A comprehensive history of Otira and who lived where

A comprehensive history of Otira and who lived where - see attached

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OCCUPANTS OF RAILWAY HOUSES IN THE OTIRA VILLAGE (1920s-early 1990s) The following list relates to the railway houses in the Otira village and complements information on the houses contained in Railway through the Rata: Memories of Otira. Refer to the 1974 plan of houses on page 313 which shows all except Nos. 465, 498, 560 and 467 (in order from the school heading towards the station). By this time, No. 560 was the only surviving house of these four. The oldest house was No. 467 which dated from around 1900. It was the stationmaster's house and after the tunnel opened in 1923 was in the section adjacent to House 559. In 1940, St Christopher's church was built on the section on the school side of No. 467. Two further houses, Nos. 498 and 465, appear to date from around 1906. They were next to the school fronting the railway. No. 560 was built between No. 498 and the section on which the church was later built. Nos. 518 to 560 inclusive were all built in 1922/23 for the opening of the Otira tunnel. The only railway house which was built in the village after the opening of the tunnel was in 1951 and was numbered B707. Gathering information about the occupancy of the houses in the 'railway era' (up until around 1991, by which time the houses in the village had been sold to Glenstone Holdings), has been a long and involved process owing to the fact that there is only limited information that can be gleaned from railway files (the records that recorded rent payments etc. appear to have been lost or destroyed). Thus, a large percentage of the information has had to be sourced from individuals who lived in Otira at different times. Special thanks to Bob Williams of Jacksons for his assistance in this process – especially for the 1970s and 1980s period. In addition, school registers, Wises and Stones directories have been invaluable and electoral rolls will be consulted to gain further information. The process is still far from finished but the list is now at a stage where the first version can be added to our website. Feedback is welcomed. If you can fill gaps, clarify/correct details etc., or have any queries, please send an email to info@twowrightbooks.co.nz . Once enough new information is at hand, we will make a new version available. It is hoped that the information will be a valuable resource for family historians and researchers, as well as being of interest to those who lived in Otira. In time, it is hoped to add information about other occupants of the village (e.g. NZED and singlemen's huts), to make a more complete record of those living in Otira. A lot of this information has already been sourced. Please note that a small 's' following a date (e.g. Mar 1966s) means that the date is based on school register information. The school date has only been used when there is a high degree of confidence that the family left Otira at the same time. Please also note that superseded job titles have sometimes been used for simplicity and to avoid uncertainty as to when titles changed and also when the original term was still in common usage. For example, engine driver has been retained rather than locomotive engineer. The role of porter in Otira in the 1940s and earlier equates roughly to traffic assistant (i.e. it was shunting as well as platform work). Later on, traffic assistants became traffic operators. Sometime during the 1960s, the term shift clerk was replaced by section officer. HOUSE WANTED! The following have not been able to be placed in a house with any certainty. If you can help, please let us know. 1920s and 1930s: Henry & Blanche Abrahams (1923-ca. 1928) engine driver, in a square house on river side down from the lower alleyway. Another engine driver, Bill Young and family, were in the next house up Charles & … Brown (ca. 1924-ca. 1937) near school (560?), Superintendent of Power House Patrick? Hughes & family (Jan/Feb 1930s- ?) train examiner Henry/Harry Madden & family (May 1932s-Oct 1937s) to Wellington, engine driver John Yardley & family (? -Dec 1935s), fitter Ernie Lancaster & family (? -Oct 1935s) to Lyttelton Senior family (Oct 1932s- ?) James Wearn (ca. 1927-ca. 1938) engine driver Samuel family (to June 1937) to Hamilton Garlick family (Aug/Sep 1933s-Dec 1935s) to Christchurch Burney family (Nov 1933s- ?) D C Kennedy & family (Jan/Feb 1935s - ?) guard Styris family (1935- ?) Le Fevre family (? - Jul 1937s) to Wellington 1940s: Smeaton family (Jul 1940s- ?) W Egan & family (early 1941- ?) house on railway side about 556, clerk William A Banks & family (early 1940s, there 1942) surfaceman Ted & … Burgess (ca. 1944-46) around 547/548, porter Cliff & … Crawford (early to mid-1940s) near 520, Traction electrician 1950s: Pat & … Riley (on railway side) 1956-58 era, not there long, in track gang 1960s: Ron and ... Jacques (on railway side in early 1960s) shunter? Peter and Merle Brown (on railway side in early 1960s) traffic assistant Albert and ... Huve (Jul 1968 – Nov/Dec 1969) – one of 544, 546, 550, 551, 552 or 553 surfaceman Trevor and ... Welsh (in area of 523 or 524 for about a year and a half – mid-1960s) surfaceman 1970s and 1980s: Dennis and … Oman – very