Open/Close Toolbox
Copyright is retained by the photographer and/or contributor. Please do not reuse without permission.
Format: Photograph
Copyright
Copyright is retained by the photographer and/or contributor. Please do not reuse without permission.
Menu
Greymouth aerial 1960, including swimming pool, Holy Trinity Church, and Grey Main
Expand/collapse
About this image
DescriptionGreymouth aerial 1960, including swimming pool, Holy Trinity Church, and Grey Main
PhotographerWhites AviationDate of Photo1960Map[1] External LinkMadon NZ
PhotographerWhites AviationDate of Photo1960Map[1] External LinkMadon NZ
Shown in this image
Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Greymouth swimming poolGrey Main SchoolHoly Trinity churchGreymouth tennis courts
Category Information
Category Tagaerial
From Facebook
Date Created14th October 2020CommentsMonica Harvey
Sad but Victoria park doesn't look like that now
Carrol Hunter
So neat & tidy and an Asset to Greymouth then Not so much now ?
Richard Byrne
I can see our little house 11 William street
Barbara Fitzsimmons
It's been a bloody eye sore .for so long .loved my childhood days .The Fair the Races .shame .
Robin Gibbens
Remember going to the fair and watching my first live rock band playing, start of my love of rock music . Sad to see what has become of it
Gavin Aldridge
I can remember going to the gas works with Glen Campbell to see his dad (Jim Campbell) making the coking coal.
Pete Muir
I remember going to the gas works on a school trip
Brian McIntyre
And to get pitch for our canoes
Naomi Riley
Messenger Park is nonexistent as the lagoon is stretching far and wide! And heaps of houses on Preston Road. Very few there now
Lyn Whittle
Dad worked at the gas works
Glen Campbell
I can still smell the gas works every time I talk about it
My dad worked there there for a number of years
Sandra Arnott
Those were the days,it’s such a shame it’s come to this!
Bill Garth
Greymouth was prospourse in those days. Everyone had a job.Trish Rennie
Wish Victoria Park looked like that today
Bronwen Skates
no chance Trish , thankgoodness it has a high fence round to hide the disgusting state of it now as an absolute eyesore and waste
June Griggs
Great shot of the old Blaketown bridges and lagons. Brings back lots of memories.
Dan Mckinley
Shows the tiny strip of land that Blsketown sits on
Pauline Naylor
Great photo.
Alan Pegley
Anyone know when the gasworks closed?
Tony Warner
Who’s supposed to be keeping Victoria Park tidy
Tony Warner
Wayne Verry no one is responsible
Victor Smithers
Tony Warner its a big waste land now Tony you'd be astounded if you saw it now ....
Tony Warner
Victor Smithers why did it get in such a state
Mary Fenemor
Tony Warner Good Question !!
Trish Rennie
The lease was not renewed from MAWHERA Inc....is now their responsibility Tony Warner
Cedric Trounson
you will notice the railway line for the port to transport rock for the construction of the south Breakwater
Steve Batey
That brings back some memories, my grandfather Bags Byrne worked at the Gas Works, you can see the big round storage tanks bottom left and the building next door, they used to live at 13 Preston Road which is visible to the right of the grandstand (over the small lagoon) they were about the middle of those 8 or 10 houses - they used to get flooded quite badly - the carpets were only tacked down in doorways and the corners, and when a flood was on the way, we would rush down and pack everything, carpets and everything 2 beer crates high - once this was not enough and the whole lot was stuffed - soon after they moved out. he also shaped at the racetrack as well.
Sandra Arnott
Bloody sad about situation,not good for anyone!
Vince Nolan
I worked at the greymouth police station 1964 and 65. Lots of memories.
Brian Payne
Would love to see a long track speedway meeting on that trotting track
Iri Sinclair
Beautiful Maori land we have. Mawhera te whenua Ko TUHURU TE TANGATA!
Tony Warner
Seems to have got the locals upset whatever has happened
Anne Miller Mcmillan
lovely back then. we have lost so much
Alan Beck
Canon Bob Lowe, St Barnabas, pastoral visit, Holy Non Unitarian, c 1965.
