ON DENNISTON - see the video then go to Denniston !

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Ron Surgenor

3 жыл бұрын

Acknowledgement: A Memory Lane film.

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@peterwiremuormsby9383 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video, I really enjoyed watching that. Thanks

@muppetb.lansing8374 Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see clips of how Denniston was. Thank you

@robinmills5827 4 ай бұрын

A wonderful video. Fascinating as well as informative. A few years ago I read Denniston Rose and drove up to Denniston while on holiday. I'll be on the West Coast again this autumn and will be visiting Denniston again (and re-reading the book) now that I have better appreciation of the area and its famous Incline. Thank you.

@Tom-Lahaye Жыл бұрын

Well, I have been to Denniston twice before seeing this video, but it still is very cheerful to watch this video and imagine the harsh life those people had there, yet a very tight sense of community did supply joy to them as well. There is enough left at the incline to get an image of the operations there, and luckily a dedicated group of people tries to preserve and restore what is left for future generations to see. I bet those men on the rope had a more dangerous job than those on the coal face, one false move and that could be it.

@samball6019 4 ай бұрын

Such an amazing place, A place of special memories to me it is where i proposed to my wife 26 years ago and we have visited Denniston several times since then

@nzpatriot2009 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this mate. A tribute to the hard working men and women of the coast who’s efforts funded the building of the cities of the latte sipping folk that now turn their backs on them and seek to destroy what’s left of them.

@ronsurgenor745 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, thought it was well worth sharing.

@user-kb5gy4yo4y Ай бұрын

What a beautiful post. I would have never known about the working lives of coal minors, the Denniston incline. The lives of all those involved. It was so sad to hear that lady, speak about the new pagarmas ( spelt wrong ) that every wife of a minor had. So that. If it were their husband that died. He had something fresh to be dressed in. The elderly lady near the end, spoke so proudly and lovingly of her days growing up and working up there. She looked beautiful. Thank you so much for posting this.

@kristhompson8112 21 күн бұрын

It was something like 20 years ago I 1st visited Denniston, She was midSummer and had clear views of Westport, I swear to God I sure I recall smoke coming from one of the ghoustown houses, someone was still alive up there in that God forsaken town. Oneday hope to return with my 11 yrs old son on a roady around the South Is.

@RatelHBadger 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for the upload. I remember watching this as a young fella with my grandfather, on VHS, back in the early 90's. Along with the Rimutaka Incline video.

@zanetrotter Ай бұрын

My dad lives there as a boy In the 50s

@jennifervanderdrift3207 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video , well done , interesting to see and learn about this fascinating history of our country. Thankyou.

@ronsurgenor745 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I thought the video well worth sharing. I went to Denniston in 1960, but at the time took it for granted, without appreciating its significance.

@jennifervanderdrift3207 Жыл бұрын

@@ronsurgenor745 Well worth it , I agree .We do tend to look back and often see we lived in a place or time that we wished we had taken more time to see, just what an important part of our lives ut would eventually become.Again , a great slice of our history, well done.