early 1970s, on railway side Mark & V Sargisson – late 1970s, left about Mar/Apr 1980 traffic operator (house near bottom end on riverside) Graham Gordon (house near bottom end on riverside) there 1982, still there Aug 1987? (tunnel trip book) Ivan & Alison Bell Railway-side houses: 559: Jack & Nell Crook (Jun 1937-Feb 1944) lifter, Arthur & ... Lye (there by 1946-Dec 1948s) train examiner, L H (Les) & Marjorie Reeves (1949-1955) train examiner, G S (Graeme & Esther) Reeves (ca. 1955-25 Mar 1958) train examiner, V D (Viv) & Janice Stewart (26 Mar 1958-Jul 1962s) train examiner, George & ... Smith (Jul/Aug 1962s-June 1964s) train examiner, Tasmon & … Gadd (ca. 1964-ca. 1965), Joe Goodman (ca. 1966 (there in Aug 66)-Sep/Oct 1969) (plus Derek Albrechtsen) both engine drivers, G T (Geoff) & Liz Butcher (Oct 1969-Oct 1973s) (2nd time in Otira) engine driver, Jeff & Kath Hindle (late 1973 to Oct/Nov 1978) train examiner, leased June 1980, Bruce (Jack) & Tania Wilson ca. May 1982-1992 (Tania), (Jack to 1993) Traction lineman 558: K & … McClymont (Aug/Sep 1938-Dec 1939s) clerk, John & Alice Rodgers (early 1946-Dec 1948s) surfaceman, M T (Marne) & ... Blanchard (ca. 1949-ca.1952/1953) surfaceman, S R (Selwyn) & ... Whitfield (Sep 1955s- ?) - left Otira Apr 1958s, was in 467 at time of 1957 flood) shift clerk, Ross & Greta Leach, T S (Trevor) & Loretta Bakes (there at time of Dec 1957 flood, still there early 1960s) surfaceman then Traction lineman, Stan & Eth Booth (ca. 1963-1966) Traction lineman, Bruce & Betty McCaughan (? -ca. 1970, there Feb 1967) Traction lineman (vacant from 17/11/70) Upper Alleyway/Accessway to Station between 558 and 557 557: William J & … Ward (Aug 1941s-ca. 1946), Charlie & ... Walker (? - ?, there in 1948 and 1949) guard, Jimmy & Lorraine Walders (Jimmy in Otira Apr 1949 but only in house after married which was before May 1952)(? -1956) traffic assistant then guard (Bob Lamb boarded with them), J A & ... Miller (ca. 1956-19 Apr 1958) shunter, K J (Keith & Clarice) Williams (1958-end Oct/early Nov 1959), house allocated to Signals in exchange for 539, B G (Barry) & Shirley Coughlan (? - mid-1961) signal maintainer, Bert & Maureen Elliott (mid-1961-May 1969s) signal maintainer, N F (Noel) Jones (June 1969-ca. May 1977) (married Patricia Beckett while in Otira) signal maintainer, Buzz & Diane Terrey (1977-Nov 1978s) bridge gang, R K (Dick) & Lynne Burn (ca. 1978-1980, there in Jun 1980) Traction linesman, (?) Robbie McGregor (1981/82) surfaceman, Mark & Donna Hopkins (? - ?, there 1982) surfaceman, I (Willie) & Joanne Iafeta (ca. 1984-Jul 1991s) engine driver 556: Ray (Wampy) & Stella Bell (Jun 1940-Dec 1943s) engine driver, James Stephen & ... Tohill (ca. 1944-1947) engine driver, Claude & Mary Corrin (ca. Aug 1948-May 1952s) engine driver, Bill and Pearl Henderson (ca. 1952- 1954) engine driver, T F R (Tom) & ... McAvey (? -5 Mar 1958) previously in Otira two or three times (see 525), Les & Norma Goodman (13 Mar 1958-Apr/May 1961s) engine driver, L W E (Laurie) & Faye Young (May 1961-July 1964s) engine driver, Colin & Pat Thorn (ca. Jul 1964-Apr1967s) (2nd house, ex 528) engine driver, Bill & Linda Woods (Apr 1967-May 1969) engine driver, unknown married surfaceman, vacated 8 Mar 71, Bill & Lorraine Mincham (Aug 1972s-Mar 1974s) signal maintainer, Les & Miriama Sword (mid-1975-end of 1979/beg of 1980) signal maintainer, vacant in June 1980, (?) Graham Wilson, Wally and Emily Ashby (Oct 1982s- ?) (to B707), Daniel & Kerrin (sp) Shadbolt (?-1990) (Traction lineman) 555: P E (Paddy) & ... Burke (Oct 1947-ca. 1950, there Dec 1949) shunter, Chris & Ann (sp) Petersen (1st time), Dick & Maisie Frewin (Jul 1950-Sep 1954) traffic assistant, F K (Frank) & ... Annear (Dec 1954-Feb 1957s) guard, J C (Jimmy & Shirley) Gillan (Jul 1957s-Dec 1960s) traffic assistant., Fred & Dorothy Gardyne (Mar 1961s-Feb 1963) ganger, Drummond or 'Drum' & ... Prescott (ca. Jan 1963- (?) ca. Nov 1964 (to 467) ganger, Viv & Janice Stewart (2nd time in Otira) (Aug 1965s-Mar/Apr 1969s) train examiner, Danny Cruickshank (14 Jul 1969-ca. 20 Sep 1972) train examiner, Tony & Nancy Barton (?- Jun 1978s), Arthur & Ruth Spiers (Jun 1978-May 1980s) traffic operator, R E (Ray) Gibb (? - ? there Jun 1980) traffic operator, Vic and Piki Sole (Dec 1980-Dec 1985) guard, Mike & Heather Masson (1986-1988) signal maintainer, Chris Hogan (Dec 1988-1990) signal maintainer 554: (?) Derek C (or Don?) & ... Syme (ca. 1944-1946) (lived there twice?) porter, Tom & Betty Harris (ca. 1949-1951), shunter, N C (Chris) & Jessie Smith (ca. 1951-1958), Peter & Sylvia Dowie (17 Nov 1958-21 Aug 1963) guard, John & Shirley Kennedy (Aug 1963-Apr 1968) engine driver (2nd house, ex 535), John (Slim) & Lois Sommerville (Apr 1968- Apr 1971s) engine driver, D M (Doug) & Mary Donaldson (Apr 1971-Jul 1974s) engine driver, Jock & Enid Tuari (ca. Sep 1974-mid-1976) engine driver (ex 560), Bob and Bev Goodman May 1976s-Dec 1979 engine driver, Owen Fitzgerald (ca. Mar 1980-May 1980) engine driver, vacant Jun 1980, Gilbert Bryan (1980 until houses on railway side sold around mid-1990s, then to 527) engine driver 553: The refreshment rooms cook lived here at the same time as Jacques in 552, Leo and Eva Cummings (Sep 1948- Mar 1954s) train examiner, Warren & … Milne (ca. 1954-1958) train examiner, Trevor and Val