not adcos old building on corner of Henley and
palmerston st now??
Robin William Kinsella
Just heard door on the corner looks alike
Ruth Naylor
It is a sad state to see buildings so run down.
Jeff Lemon
When did it close I think I remember having a raspberry there when I was a kid.
Brian Sutherland
Use to walk out the side door cross the road to the toilet.
Colin Aldridge
terrible photo had some good times up there and the miners bus stopped most days of the week
Fiona Godden
Louise Ross. We spent many hours exploring this as teenagers in the 70's. Is it still there?
Louise Ross
Fiona Godden No Fee, it's gone.
Fiona Godden
Louise Ross at least we got to explore it Lou .
Kevin Fleming
Wally was a Legend in his own right.
Gary Scott
Can just imagine this restored. Absolutely a
Opportunity.
Tarn Aldridge
My good friend owned this. He had great plans for it too. But it had squatters living in it and was eventually/ inevitably burnt to the ground. Still really P's me off.
Ray Chinn
Worked for Reynolds cordial factory,helped to carry the product on to the pub .was Wally his name ? Did his sister help run it,with his wife.this would be around 62 or 63 .the good old days!
Reply1d
Alan Johnson
You are quite correct in all your assumptions Ray. I think Geordie Orman lived there as well. Wally would have all the miners glasses filled and placed at there allocated spots around the bar just prior to the Bus arrived.
I spent many happy weekends staying at Noel Boswels in the early Sixties and have many a story I could tell about some of the antics we got upto..
Reply8h
Barbara Mccaffrey
.in the late fifty there was the,Millerton school jubilee and I remember my parents say that it was the only time they had heard of a pub with no beer. Apparently half way though the weekend it run out so they had to bring more up from Westport.
John Paget
I had a beer in this pub away back in the early 1970/s. It is a pity these place no longer exist.
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