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By: William Gray23rd Apr 2023 3:10PMPhoto No 9 here would be around 1967, as that is when the Blaketown Pens were built, you can make out the pile driver in the photo, the the ship loading coal appears to be the Union Co,s KAWATIRI, just going by the masts as her fore and aft masts were slighty shorter than the others of that Class.

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ALBUM - BLAKETOWN by the sea. 1960`s.

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Description Was a youngsters dreamworld surrounded by the river with its wild entrance. The lagoon with the fishing fleet coming and going and the constant roar of the ocean. If we wanted the calmer water of the town swimming pool we walked across the Lagoon Pipeline and on many occasions we biked over it, sometimes no hands.
There was a footbridge across the lagoon that took us straight down Gresson Street to town and the picture theatres.Date of Photo1960`sMap^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)Blaketown, GreymouthEventBLAKETOWN by the sea. 1960`s.

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Date Created20th April 2023CommentsPeter Spence
With great memories of Blaketown friends and colleagues, the late Jack and Maureen Anderson.

Alan N Barb Cochrane
A great place to grow up, a great big playground.

Joycelyn Hiha
Out home right behind the yacht club. (Photo 1) spent do much of our lives there. Dad and Ronnie right into their sailing

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