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Miners’ pub, Denniston

Miners’ pub, Denniston

Miners’ pub, Denniston

Here Denniston miners enjoy a few beers at one of the three pubs in the township in the 1940s. Poor housing and uncomfortable working conditions encouraged miners to go to pubs where the temperature was warm and the conversation flowed.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)
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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