"Then, I came here, to "the colonies"'.
Brian McIntyre
Alan Beck he was quite a character outside religion
Murray Browne
Brian McIntyre I remember being at a reception for a wedding that Bob Lowe had officiated at where he was wandering around during speeches finding abandoned drinks which he poured into a single glass and then happily drank it. A real character and good fun to talk with.
Brian McIntyre
Murray Browne I had no close contact with him but remember him on tele too
Anne Honey
Came home 1966 and Canon Aubrey performed our marriage service at Holy Trinity.
Elizabeth Betty Woods
Anne Honey mum was his cook around the late 1960s. He had a cat named Ambrose, and mum often prepared the cat a home made stew. Us kids helped clean the church after weddings, maybe yours as well. Every week I polished the brass eagle with brasso, a metal polish, this was my favourite chore. The song of the day was 'Lily the Pink' on the radio, we often sang this as we worked. Late Saturday afternoons we swept up the wedding confetti.
Anne Honey
Elizabeth Betty Woods He was a lovely man. When my grandmother died i walked in to say goodbye and he was praying at her side. Thank you for sharing your memories.
Elizabeth Betty Woods
Anne Honey Yes he was, a very kind, gentle man...
David Hall
Always enjoyed his visits to Greymouth,
Doris Blanchard
Reminds me of walking to school and back from Marsden road to Grey Main School and also for lunch. That was before Holy Trinity Church was there.
Chrissie Graham
Remembering so much in this photo ; Dixon Park , Grey Main school, Holy Trinity , our old house in Tainui st , tennis courts , sawyers creek , etc etc
Elizabeth Betty Woods
The main block of our school, Grey Main, was badly damaged in the Inangahua earthquake of May 1968. Mum sent us to school that day. I recall walking up a severely cracked ramp. The main block was knocked down soon after, and we moved into prefabs (facing the railway yards). I recall a ball and chain being used by Cooks, a Christchurch company, to knock it down (someone might be able to confirm this). I was around 9yrs of age. We weren't aware of the severity of the quake...
Lyn Gosling
Grey High School with sports field in the distance.
Rod Berry
Greymouth tech and Recreation grounds.
Sad but Victoria park doesn't look like that now
Carrol Hunter
So neat & tidy and an Asset to Greymouth then Not so much now ?
Richard Byrne
I can see our little house 11 William street
Barbara Fitzsimmons
It's been a bloody eye sore .for so long .loved my childhood days .The Fair the Races .shame .
Robin Gibbens
Remember going to the fair and watching my first live rock band playing, start of my love of rock music . Sad to see what has become of it
Gavin Aldridge
I can remember going to the gas works with Glen Campbell to see his dad (Jim Campbell) making the coking coal.
Pete Muir
I remember going to the gas works on a school trip
Brian McIntyre
And to get pitch for our canoes
Naomi Riley
Messenger Park is nonexistent as the lagoon is stretching far and wide! And heaps of houses on Preston Road. Very few there now
Lyn Whittle
Dad worked at the gas works
Glen Campbell
I can still smell the gas works every time I talk about it
My dad worked there there for a number of years
Sandra Arnott
Those were the days,it’s such a shame it’s come to this!
Bill Garth
Greymouth was prospourse in those days. Everyone had a job.Trish Rennie
Wish Victoria Park looked like that today
Bronwen Skates
no chance Trish , thankgoodness it has a high fence round to hide the disgusting state of it now as an absolute eyesore and waste
June Griggs
Great shot of the old Blaketown bridges and lagons. Brings back lots of memories.
Dan Mckinley
Shows the tiny strip of land that Blsketown sits on
Pauline Naylor
Great photo.
Alan Pegley
Anyone know when the gasworks closed?
Tony Warner
Who’s supposed to be keeping Victoria Park tidy
Tony Warner
Wayne Verry no one is responsible
Victor Smithers
Tony Warner its a big waste land now Tony you'd be astounded if you saw it now ....
