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Drinking in the Denniston Hotel, 1945

Four men and a dog in the Denniston Hotel on the West Coast. The original caption read, 'Some find their recreation in the pubs where beer is the staple drink'.

This image Appears In 1 Article:

  • Wellington Working Men's Club, 1977
    1947 Greymouth beer boycott

Keywords

alcohol
drink
denniston
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Photographer: John Dobree Pascoe
Reference: 1/4-001245-F
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image

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'Drinking in the Denniston Hotel, 1945', URL: /media/photo/drinking-denniston-hotel-1945, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 23-Dec-2013

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Anonymous

Posted: 11 Jul 2008

The old Red Dog pub next to the fire station. The name was revived by a Westport Bar a few years ago.