Locke (Apr 58-10 Jul 1961s) traffic assistant, Harry & Phyllis Mann (ca. 1961-ca. 1963) shunter, vacated Jan 1963, Guy & Mary Scoon (there Apr 1963, gone by mid-1964) engine driver (ex545), I M (Ian) & Alice Peters (ca. 1966-1968) surfaceman, vacant 9 Apr 1968, still vacant 26 May 1971, workshop (Foreman of Works) in 1972, taken down and transported in parts to Goat Creek in 1977 for reconstruction of bridge (was bridge gang's headquarters), section used for playground early 1980s. 552: Merv & Lil Jacques (Feb 1935s-Apr 1937s) train examiner, W J (Bill) Meadows (Nov 1938-Dec 1939) manager of refreshment rooms, V G & ... Holland (Dec 1939- ?) manager of refreshment rooms, (?) Robert Brabyn (ca. 1941- 1942), W O (Owen) & Dulcie Williams (Sep 1946-28 Jun 1950) leading carpenter, A J (Jim) & Eva Barnes (21 July 1950-May 1957s) carpenter, G M & ... McCabe (there at time of December 1957 flood) carpenter, … & ... Sturt (ca. 1959), Alby & Eleanor Green (ca. Oct/Nov 1959-ca. Nov 1962) bridge gang, Les & Elva Organ (ca. end 1962-May 1966s) in charge of bridge gang (ex B707), Ken & Nellie Mead (or Meads?) (ca. 1966- ?, there Feb and Oct 1967) surfaceman, N V (Neil) & (?) Barbara Johnson (Jul 1970- ?, still there Oct 1973) surfaceman, W A (Kelly) & Glenys Gray (Mar 1975s-Sep 1976s) bridge gang, Dave Herriot (? -ca. Aug 1978) section officer, J R (Jeffrey) Curtin (Aug 1978-Jan/Feb 1981) section officer, Ian and Liz Wilson (Mar 1981-Mar 1984) section officer, Derek (sp) & Judy Tainui (1984-ca. 1987) shunter Lower Alleyway between 552 and 551 551: William (Bill) and Gladys Knight (ca. 1931-ca. 1941) Traction electrician, J H & … McKenzie (Sep 1942s-ca. 1949) Traction lineman, George J & Anne Moyle (Sep 1951s-Nov 1952) guard, M J (Mick) & Elsie Fahey (ca. 1953- 1956/1957, gone by Apr 1957) guard, J G (Jack) Matheson (May 1957-1960) stationmaster, Jack Borwick (there Nov 1960, to ca. Apr/May 1961) stationmaster, E C (Edgar Charles (Ted)) & … Langdon (? - ?, there Jan 1963, next stationmaster was in B707) stationmaster, Jack & Margaret Chammen (ca. 1964-Jul 1967s, there by 1964) shunter, Graham & ... Dawe (there in 1968) traffic assistant, R (Bobby) & Elaine (partner?) McGee (Mar 1971- ?, still there 1973) shunter, Merv & Mary Lister (Oct 1976s-Sep1980s) surfaceman, vacant as at 9 Mar 1981, Max Barton (early to mid-1980s, left ca. 1987) stationmaster (shared house with Greg Donovan), Paul Smith (? - ?, in Otira Jan 1986, Mar 1988) section officer 550: Freddy & ... Kear (at least 1930-ca. 1938) engine driver, (?) Harold & … Neill engine driver (ca. 1940-ca. 1947), Vic & Amy Shaw (ca. 1947-Dec 1951s) engine driver, Ian & Veronica Dunsmuir (ca. Dec 1951-ca. 1954) engine driver, Dick and Lorna Williams (he lived in Terminus Hotel from about Aug 1954 until he married, went into house about early 1956, left Otira 9 Apr 1958) fireman, Alf & Connie Mildenhall (Apr 1958-Oct 1961) fireman then engine driver, Allan & Nicky Pugh (Oct 1961s-Oct/Nov 1963) engine driver, Graham & Deb Setter (ca. 1963-1965) fireman, Harold Carr ('Judge') & Ranui ('Ra') Ngarimu (Nov 1965-ca. Sep 1968) fireman, W J (Bill & Dawn) Roberts (Nov 1970-ca. mid-1972) traffic assistant (1st house, to 546), Colin & Sue Brunt (Mar 1976s-Apr 1978s) (had been empty for a while) surfaceman, David? & … Kennedy (? - ?) surfaceman, Albie & Maria Tengu (1980- ?, still there in May 1985 according to Sam Bell) bridge gang (ex-MOW house), M G (Michael) Cunningham (? - ?, there in Jul 1985) shunter (to 534) 549: Alfred J & ... Dowling (ca. Oct 1939-ca. 1942) fireman, Bob & Nola McGrath (ca. 1947-ca. 1950) surfaceman, L G (Lindsay) & Joan McCully (ca. 1950-ca. 1955) surfaceman, E J (Ernie & Allison Crisp (ca. Sep 1956-later on in 1958) surfaceman in Gang 12 (Otira to Jacksons), Ralph & … King (? - ?), Alf & Pearl Tong (1960-1962 when took on tearooms up past Goat Creek) surfaceman, J D (Jack) & … Lawson (there Apr 1963 and Feb 1964) plumber, Leo & Becky? Trouland (? - ?, there 1967) plumber, John & Ruth? Leaker (? - ?) plumber, T K (Trevor) & Sue Scott (Jun 1969-1974) surfaceman, Mar 1982: House occupied by Foreman of Work's staff as a workshop, District Engineer had it Jul 1985 548: Les & Maude Cushnie (in house from 1937 when married-1941) Power House clerk, Bill & Betty Bryce (ca. 1947-ca. Aug 1948) porter, Allen & Hazel McVinnie (31 Aug 1948-ca. 1950, there May 1950) refreshment rooms manager, Billy & ... Morton (1950-?) plumber, Fred & … Bishop (? - ?, there 1955) plumber, empty for a long time in Crisp's time, R W & ... Blacktopp (there Dec 1957 flood) temporary plumber, Martha Cunliffe (Jan/Feb 1959- ?) refreshment rooms manageress, G R (Graeme) & June Davidson (? - ?, just married ca. 1960, still there Aug 1963) bridge gang, Gerry & Lou Dennehy (Nov/Dec 1964-Apr/May 1968) bridge gang then signal maintainer, Ross & Greta Leach (May 68s-Apr 1970s) ganger, Jim/Jimmy & Phoebe Sydney (Jul 1970- ?), … & … Tuhou (? - ?), from 29 June 1982 lease of house to Ian Le Page (contractor for building singlemen's huts), A (Alan) & Paula Milliken (? -ca. Apr 1986) (1st house, went to 528) Traction lineman, empty 547: (? ) Len & … Williams (ca. 1925-ca. 1938) (if in same house all the time) train examiner, Gordon & … Smith (ca. 1941-ca. 1943 there in Feb 1941) train examiner, Neil & … Noonan (ca. 1943-Jul 1946s) train examiner, Eric & … Carson (ca. 1946-ca. 1948) train examiner, Gordon & … Smith 2nd time (Aug 1948s-Nov 1949s) train examiner, Tommy & Mina Lord (Dec 1949/Jan 1950-ca. 1953) train examiner, Bill and Frances Withers (Jun 1956-Jun 1961s) train examiner, Harry & Edna Fayen (Jun 1961s-Jul 1965) train examiner, TJ (Tom) & Barbara (later) Port (Mar 1967- ca. 1975) surfaceman, Dave Paranihi (? -ca. 1985) engine driver & Fiona Crook (? -ca. Nov 1981), permanently empty in 1986-1988 era 546: John (Jack) & Grace Kelly (ca. 1940-ca. 1946) (ex railway house next to old hospital) surfaceman, (?) Leonard & … McCann (ca. 1946- Dec 1947s) surfaceman, L J (Jim) & Ngaire Lee (Dec 1947/Jan 1948-Jun 1953s) surfaceman, O J (Owen) & Kathy (sp) Smith (Dec 1953/Jan 1954s-Feb 1960s) surfaceman then traffic assistant, Tom & Betty Hutt (ca. Jun 1963-1966) shunter, Owen & Kathy (sp) Smith (1966-May 1969) shunter, K D & … Jackson (Aug 70- ?) temporary labourer, Bill & Dawn Roberts (there by Jul 1972, to Nov/Dec 1975) (2nd house, ex 550) traffic assistant, (?) AG Walker from Mar 1976 (lease), G M (Guy) & Diane (sp) Miller (Oct 1977s-ca. 1981) fitter, Steve Brown (married Colleen 1982) (early 1980s, there May 1982) fitter, D A (Don) & ... Lewis (? - ?, there Jan 1984, Jul 1985) fitter, Fred & Glenys Key (1986-88) (2nd house) engine driver 545: Thomas Edward (Ted) & May Josephine Daly (Apr 1939-1941) surfaceman, Ernie & Lucy Lancaster (Jul 1941- Apr 1946s) fireman, Trevor & … Haines (Sep 1946s-Nov 1950s) ganger, (?) Graham & ... Duffy - about two houses up from Bert Coombes (Apr 1955s-Jul 1957s) Traction lineman, C A (Colin) & Aileen Ashton (ca. mid-1957-ca. early 1961) engine driver, Frank & Marie Lucas (Apr 1961-Oct 1962) fireman/engine driver, G M (Guy & Mary) Scoon (? - Apr 1963) to 553, fireman/acting engine driver, to be taken over by Traffic Branch, Ben & … Huve (May 1963-Sep 1965s) , Jock & Leila Harris (Sep 1966s-mid-1968 (to Otira Gorge tearooms, went to Christchurch May 1969) shunter, Alf & Pearl Tong (could be 544 - Jul 1968s until just after Inangahua earthquake), R A (Ron & Patricia) Murch (Oct 1969-ca. 1971) Traction lineman, ... O'Neil (? - ?, there Jul 1972) Traction lineman, Tony & Lyn McIlwraith (6 Aug 1973-Oct 1980) bridge carpenter, … & … Wihape (ca. 1981-? , there Nov 1982) surfaceman, Craig Ilton (? - ?, there Jul 1985), Nick & Liz Maeder (? -Oct 1989s) shunter 544: D & … Christensen (ca. 1940) fireman, R W (Dick) & ... Wills (ca. 1946-ca. 1953) fitter, A J (Alan) & Eileen Gray (ca. 1954-ca. late 1959) fitter, Roger & Joy Rasmussen (late 1959-ca. May/June 1965s) fitter, John & Joy Newton (May/June 65- May 1968) fitter, vacant from 25 Oct 1970 to May 1971, E V F (Ted) & Stacey Hartley (Aug 1971- ?) Traction electrician, Peter & Burma Cooper (? - ?, after Aug 1975, there Oct 1976), nobody else until Bob and Maud (sp) Toko (Sep 1980-1981) 543: Charlie & Mary Emmerson (Apr 1939s-Apr 1954s) cook in railway refreshment rooms, Bruce & Elodie (sp) Gray (ca. 1957-ca. 1961) engine driver, Mike & Loma Kuiti (ca. 1960-Dec 1964s) engine driver, Dave & Maureen Hedley (? - ?, there Feb 1966) fireman, Geoff & Liz Butcher (? -ca. Jun 1969) fireman, vacated Jun 1971, Lindsay & Margaret Nairn (Feb 72s-ca. Aug 1975) in charge of bridge gang, Greg and Jackie Shand (pt of 1981) went to 530, Tom Nepia (? - ?, there 1985, 1989) bridge gang 542: Peter & Kathy (sp) Hill (ca. 1930-ca. 1941) fitter, Edgar & Ruth Hartley (ca. 1946-Feb 1954s) surfaceman, Bert & Ailsa D (Billie) Coombes (Apr/May 1953-ca. mid 1955) (in hotel first) Traction electrician, R C (Reg) & Ngaire Neilson (ca. late 1956-ca. 1959) surfaceman in tunnel gang, Ernie & June Faulkner (ca. Jan 1960-Mar/Apr 1961) ganger, Franz & Adriana (Shaan) Purgar (Apr 1962s-Aug 1964s) signal erector, Ron & Noelene Cain (ca. Jan/Feb 1965- ca. late 1968, there 14 Nov 1968) bridge carpenter, E C (Eric) & ... Hooper (Jun 1969-Nov 1972s) bridge carpenter, Lawrence (Lawrie) & ... Utiger ('Tiger') (Apr/May 1973s-ca. 1991) guard, then shunter (separated while in Otira) 541: George & … Dynan (ca.1933-Nov/Dec 1951s) Traction electrician, (R C) Robert & … Ingram (Jun 1952s- Aug 1954s) electrician, Wasiliy (Basil) & … Taraschensko (ca. Aug 1954-Jul/Aug 1956s) surfaceman in tunnel gang, W B Johnstone (? - 20 Feb 1958, there in Dec 1957 flood) electrician - Way & Works, Jack & Bonnie Ackland (Jun/Jul 1958- ca. Mar 1962) Traction electrician, Ron & Kath (sp) Lilley (? -ca. May 1968) Traction electrician, Gary & Judy Tipler (Jun 1968-ca. Dec 1969) Traction electrician, B R (Brian & Verna) Scrimgeour (May 1970-ca. early 1973) surfaceman, Bill & Annette (sp) Farmer (ca. early 1973-ca. mid 1975), Bob & Lorraine Bothwell (ca. mid-1970s-1981) bridge gang, Geoff Dunwoodie (6 Feb 1982 – in house until new hut compound completed ca. May 1983) signal maintainer 540: Jack & Ivy Molloy (ca. 1931-1936) carpenter, Bert & Ruby Winchester (Sep 1935-Mar 1938s), Edward H & ... McGuigan (Mar 1938-Sep 1939) carpenter, Stan & Maisie Norris (ca. 1939-ca. 1948), J T Bennett (? -16 June 1950) casual carpenter, N W (Neil) & Pat Columbus (20 June 1950-ca. 1952/53) carpenter, (J R) Reg & Doreen Sheppard (ca. 1953-ca. 1958, there Dec 1957 flood) carpenter, Ferenc (Frank) & Rae Kassa (26 Jan 59- ca. mid-1962, still there May 1962), Dave & Lois Wotton (ca. mid 1962-Nov 1963 (2nd house), signal