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Grey Main School staff .Greymouth.1961
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DescriptionBack row: Jill Skinner,___?,Scott Jones, Heather Rose, Graham Kennedy,Shirley Preston, George Skinner.
Middle Row: Dorothy Thomas,___?,___?,Pat O’Leary, Eileen O’Grady, Mr Boyle, Mrs Boyle, Diane Jack.
Front row: Dental nurse, Sheila Sequin, Hugh Jones, Ray Rollinson, Marg Cambridge, Lester Hopkins, Nurse Date of Photo1961Map[1] ContributorDesmond O’Leary
Middle Row: Dorothy Thomas,___?,___?,Pat O’Leary, Eileen O’Grady, Mr Boyle, Mrs Boyle, Diane Jack.
Front row: Dental nurse, Sheila Sequin, Hugh Jones, Ray Rollinson, Marg Cambridge, Lester Hopkins, Nurse Date of Photo1961Map[1] ContributorDesmond O’Leary
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Location (city or town)GreymouthPersonJill SkinnerScott JonesHeather RoseGraham KennedyShirley PrestonGeorge SkinnerDorothy ThomasPat O’LearyEileen O’GradyMr BoyleMrs BoyleDiane Jack Sheila SequinHugh JonesRay RollinsonMarg CambridgeLester Hopkins
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Date Created7th August 2023CommentsKay Brewer
Fond memories of Ms Ogrady. The only teacher in my years at school that made me happy to go to school
Gary Boucher
Good times while at Grey Main.Privilaged to be in Graham Kennedy's class even if it was the only time I got the strap.A kiwi league rep during his time at GM.
Carol McMillan
Second from left top row, my cousin Maxine Wicks.
Karen Potter
Look at Mr Rollinson. Looks like he's lost his last dollar.
David Clarke
Karen Potter he was almost your neighbour.
Alan Beck
Karen Potter 10/- Taught the 1930's classes. ❤️
David Clarke
Some great memories here.
Eddie Parsons
Peter McGurk is 3rd from the left in the middle row, still alive and living in TImaru, his son owns the Wigram Brewery in ChCh
Bev Tate
I was terrified of Mr Skinner. He slapped my legs with the strap ...never quite sure why!!
Anne McMillan Miller
Lovely to see these familar faces pop up.. who could ever forget the big romance between George and Jillian Skinner or Mrs Sequins RED lipstick ?
Alan Beck
Miss O'Grady. Broadcasts to school through the class radio, and folksong.
Alan Beck
Miss Cambridge. Primer 1. A photo in NZ Education shows Training College 1938 with M Cambridge a student.
Noel Marie Batty
Great memories. GreyMain jubilee next ANZAC WEEKEND. Book it in. Graham Kennedy, what a league player.
Gary Mc Millan
Noel Marie Batty pretty good with the cane too
Gary Boucher
Gary Mc Millan Never new him to use the cane but along with Ray Henam got the strap from Graham.Rate him as a great person along with Mrs Sequin at Grey Main.
Carolyn Luck
Gary Boucher not Mrs Seguin for me!!
Refer to my earlier comment about her!!
Carolyn Luck
Gary Mc Millan Graham certainly had a temper and the redhead characteristics often came out!!
Carolyn Luck
Noel Marie Batty Graham Kennedy was our back door neighbour, they lived Milton Road and we lived Shakespeare Street.
Mum and Dad kept in touch with Graham and Margaret when they went to live in Wagga Wagga, Australia.
They always came to visit Mum and Dad when they came back for a holiday.
I will never forget Graham the day of the Strongman Mine Disaster he was a total mess!!
Jill Margaret
Some of those teachers were lovely. Some were pretty tough .
Alan Beck
Jill Margaret Graham Fyle:
Have you heard of 'From Here to Eternity'? You started here and it will be Eternity before you make an end.
Carolyn Luck
Jill Margaret indeed!!
Jill Margaret
Let’s not be unkind with the details. These teachers will have families ! Enough to say that some were lovely and some were hard on us. We each have our own memories. Some happy and some heartbreaking. Some of those teachers had HUGE classes to took after. Can’t have been easy !
Murray Hay
Was taught by a few of them in my time at grey main
Carolyn Luck
Murray Hay that Mr Simpson we had was the worst, dreadful man!!
6h
Reply
Murray Hay
Carolyn Luck oh yes
I remember him!
How could I ever forget mr Simpson,
But he got his comeuppance.
