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DescriptionBack Row:Marg Martin,Jan Taylor, Annette Rutledge, Wendy Routhan, Shaun Drylie.
Middle Row: Colleen Gibb, Karen McNee, Catriona Richards, Lewissa Reynolds, Rangi O’Brien.
Front: Michael Keenan, Jenny Ferguson.Date of Photo1990Map[1] ContributorColleen Gibb
Middle Row: Colleen Gibb, Karen McNee, Catriona Richards, Lewissa Reynolds, Rangi O’Brien.
Front: Michael Keenan, Jenny Ferguson.Date of Photo1990Map[1] ContributorColleen Gibb
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Location (city or town)HokitikaPersonMarg MartinRangi O’BrienMichael Keenan Jenny FergusonJan Taylor Annette RutledgeWendy RouthanShaun DrylieColleen GibbKaren McNeeCatriona Richards Lewissa ReynoldsOrganisation (eg business)ASB Hokitika
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Date Created16th February 2023CommentsWendy Rodden
Jenny Ferguson a few moons ago!
Jenny Ferguson
Wendy it sure was, they were great people
to work with, we had a great time.
Braydon Priest
Carol Martin
Stewart Reynolds
Lewissa Reynolds
Stephen Murray
Shaun drylie cracking pic
Shaun Drylie
Stephen Murray great days Steve, lots of laughed and fun had!
Stephen Murray
Shaun Drylie
Julie Rasmussen
Annette Rutledge
Grant Woolhouse
Annette Rutledge
Colleen Gibb
Sorry Shaun, not my intention to chop ya head off ☺️
Colleen Gibb
Tap on photo
Dean Hetherington
Nice mullet Shaun Drylie
Shaun Drylie
Dean Hetherington mate, where did those years and hair go?!
Dean Hetherington
Shaun Drylie don’t know about the years mate - but the hair is going silver hehe
Kevin Bell
Looking good there Mike.
Stacey Gibb
What a wonderful bunch of great faces
Kaye Stuart
Great photo
Trish Barry Andrews
Now that is a blast from the past !!
Mike Keenan
Wow! That's awesome thanks for sharing the photo Colleen Gibb
Reply1d
Colleen Gibb
Mike Keenan was good times Mickey.
Mike Keenan
Colleen Gibb they were certainly happy times and it was great to go to work everyday
Jenny Ferguson
Mike Keenan especially with you as my boss! We had so many laughs.
Mike Keenan
Jenny Ferguson what —- I thought that you were my Boss Jenny
We certainly did have some great laughs
Barbara-Anne Phillips
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme
Greg Mait
Clearly . Mike hasn't changed one I ota. Where is Ken in his walk shorts?
Jimmy Pattinson
I remember doing school experience there in the early 90s and my teacher told me to wear a tie and when I got there I was put out the back where all the paper files were to organise lol hard to believe now but they had boxes with files everywhere! Great learning experience!
Dianne Kemp
Such a great photo
Tracey Kearns
Bloody Beaut
Barry Beaton
Shelly McNee love your sisters hair do!
Mary Fittock
OMG …
Mickey Keenan !!!
Whooh !!!!!
Lewissa Reynolds
Wow, a blast from the past!! Shaun Drylie
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme
PaulAnthony Teens
Keep it on the Coast mate in the Westland Savings Bank
AlisonandGrant Elley
Great looking bunch.... I must have just moved to Nelson to miss out on this.
Margaret Martin
Wow I had forgotten some of these faces and names. Brings back lots of memories
Good times.
Carol Martin
Great crew in the Hokitika Branch. There were still a lot more upstairs in 'Head Office'!
Angela Anderson
great to see all those faces. Always gave us in Hari Hari support.
Angela Anderson
Must say I did like that uniform
Robert Mathewson
When banks were there to provide service not about about profits.
Bidgie Jefferies
Gorgeous. Blast from the past . Lovely to see everyone .
Sharron O'Brien
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme a throw back
Sharron O'Brien
Great photo
Murray Beckman
Wow - what an interesting photo. Can you please validate that the mop back top right is in fact SD
Shaun Drylie
Murray Beckman Beams made me take the ear ring out though
Murray Beckman
Shaun Drylie now that made me laugh
Kay Manera
What a great pic from the past
Brendon Forrest
Nice work Hoki Branch.
Stewart Reynolds
Brendon Forrest you would have been a fresh faced young fella back then Forrie!
Brendon Forrest
Stew ole boy. I was having a good time in Westport by then with such folk as the you!!!!
Sonia Dando
What did the ASB stand for
Carol Martin
ASB (Auckland Savings Bank) At the time of the photo though it was still Westland Bank, a subsidiary of ASB Bank. Amalgamated in 1994.