maintainer, Dick & Glenis Trueman (Dick in hotel for couple of weeks, ca. late 1964-ca. 1968), Bill & Judith Stephenson (Nov 1968-1969/70), Gary & Judy Tipler (ca. Dec 1969-Jul 1971, (?) couple with wife's name Carol (he was shunter), George & June White (Mar-Aug 1975s), Lionel & ... Renata (at least beg. 1976-Sep 1978s) traffic operator, M J (Mel) Jacobs (ca. 1979- ?) engine driver, Paul & Tania Thomson (31 Oct 1984 for 2-3 years then to 533) Traction lineman, unoccupied & semi-derelict by 1991 539: Alex & Margaret Whitley (1930-Dec 1936s) signal maintainer, T R (Thomas Russell) & Rita McLay (May 1937sca. 1946) signal maintainer, (?) Arthur Charles Crosado (ca. 1947-1948) IP Way, (?) Alf Still (ca. 1949) IP Way, Thornton S (Tom) & ... Fitness (ca. 1949/50-Jun 1953) ganger/IP Way, R C (Bob) & ... Hooper (there after mid-1956 -16 Oct 1959) surfaceman, Dave & Lois Wotton (ca. Feb 1961-ca. mid-1962 until Kassas' moved out of 540) signal maintainer, Dave & Evonne McLennan (1965-Apr 1968s) section officer, Murray & … Delahunty (? - ?, there ca. mid1968) section officer, E (Ted) & Peg Tredinnick (Jul 1970-ca. early Oct 1976) train examiner, Alan & Doreen Kennedy (1976-ca. 1983) train examiner (to 518), Dave & Kathy Hodgson (ca. 1983-ca. 1986) train examiner (? Dave: ex-hut compound, there in Sep 1982), Murray & Debbie George (ca. 1986-1989) signal maintainer(1986-89 era), John & Janet Withers (Mar 1989-May 1990), Stuart Dow (June 1991-Feb/Mar 1994) surfaceman Riverside houses: 538: Gordon & ... Weller (Jun 1946s-Aug 1948s) porter, Athol & Bessie Hands (ca. Aug 1948- May 1952) traffic assistant, C A E (Chris) & Ann (sp) Petersen (2nd time) (? - Sep 1955s) traffic assistant, Brian & Rosie Harper (Sep 1955-ca. Aug 1958) traffic assistant, Feb 1961: painting contractor to rent for about 4 months from Feb to June 1961, Gordon & Shirley Cunningham (ca. Aug 1962-ca. Jan 1966), empty for a long time, leased to Otira Playcentre (Feb 1971-ca. Dec 1972), sold to W P Rathbun of Greymouth Dec 1974, removed Apr 1976 537: M C & ... Carr (Feb 1942s-1944), Percival (Beau) Campbell (there 1948, late 1940s, in Otira from at least 1944) & Miss King, guard, S J (Sid) & … Beattie (ca. 1950-ca. 1952) guard, Duncan Alexander & … Peat (Aug 1953s-Jun 1954s) shunter/acting guard, AO (Alan) & Mavis Fletcher (ca. 1955-1958, there by Sep 1955) guard, Fred & Lorraine Smith (Jul 1958-late 1961) shunter, Ted & Shona Hayward (ca. 1962-ca. 1964), Peter & … Jackson (at least June 1965- ca. May 1967) traffic assistant, Jim & Paula Daynes (ca. May 67-ca. late 1970) engine driver, Russel & Nyra Ryder (Dec 1970- ?, went to 533) engine driver, house in poor condition May 1972, sold to W P Rathbun of Greymouth Dec 1974, removed Apr 1976 536: (?) Jack & Tora Bone (ca. 1928-ca. 1930) porter (lived in one of the 'long' houses on river side), Russell & … Plato (? - ?, there in Feb 1941) porter, W J (Jack) & Janet Wilson (Mar 1943s-Mar 1946s) guard, Bill & Aileen Cleave (1946-ca. 1954, there Jan 1954), shift clerk, (?) … & ... Mote (? -Feb 1955s), … & … Scott (early 1956-ca. mid 1956) bridge carpenter, Gerry & ... Kennedy (? - ?) carpenter, Alec & ... Mitchell (? -1 Mar 1958) casual carpenter there at time of Dec 1957 flood, … & … Blackmore plumber (late 1950s/early 1960s), Ron & Pat Wills (? - ?, there 1961, Jul 1962), Clarrie & Anne Lewis (Sep 1963-Aug 1966s) surfaceman/acting ganger, Parekura ('Johnnie') & Pat ('Ma') Kapa (ca. 1966-1968) surfaceman, vacant for a while?, Noel & Lorraine Saxon (Dec 1970-1972) (1st house, to 527) bridge gang, vacated as at Aug 1972, Otira Playcentre (ca. Feb 1973-ca. 1990) 535: Frank & … Richards (ca. 1940-1943, there Feb 1941) engine driver, Charlie & Verna Broughton (ca. 1944-1945) engine driver, Terence & Myrtle Molloy (ca. 1945-ca. 1948) fireman, R C (Ray) & ... Clark (ca. 1948-ca. 1952) fireman, Bill & Joy Manera (ca. 1954-Aug/Sep 1959s) fireman, Carl & Marie Voigt (1960-Apr 1963s) engine driver, John & Shirley Kennedy (May 1963s-ca. Aug 1963) (to 554) engine driver, L E (Larry) & ... Hogg (Aug 1963-Jun/Jul 1980 (separated by Nov 1971) guard, Buzz & Diane Terrey (Jul 1980s-Jan 1984) bridge carpenter, Warren & Ann Marie Shaw (May 1985-May 1988) engine driver 534: W D (Bill or 'Wal') & ... Frazer (May 1925-1946), G C (Geoff & Phyllis) Foster (Mar 1947- Jul 1952s) engine driver, D L & … Sutherland (ca. early 1953-Sep 1957) engine driver, R G D (Reg) & … Cameron (Sep 1957 until Hills moved out of Otira, then to 560) fireman, John & Mariette Hewitson (1958-1962) (ex B707) Traction electrician, Howard & ... Straker (1962-ca. 1964, there Dec 1963) shunter, empty Feb 1967, K R (Ken & Kath) O'Reilly (Oct 1967- 27 Jul 1973) signal maintainer, B C (Brian) & Leigh (for first year) Coomber (1974-1983) surfaceman, Doug & Priscilla Pourau (? - ?, there 1984-1985) surfaceman, … Puata (ca. 1985- late 1987) surfaceman, Michael Cunningham (? - 1991) shunter (ex 550, 2nd house) 533: Eric & … Crumpton (ca. 1941-ca. 1946) shift clerk (almost certainly this house), Ray McKenzie shift clerk (? -Sep 1949s), N T (Neil) & ... Norris (ca. 1949-ca. 1952) shift clerk, Jimmy & Lorraine Kelly (ca. 1953-ca. 1956) shift clerk, Jim & Ruth Turner (3 July 1957-ca. Oct 1960) shift clerk, Bert & Ailsa D (Billie) Coombes (May 1962- ?, went to 524) Traction electrician, T L R (Trevor) & Diane Starr (Feb 