Tony Warner
Victor Smithers why did it get in such a state
Mary Fenemor
Tony Warner Good Question !!
Trish Rennie
The lease was not renewed from MAWHERA Inc....is now their responsibility Tony Warner
Cedric Trounson
you will notice the railway line for the port to transport rock for the construction of the south Breakwater
Steve Batey
That brings back some memories, my grandfather Bags Byrne worked at the Gas Works, you can see the big round storage tanks bottom left and the building next door, they used to live at 13 Preston Road which is visible to the right of the grandstand (over the small lagoon) they were about the middle of those 8 or 10 houses - they used to get flooded quite badly - the carpets were only tacked down in doorways and the corners, and when a flood was on the way, we would rush down and pack everything, carpets and everything 2 beer crates high - once this was not enough and the whole lot was stuffed - soon after they moved out. he also shaped at the racetrack as well.
Sandra Arnott
Bloody sad about situation,not good for anyone!
Vince Nolan
I worked at the greymouth police station 1964 and 65. Lots of memories.
Brian Payne
Would love to see a long track speedway meeting on that trotting track
Iri Sinclair
Beautiful Maori land we have. Mawhera te whenua Ko TUHURU TE TANGATA!
Tony Warner
Seems to have got the locals upset whatever has happened
Anne Miller Mcmillan
lovely back then. we have lost so much
Alan Beck
Canon Bob Lowe, St Barnabas, pastoral visit, Holy Non Unitarian, c 1965.
"Then, I came here, to "the colonies"'.
Brian McIntyre
Alan Beck he was quite a character outside religion
Murray Browne
Brian McIntyre I remember being at a reception for a wedding that Bob Lowe had officiated at where he was wandering around during speeches finding abandoned drinks which he poured into a single glass and then happily drank it. A real character and good fun to talk with.
Brian McIntyre
Murray Browne I had no close contact with him but remember him on tele too
Anne Honey
Came home 1966 and Canon Aubrey performed our marriage service at Holy Trinity.
Elizabeth Betty Woods
Anne Honey mum was his cook around the late 1960s. He had a cat named Ambrose, and mum often prepared the cat a home made stew. Us kids helped clean the church after weddings, maybe yours as well. Every week I polished the brass eagle with brasso, a metal polish, this was my favourite chore. The song of the day was 'Lily the Pink' on the radio, we often sang this as we worked. Late Saturday afternoons we swept up the wedding confetti.
Anne Honey
Elizabeth Betty Woods He was a lovely man. When my grandmother died i walked in to say goodbye and he was praying at her side. Thank you for sharing your memories.
Elizabeth Betty Woods
Anne Honey Yes he was, a very kind, gentle man...
David Hall
Always enjoyed his visits to Greymouth,
Doris Blanchard
Reminds me of walking to school and back from Marsden road to Grey Main School and also for lunch. That was before Holy Trinity Church was there.
Chrissie Graham
Remembering so much in this photo ; Dixon Park , Grey Main school, Holy Trinity , our old house in Tainui st , tennis courts , sawyers creek , etc etc
Elizabeth Betty Woods
The main block of our school, Grey Main, was badly damaged in the Inangahua earthquake of May 1968. Mum sent us to school that day. I recall walking up a severely cracked ramp. The main block was knocked down soon after, and we moved into prefabs (facing the railway yards). I recall a ball and chain being used by Cooks, a Christchurch company, to knock it down (someone might be able to confirm this). I was around 9yrs of age. We weren't aware of the severity of the quake...
Lyn Gosling
Grey High School with sports field in the distance.
Rod Berry
Greymouth tech and Recreation grounds.
Editing is temporarily disabled
Cancel EditClick on the image to add
a tag or press ESC to cancel
a tag or press ESC to cancel
West Coast New Zealand History (12th Apr 2023). Greymouth aerial 1960, including swimming pool, Holy Trinity Church, and Grey Main. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 1st Apr 2026 08:54, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/32179