6h
Reply
Carolyn Luck
Murray Hay he was appalling, I sometimes think about what you and others endured from him.
He affected us all, disgusting man!!
I didn’t know he got his comeuppance?
Hope you are well Murray.
Still haven’t been over to Greymouth, one day.
Doris Blanchard
I believe that is the Mr. jones who taught me in the early to mid 1940s and was one of the best teachers I ever had.
Carolyn Luck
Doris Blanchard Hugh Jones, he was from Cobden
Alan Beck
Miss Jack. Liked, even if dubbed Magika de Spell.
William Smith
Quick get her,there's a dental nurse there.
Fond memories of Ms Ogrady. The only teacher in my years at school that made me happy to go to school
Gary Boucher
Good times while at Grey Main.Privilaged to be in Graham Kennedy's class even if it was the only time I got the strap.A kiwi league rep during his time at GM.
Carol McMillan
Second from left top row, my cousin Maxine Wicks.
Karen Potter
Look at Mr Rollinson. Looks like he's lost his last dollar.
David Clarke
Karen Potter he was almost your neighbour.
Alan Beck
Karen Potter 10/- Taught the 1930's classes. ❤️
David Clarke
Some great memories here.
Eddie Parsons
Peter McGurk is 3rd from the left in the middle row, still alive and living in TImaru, his son owns the Wigram Brewery in ChCh
Bev Tate
I was terrified of Mr Skinner. He slapped my legs with the strap ...never quite sure why!!
Anne McMillan Miller
Lovely to see these familar faces pop up.. who could ever forget the big romance between George and Jillian Skinner or Mrs Sequins RED lipstick ?
Alan Beck
Miss O'Grady. Broadcasts to school through the class radio, and folksong.
Alan Beck
Miss Cambridge. Primer 1. A photo in NZ Education shows Training College 1938 with M Cambridge a student.
Noel Marie Batty
Great memories. GreyMain jubilee next ANZAC WEEKEND. Book it in. Graham Kennedy, what a league player.
Gary Mc Millan
Noel Marie Batty pretty good with the cane too
Gary Boucher
Gary Mc Millan Never new him to use the cane but along with Ray Henam got the strap from Graham.Rate him as a great person along with Mrs Sequin at Grey Main.
Carolyn Luck
Gary Boucher not Mrs Seguin for me!!
Refer to my earlier comment about her!!
Carolyn Luck
Gary Mc Millan Graham certainly had a temper and the redhead characteristics often came out!!
Carolyn Luck
Noel Marie Batty Graham Kennedy was our back door neighbour, they lived Milton Road and we lived Shakespeare Street.
Mum and Dad kept in touch with Graham and Margaret when they went to live in Wagga Wagga, Australia.
They always came to visit Mum and Dad when they came back for a holiday.
I will never forget Graham the day of the Strongman Mine Disaster he was a total mess!!
Jill Margaret
Some of those teachers were lovely. Some were pretty tough .
Alan Beck
Jill Margaret Graham Fyle:
Have you heard of 'From Here to Eternity'? You started here and it will be Eternity before you make an end.
Carolyn Luck
Jill Margaret indeed!!
Jill Margaret
Let’s not be unkind with the details. These teachers will have families ! Enough to say that some were lovely and some were hard on us. We each have our own memories. Some happy and some heartbreaking. Some of those teachers had HUGE classes to took after. Can’t have been easy !
Murray Hay
Was taught by a few of them in my time at grey main
Carolyn Luck
Murray Hay that Mr Simpson we had was the worst, dreadful man!!
6h
Reply
Murray Hay
Carolyn Luck oh yes
I remember him!
How could I ever forget mr Simpson,
But he got his comeuppance.
6h
Reply
Carolyn Luck
Murray Hay he was appalling, I sometimes think about what you and others endured from him.
He affected us all, disgusting man!!
I didn’t know he got his comeuppance?
Hope you are well Murray.
Still haven’t been over to Greymouth, one day.
Doris Blanchard
I believe that is the Mr. jones who taught me in the early to mid 1940s and was one of the best teachers I ever had.
Carolyn Luck
Doris Blanchard Hugh Jones, he was from Cobden
Alan Beck
Miss Jack. Liked, even if dubbed Magika de Spell.
William Smith
Quick get her,there's a dental nurse there.
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West Coast New Zealand History (24th May 2025). Grey Main School staff .Greymouth.1961. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 31st Mar 2026 01:26, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/32618