1967-Oct 1972) surfaceman, Russell & Nyra Ryder (ca. late 1972-1973) (ex 537) engine driver, Doug & ... Stewart (? - ?) engine driver, someone in bridge gang (? - ?), Dave & Helen Boult (signal maintainer) (? - ?, there Aug 1976, Apr 1977), G B (Graham) (sp) & Maureen Hudson (? - ?, there Jul 1979, Jun 1980), Clarry & Angela (after 2-3 weeks) Lewis (Nov 1980-Oct 1982) surfaceman, Carol Downing & Wayne Prendergast (? - ?, there Nov 1983) surfaceman, Paul & Tania Thomson (ex 540) (1986/87-1990s) Traction lineman 532: Jock & … Steel (May 1932s-ca. 1944) fireman, then engine driver, N G (Noel) & ... Clark (ca. 1946-May 1951s (engine driver), H H (Harry) & ... Ferguson (? - ?, there Feb 1952) engine driver, Len & Jean James (1953-Oct 1957s) engine driver, Ken & Una Wakefield (ca. late 1957- ?, left after mid-1960 & gone by May 1961) engine driver, Eric & Val Arnott (Aug 1963-ca. Jan 1964) (1st house, to 560) engine driver, Peter & Erin Bradley (ca. 1964-Dec 1967) engine driver, OC (Owen) & Valerie Wilson (Jan 1968-Nov 1972) engine driver, Ross & Judith Tizzard (Jan 1973-Jan 1976) electrician, T W (Tai & Carol) Thorne (? -ca. mid-1980, there Apr 1978, June 1980 (left by mid-1980) Traction lineman, Kere & Debbie Howse (ca. Jul 1980-June 1984s) (ex 526) surfaceman 531: In Oct 1931 was let to an 'outsider', Arthur & ... Harrison (May 1934s-Jul 1936s) sch teach, Ben & ... Keating (ca. 1940- ca. 1941) engine driver, then took over Otira Cash Stores, George & … McGee (ca. 1942-1945, Ray & ... Bodger (ca. 1945-Dec 1947) (2nd time in Otira) fireman, E D (Evan) & … Harris (ca. 1949-ca. 1953) fireman/engine driver, John & ... Butcher (Oct 1953-Dec 1957s) engine driver, J E (Jim/Jimmy) & Bev Earl (ca. 1958-ca. 1964, gone by mid1964) fireman, Bill Beaton (4 Apr 1966-Nov 1984s (& Colleen from late 1972) Traction lineman, Kelly & Glenys Gray (? - ?, there Jul 1985) bridge gang (afterwards, went up to tearooms – had these for 9 months) 530: Bill & Violet Bell (ca. 1933-1951) fitter, Trevor & Adele Wilson (1951-Jul 1956) fitter, (W K) Bill & Helen (from Oct 1956) Mumford (Jul 1956-Feb 1971s) fitter, vacant at 18 June 1971, still vacant Nov 1971, Frank & Kathy Coxhill (Feb 1972s-Dec 1973s) ganger, R C (Bob) & Lorraine Williams (Dec 1974-May 1981) (2nd time), Greg & Jackie Shand (ca. 1981-ca. 1983) bridge gang (Greg Shand to MOW house 5 Dec 1983), G A (Gordon) Cunningham & Janice Wilson (1984- ?, there Jul 1985) 529: Dick & (?) Jean Jeffcott (? -ca. 1944) ganger, J S & … Phillips (1946-Apr/May 1948s) clerk, H W (Howard) & Melbar Machon (Mar 1949s-Dec 1952s) IP Way clerk, Jack & Jean McLean (ca. 1953-Mar 1956) IP Way clerk, Nov 1956: house available for surfaceman, J R (John) & ... Barsby (? -14 Feb 1958) casual labourer, flood repair workers after Dec 1957 flood, Ron & Peggy Smith (? - ?, there Dec 1962) surfaceman?, Brian & Verna? Withell (ca. 1963-ca. Jan 1966) bridge gang, Bruce & Yvonne McLennan (May 1966-ca. early 1971), a woman related to Ray Murphy, D J (Don) & Beryl McKenzie (lived in hotel long time before house) (Nov 1971-ca. Aug 1976)Traction lineman, T E (Trevor) & Karen Arbuckle (ca. Sep 1976-Oct 1981) fitter, T G (Tony) Evans (1982-end of 1984) fitter, Roger Harris (? - ?, there Jul 1985) fitter 528: Allan & Myrtle Pugh (ca. Jan 1936-Oct 1937s) engine driver, Edmund (Nick) & … Carter (ca. 1940-1946) engine driver (Harold & … Clough (Jun 1946s-ca. 1952) fireman, A J (Allen) Pearsey (? -ca. Apr 1956, there Jun 1953) fireman & acting engine driver, B C (Bruce) & Helen Smith (Jul 1956-June 1960) engine driver, Jack & Audrey Hansen (ca. 1960- ? - in Otira until Feb 1962 – from school records) engine driver, Arthur (Artie) & Elaine Carson (in this house but unsure when replaced Hansens, as in Otira by the start of the school year in 1961 and left in Aug 1963 – from school records) engine driver, Colin & Pat Thorn (Dec 1963-Jul 1964) (1st house, to 556) engine driver, Henry & ... Tebet (? - ?, there Feb 1967) Traction electrician, Albie & Pat Mikkelson (Dec 1967-ca. Nov 1971) engine driver, Len & Jan Goodwin (? - Jul 1975s, there 1973) engine driver, Bob & Kath Hunt (Aug/Sep 1975-very late 1978) engine driver, I W (Ian) & Lee (from October) Dixon (Apr 1979-Mar/Apr 1986), A P (Alan) Milliken (ca. Apr 1986-Oct/Nov 1986) (2nd house, ex 548), Joe Goodman (? - ?, after 523?) there 1989-1991 in Bromleys' time 527: F O & … Thomas (? - ?, there 1941) guard, Charlie & … Minifie (ca. 1944-ca. 1946) head teacher, Andy & Flora Anderson (early 1947-Aug 1956s) head teacher, ... Adams (Nov 1956-Dec 1956) school teacher, J G & ... Watson (ca. Jan 1957-Aug 1957) head teacher, S F (Syd) & ... Postlewaight (Sep 1957-Dec 1959) head teacher, Russell Bain (Jan 1960-Dec 1962) head teacher, David & Janice Bell (May 1963-Aug 1964 (David previously in hotel until married) (head teacher), George & Delcie McKenzie (Jan 1965-later that year when new school house built) both teachers – George: senior class, Delcie: junior class, Don & Jan McCutcheon (ca. Jan 1967-Oct 1969s) bridge carpenter, Don & Sherry Tangaroawhai/Timothy (? -Apr 1970s), Brian Johnson (Feb 1971- ?), Noel & Lorraine Saxon (1972-Apr 1976s) (2nd house, ex 536), B P (Brian) & Paula Brown (1976-1981) signal maintainer, Sam Bell (ca. Apr 1981-May 1985) signal maintainer, Mark Downing & 1st girlfriend Donna Manawatu 2nd girlfriend Judy Kerr (later married) (? - ca. early 1986) bridge gang, Dick & Lynne Burn (Nov 1986-Jul 1989s), Geoff & Philippa Bromley (1989-Sep 1991) ganger, Gilbert Bryan (ca. mid-1990s-ca. 2001) engine driver 526: Frederick Gordon & … Baldwin (ca. 1947-1948) lineman, Lionel Victor & ... Pearce (ca. Jan 1949-Jul 1951s) signal erector, J P & ... Mahon (?