Shaun Drylie
Michael Keenan Mickey, can you remember all those 427s, 410s, and 408 print outs that I did for your refer list daily?
Brendon Forrest
Shaun - I was thinking about all the codes….still etched in the back of my mind.
Much harder to remember at the current place!!!
Joy Zhou
Mike Keenan Good to see young version of Mike! Lovely crew
Mike Keenan
That was afew years ago [ 33 ] Joy Zhou
Ann Bradley
What a wonderful memory.
Kaye McNabb
Craig Tomlinson Annette Rutledge
Richard Cudmore
That's a great picture! Those were the days
When banks gave us service !!!
Now just a hole in the wall or online stuff etc
Great photo guys!!
Mike Keenan
Richard Cudmore Thank you so much!
Tarsha Parkin
Robyn Breen
Frances Stapleton
Great photo!!!
Valda Blair
Gr8 pic Coll 1990 wow!!!
Kath Rogers
Can’t believe that is Mike
Mike Keenan
33 years ago Kath Rogers
Vern Pattinson
Jimmy
Del Godfrey
Omg Mickey Keenan! A lot has changed !!!!
Mike Keenan
Del Godfrey there certainly has Del —- I had hair in those days
Bruce Knight
My great grandfather, Edmond (Eddy) Stratford was a co-owner of the Stratford & Blair (S&B) mills. (His father was Edmond Stratford, and his son — my grandfather was also Edmond Stratford, obviously a family name)
During the Great Depression of 1929 through the mid 1930’s, the timber business dried up, no-one was building much. Rather than lay his workers off at the mills, he built the Holy City, and gave some of his employees low-rent accomodations.
I never knew my great grandfather, he died when I was very young, but I recall his wife (my great-grandmother) Catherine Stratford (nee Blewman). We visited her often, I recall her house has very high ceilings, was very dark inside, and the houses were like “row houses”, very close together. A fire in one of them would have taken the lot of them out, I imagine.
My grandfather Edmond Stratford and his wife Emma (nee Quick) lived on Eason’s Hill, at 87 Alexander Street.
Bruce Knight
A photo of the two Edmond Stratfords with other mill workers.
Back row far left (there’s some exposure damage to the film) is my grandfather Edmond Stratford III. Second from right, with the hat and beard / mustache is Edmond Stratford II (my great grandfather) who built the Holy City. Taken around 1900.
No photo description available.
Mike Keenan
Wow ?awesome picture dad Mike Keenan you got hair there
Kevin Bell
Looking good there Mike.
Sharron O'Brien
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme
Jean Wells
Lovely photo...my neice, the late Catriona enjoyed working there.
Mike Keenan
·
Whoa ? what a great staff photo of the Hokitika ASB staff—-!happy memories
Del Godfrey
That’s a blast from the past! Lovely team!
Jenny Ferguson a few moons ago!
Jenny Ferguson
Wendy it sure was, they were great people
to work with, we had a great time.
Braydon Priest
Carol Martin
Stewart Reynolds
Lewissa Reynolds
Stephen Murray
Shaun drylie cracking pic
Shaun Drylie
Stephen Murray great days Steve, lots of laughed and fun had!
Stephen Murray
Shaun Drylie
Julie Rasmussen
Annette Rutledge
Grant Woolhouse
Annette Rutledge
Colleen Gibb
Sorry Shaun, not my intention to chop ya head off ☺️
Colleen Gibb
Tap on photo
Dean Hetherington
Nice mullet Shaun Drylie
Shaun Drylie
Dean Hetherington mate, where did those years and hair go?!
Dean Hetherington
Shaun Drylie don’t know about the years mate - but the hair is going silver hehe
Kevin Bell
Looking good there Mike.
Stacey Gibb
What a wonderful bunch of great faces
Kaye Stuart
Great photo
Trish Barry Andrews
Now that is a blast from the past !!
Mike Keenan
Wow! That's awesome thanks for sharing the photo Colleen Gibb
Reply1d
Colleen Gibb
Mike Keenan was good times Mickey.
Mike Keenan
Colleen Gibb they were certainly happy times and it was great to go to work everyday
Jenny Ferguson
Mike Keenan especially with you as my boss! We had so many laughs.
Mike Keenan
Jenny Ferguson what —- I thought that you were my Boss Jenny
We certainly did have some great laughs
Barbara-Anne Phillips
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme
Greg Mait
Clearly . Mike hasn't changed one I ota. Where is Ken in his walk shorts?
Jimmy Pattinson
I remember doing school experience there in the early 90s and my teacher told me to wear a tie and when I got there I was put out the back where all the paper files were to organise lol hard to believe now but they had boxes with files everywhere! Great learning experience!
