By: Tracey Kearns18th Jun 2024 1:17PMThe following comments were left on our Heritage FB page

David Hancock
"I grew up just below the grand old lady in the 1950’s. The river was Chrystal clear in those far off days and the levels a lot higher too. But this is a lovely pic nevertheless. Thank you!"

Kirsty R Gunn
"We swam down here back when I was young, my little brother who was 5 or 6 years at the time jumped off the bridge much to my Mum's horror..1985.."

Drew Kay
"Off the top of the tower did it only once wasn’t much room for error"

Marina Double
"My parents owned the Maoribank store in 1977, plus the little brown box dairy in Totora park. Great view from the windows looking down at the river and bridge"

Tuck Grant
"Used t dive off it back in the 60s. Was a real deep hole back then"

Ian Duggan
"Went there fishing and swimming in the sixties and worked on a farm in Mangaroa just over the hill."

Clive Bennett
"Great for doing bombs, I remember the fear standing on the edge."

Karen Karen Parker
"People used to jump off it but it was dangerous. I'm sure it was there when we moved to Totara Park in 1975. There was a dairy people went to in Maoribank. Totara Park had a tiny hut as a dairy and you tethered your horses outside."

Craig Peryer
"It was a historic icon and should have been treated as such and restored"