- ?, there 1952) signal erector, R W & ... Green (Sep 1953-Jul 1954s), M G (Merv) & Ziere Osburn (Aug 1955-Jun 1959s) electrician/maintainer, allocated to Traffic Branch in exchange for 538, Ernie & Betty White (1960-Jul 1962) guard, Ken & Florrie Fairfax-Jones (? - ?, there in mid-1960s) guard, Gavin & Bev Murdoch (ca. May 1966-May 1967s) section officer, Dick and Jan Carroll (ca. May 1967-ca. late 1970) shunter, J M & K E Davidson (? - vacated on 1 May 1971 (took over Four Square), T J (Tom and Adeyth) Chandler (May 1971- Apr 1977s) section officer, K L (Kere) & Debbie Howse (ca. May-ca. Jul 1980, there June 1980 (1st house, to 532), Alan Crook & Christine Wills (1981-1984) shunter, Grant Burnard (1984-1986) section officer, Gavin Clout (Jul 1986-Apr 1989) section officer 525: … & … Mulholland (ca. 1930-ca. Aug/Sep 1931) engine driver, Alfred & ... Paston (Dec 1935/Jan 1936-Sep 1940s) fitter, Alf & … Coombes (Mar 1941s-Aug 1949s) engine driver, Tom & ... McAvey (ca. 1949-Jun 1952s), Tim & ... Tangney (Jun 1952-Mar 1956s) engine driver, C J (Colin) & Alda Campbell (Apr 1957-Oct 1958s) engine driver, Roger & Irene Hennessy (Oct 1958-ca. Apr 1962) engine driver, Rex & Ann Daniels (Oct/Nov 1967-May 1969s) guard, R C (Bob) & Lorraine) Williams (Sep 1969-Dec 1972) signal maintainer, Clarrie & Anne Lewis (Sep 1973s-Oct/Nov 1976) ganger, Ray (Snow) Frazer (sp) (? -May 1980), R L (Ray) Fisher (May/June 1980-ca. Jul 1985) 524: Dave & Doris Marquet (1929-1941) stoker in Power House, Percy, Les, Alice, Ron? & their mother Clara Youngman (ca. 1942-various dates), J J (Joe) & Pat Murphy (Mar 1957-5 Mar 1958) surfaceman, Karl & Shirley Van Kasteren (ca. 1958-early 1960s, there by Oct 1958) surfaceman, Frank & Margaret Hines (ca. Oct 1961-ca. 1963) (2nd house, ex B707), Bert & Ailsa D (Billie) Coombes (? -Mar 1965s) (2nd house, 2nd time in Otira) Traction electrician, W G (Bill) & Val McConachy (? -Feb 1969s) Traction lineman, N B (Neil) & Ann McDonald (May 1969-Nov 1976s) Traction lineman, … Gibb (? - ?, there Jul 1980) traffic assistant, couple just married when Ray Fisher there, from 8 Jul 1982: Ian Gottermeyer, Mike Manley & Paul Nicholl (ex hut compound until new huts ready, ca. Apr 1983), ... Grant (? - ?, there Nov 1984) 523: Harry & Maggie Cox (Mar 1936-1943) fitter, Victor and Amy Barker (ca. Jan 1945-May 1949s) engine driver, (A J) Albie & Kathy Ilton (ca. 1949-Jun 1954s) fireman, I G (Ian & Melva) Ledgerwood (6 Jul 1954-Jun1958s) fireman/driver, Peter & Doreen Stewart (ca. June 1958-May 1963s) fireman, Tawhai & Diane Mahauariki (mid-1963- Sep 1967), David & Esther Tagestad (Sep 1967-Sep 1968), P C (Peter & Daphne) Loader (May 1970-June 1973s), Oct 1973: no longer required for Traffic Department purposes, J M (Joe) Goodman (ca. late 1973-ca. Dec 1977/Jan 1978), also (? - ca. 1983 to Wellington, there June 1980) 522: A A (Bert) & Emily (Emm) Emerson (ca. 1932-ca. 1942) engine driver, Bill & Alice Daniels (Sep 1942-Mar 1948s) engine driver, Bob & … Mechen (ca. 1949-Sep 1950s) (unsure about house), A G (Allan Guy) & ... Robinson (Oct 1950-ca. 1953) shift clerk, John (Jack) & Margaret Bainbridge (Mar 1953s-Feb 1956s) shift clerk, Kevin and Vera O'Keefe (Mar 1956-ca. Nov 1957) shift clerk, Stuart & Joy Pugh (Stuart from Dec 1957, Joy after married (29 March 1958)-ca. Feb 1961) shift clerk, Maurice & Irene Hope (late Feb 1961-Jan 1962) shift clerk, Doug & Pat Taylor (ca. early 1962- ?) shift clerk, Viv & Betty Sheehan (Mar 1965-Apr 1968) traffic assistant, Jeff & Kath Hindle (Apr 1968- ?, still recorded as occupants at Nov 1971 even though had Otira Gorge tearooms from 1969) train examiner, Phil & Jenny Horton (ca. 1973-ca. 1978) fitter, Pat & Bonny Watene (Feb 1984-late 1980s) ganger 521: Arthur & … Stubbs (ca. Jan 1938-Aug 1942s) engine driver, John S Bellaney (Aug 1942s-ca. 1946) engine driver, S G (Stan & Flora) Crowe (ca. 1947-Jul 1955s) engine driver, J A (Johnny) Kane (ca. 1955-July 1959s) engine driver, Peter& Jan Griffin (ca. Jul 1959-1965) fireman/engine driver, Richard & Dorothy Butcher (ca. Aug 65-July 1968s) engine driver, T T S (Stu) & Marilyn Heremaia (Oct 1968-ca. Aug 1972) section officer, Alan & Trish Hunt (ca. Aug 1972-Mar 1975s) section officer, Mike & Shirley Turner (Oct 1975-1978) section officer, K R (Ken) Carter (ca. 1979- ca. 1980, there June 1980) section officer, Ian Waite (ca. May 1981 until went into 519) Traction electrician, Billy ('Spot') Downing (? - ?, there Nov 1983) bridge gang, permanently empty by mid-1980s 520: Ray & … Bodger (ca. 1940-1941) fireman, Tom & Ruth King (1941-Sep 1956s), Feb 57: vacated by Mechanical Branch, has been allocated to Way & Works Branch, A T C & ... Stephens (Apr 1957s- ?) temporary carpenter, … & … Duncan (ca. 1958-ca. 1961) guard, George & Marilyn Fisher (ca. late 1961-ca. mid-1963) surfaceman, Jeff & Kath Hindle (June 1963- ?, went to Otira Gorge tearooms ca. late 1964), Richard & Joy Leach (ca. May 1965-ca. late 1965), … & … Henderson (? - ?, there Feb 1967, G H (George) and Papakura Tainui (Apr 1967-Nov/Dec 1972s) surfaceman, R H Rick (or Dick?) & J M Stevens (ca. early 1973-ca. 1975), M W (Bill) & Daphne Ryder (? -ca. Apr 1981, there June 1980) ganger, Fred & Glenys Key (Nov 1985-1986) (1st house, to 546), empty for a while then Joe Goodman (? - ?) 