Dianne Kemp
Such a great photo
Tracey Kearns
Bloody Beaut
Barry Beaton
Shelly McNee love your sisters hair do!
Mary Fittock
OMG …
Mickey Keenan !!!
Whooh !!!!!
Lewissa Reynolds
Wow, a blast from the past!! Shaun Drylie
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme
PaulAnthony Teens
Keep it on the Coast mate in the Westland Savings Bank
AlisonandGrant Elley
Great looking bunch.... I must have just moved to Nelson to miss out on this.
Margaret Martin
Wow I had forgotten some of these faces and names. Brings back lots of memories
Good times.
Carol Martin
Great crew in the Hokitika Branch. There were still a lot more upstairs in 'Head Office'!
Angela Anderson
great to see all those faces. Always gave us in Hari Hari support.
Angela Anderson
Must say I did like that uniform
Robert Mathewson
When banks were there to provide service not about about profits.
Bidgie Jefferies
Gorgeous. Blast from the past . Lovely to see everyone .
Sharron O'Brien
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme a throw back
Sharron O'Brien
Great photo
Murray Beckman
Wow - what an interesting photo. Can you please validate that the mop back top right is in fact SD
Shaun Drylie
Murray Beckman Beams made me take the ear ring out though
Murray Beckman
Shaun Drylie now that made me laugh
Kay Manera
What a great pic from the past
Brendon Forrest
Nice work Hoki Branch.
Stewart Reynolds
Brendon Forrest you would have been a fresh faced young fella back then Forrie!
Brendon Forrest
Stew ole boy. I was having a good time in Westport by then with such folk as the you!!!!
Sonia Dando
What did the ASB stand for
Carol Martin
ASB (Auckland Savings Bank) At the time of the photo though it was still Westland Bank, a subsidiary of ASB Bank. Amalgamated in 1994.
Shaun Drylie
Michael Keenan Mickey, can you remember all those 427s, 410s, and 408 print outs that I did for your refer list daily?
Brendon Forrest
Shaun - I was thinking about all the codes….still etched in the back of my mind.
Much harder to remember at the current place!!!
Joy Zhou
Mike Keenan Good to see young version of Mike! Lovely crew
Mike Keenan
That was afew years ago [ 33 ] Joy Zhou
Ann Bradley
What a wonderful memory.
Kaye McNabb
Craig Tomlinson Annette Rutledge
Richard Cudmore
That's a great picture! Those were the days
When banks gave us service !!!
Now just a hole in the wall or online stuff etc
Great photo guys!!
Mike Keenan
Richard Cudmore Thank you so much!
Tarsha Parkin
Robyn Breen
Frances Stapleton
Great photo!!!
Valda Blair
Gr8 pic Coll 1990 wow!!!
Kath Rogers
Can’t believe that is Mike
Mike Keenan
33 years ago Kath Rogers
Vern Pattinson
Jimmy
Del Godfrey
Omg Mickey Keenan! A lot has changed !!!!
Mike Keenan
Del Godfrey there certainly has Del —- I had hair in those days
Bruce Knight
My great grandfather, Edmond (Eddy) Stratford was a co-owner of the Stratford & Blair (S&B) mills. (His father was Edmond Stratford, and his son — my grandfather was also Edmond Stratford, obviously a family name)
During the Great Depression of 1929 through the mid 1930’s, the timber business dried up, no-one was building much. Rather than lay his workers off at the mills, he built the Holy City, and gave some of his employees low-rent accomodations.
I never knew my great grandfather, he died when I was very young, but I recall his wife (my great-grandmother) Catherine Stratford (nee Blewman). We visited her often, I recall her house has very high ceilings, was very dark inside, and the houses were like “row houses”, very close together. A fire in one of them would have taken the lot of them out, I imagine.
My grandfather Edmond Stratford and his wife Emma (nee Quick) lived on Eason’s Hill, at 87 Alexander Street.
Bruce Knight
A photo of the two Edmond Stratfords with other mill workers.
Back row far left (there’s some exposure damage to the film) is my grandfather Edmond Stratford III. Second from right, with the hat and beard / mustache is Edmond Stratford II (my great grandfather) who built the Holy City. Taken around 1900.
No photo description available.
Mike Keenan
Wow ?awesome picture dad Mike Keenan you got hair there
Kevin Bell
Looking good there Mike.
Sharron O'Brien
Rangi O'Brien Jeff Hulme
Jean Wells
Lovely photo...my neice, the late Catriona enjoyed working there.
Mike Keenan
·
Whoa ? what a great staff photo of the Hokitika ASB staff—-!happy memories
Del Godfrey
That’s a blast from the past! Lovely team!
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