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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Awesome to see clips of how Denniston was. Thank you
Awesome video, I really enjoyed watching that.
Thanks
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.
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.
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.
Wonderful video , well done , interesting to see and learn about this fascinating history of our country. Thankyou.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
My dad lives there as a boy
In the 50s
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.
Thanks, thought it was well worth sharing.
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.
Been wonting to go for a visit for some time. Awesome video
Cool video, I also have a video up here at Denniston
Yes I thought it worth sharing. Visited Denniston and the Cement works in 1960.
My Mother's father was born there.
I love the end music if anyone knows what it is caled please tell me
Yer any clues would b great!
Sounds like the tune of the Roads and the miles to Dundee. An old Scottish song
Always wondered my self to would love ti no
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