519: Harold & Janie Benfell (ca. 1926-Jul 1957) engineer/skilled labourer, Wally & Nan Houston (?-16 Mar 1958) lifter, Dick & Gladys McCann (Apr 1958-Dec 1960) fitter's assistant, Viv & Olive Sweeney (ca. early 1961-ca. early 1969) fitter's assistant, M G L (Murray) & Hazel Groube (Feb 1970-Mar 1973s) guard, Oct 1973: no longer required for Traffic purposes, David & ... Brooks (sp) (? - ?), Michael & Dawn Lewis (? - ?, there in Aug 1976), Neville & Deidre Murdoch (ca. Aug 1977-Sep/Oct 1979) traffic assistant, N J (Noel) and Leonie) Murchie (Apr 1980-1981) surfaceman, Ian Waite (? - Nov 1982) Traction electrician (2nd house, ex 521), unknown ganger in Keys' time who was single 518: Fred & … Allott (ca. 1923-ca. 1928) engine driver, Jack Brennan-Holton (known as … Holton) (ca. early 1940s) fitter, Robin & ... Drake (ca. 1946-ca. 1949, there Dec 1948) shunter, Theo & ... Le Nedelec (ca. 1950-Nov 1953) shunter, Neil & Rita Wilson (ca. 1953-ca. Jul 1957) shunter, F H J (Frank) & Doreen Jacques (? - ?, there Dec 1957) acting train examiner, Noel & Anne Reid (1958-ca. 1962) fireman, A W (Allan) & Margaret Henderson (ca. 1962-ca. 1965, there Jan 1963) fireman, Alan & Pat Haraki (ca. 1965-1968) engine driver, B L (Brian) McIntosh (Jul 1968- ?) fitter (went to bach by police station which he bought), Mark & Lesley Scotson (ca. Oct 1975-ca. Oct 1978) engine driver, E C (Butch) & Tawai Fredericks (ca. late 1978/early 1979-May/June 1983) train examiner, Alan & Doreen Kennedy (? -ca. 1984) train examiner (ex 539) B707: R W (Dick) & Audrey Power (Jul 1951-ca. 1954) surfaceman, (?) Trevor & Loretta Bakes (? - ?) surfaceman who became Traction lineman later (to 558), J G (John) & Mariette Hewitson (late 1957-1958) (1st house, to 534) Traction electrician, Frank & Margaret Hines (? -ca. Oct 1961) (to 524), Les & Elva Organ (Oct 1961-ca. end 1962) in charge of bridge gang, Bob & … McCarrigan (? - ?, there 1964) stationmaster, Rex & Joan Wells (1965-66) stationmaster, (G R) George & ... Brown (ca. 1967-ca. late 1969) stationmaster, Wally & Jo Davis (Mar 1970-mid-1972) stationmaster, Joe & Edith Cumming (Aug 1972-ca. Jul 1976) stationmaster, G W (Gavin) & Ann Wright (ca. 1976-ca. Oct 1978) stationmaster, W G (Bill) & Ann Ross (ca. 1979- ?, there in Jun1980) stationmaster, Bert & Dulcie Blade (? -ca. Apr 1984, there mid-1982) stationmaster, Wally and Emily Ashby (? -Mar 1986s) (ex 556), Barrie Drummond (ca. Apr 1986-ca. late 1986, then to hut compound) surfaceman, Mike & Elizabeth Reeves (? - ?) fitter Houses near school: 560: Cyril & … Boys (check with Kay Woods re wife's name) (ca. 1943-ca. 1945) shift clerk, Bob & … Round (ca. 1946-ca. 1950) fitter, Arthur & May Townsend (Jul 1950-ca. Oct 1956) Power House foreman, H J (Harold ('Happy')) Hill (married Alice Youngman 23 Jan 1956 and initially lived in 524) (in 560 ca. Oct 1956-mid-1958) fitter's assistant, alterations were made in 1958 to provide accommodation for a visiting doctor and occupancy charge was reduced by 2s 11d per week (verandah and adjoining room of 560 were used as a waiting room and consulting room respectively between 1958 and around 1962), Reg & Bev Cameron (1958-Dec 1960s) (2nd house, ex 534) engine driver, Gordon & Poppy Campbell (beg. 1961-ca. Jan 1964), E W (Eric) & Val Arnott (ca. Jan 1964-Feb 1965) (2nd house, ex 532) engine driver, Pat & Val Crombie (Feb 1965-1967) engine driver, Jock & Enid Tuari Oct 1967-ca. Sep 1974 (1st house, to 554) engine driver, Harold Carr ('Judge') & Ranui ('Ra') Ngarimu (ca. Sep 1974- ?, went to old police house ca. mid1990) engine driver 498: Gavin & … Gaudion (ca. Jan 1927- ?, had left Otira by Oct 1931) ganger, N & … Porter (ca. Mar 1937-Feb 1943s), Bert & Helen Tressler (Feb 1943s-Oct 1945s), Keith & Norma Philpott (ca. 1949-ca. 1953) signal maintainer, E C (Ted) & Joan Groufsky (ca. Jan 1953-26 Mar 1958) signal maintainer, V R (Vern) & Rhona MacPherson (ca. Nov 1958-May 1961s) signal maintainer, Graham & Helen Bell (Jan 1962-July 1965) signal maintainer, Ken & Linda Lancaster (1965-1967 there 19 Dec 67) signal maintainer, John & Esme Cappill (? - ?, there 1969) ganger, vacated Sep 1971, Dec 1971: considered uneconomic to repair, tender for removal from I D Leggat (Christchurch) Feb 1972 465: Eric & Gladys James (Dec 1925-mid-1941), occupied by district nurse from 29 August 1946 to 1966 when she lived in the third (from the river) NZED house. Sold with lease of land to Canterbury Education Board in August 1975 for $100 and used for school purposes (e.g. manual training). 467: S N (Syd) & Margaret (Greta) Kinraid (Nov 1948s-Sep 1953s), J K (Jim) & … McIver (ca. 1953-1955) shift clerk, S R (Selwyn) Whitfield (? -Apr 1958s) shift clerk (ex-558), John & Maureen McRobie (ca. June 1958-1962) shift clerk, A B (Bruce) & … Bartlett (Mar 1962s-Nov 1964s) section officer, Drummond (or 'Drum') & … Prescott (ca. Nov 1964-Aug 1965s?) ganger (ex 555), Lance & Jean Fisher Tapanui (Oct 1965-1970) ganger, Feb 1971: house uneconomic to repair and sold to Danny Cruickshank in Apr 1971 for $10