West Belt – (Park Terrace, Rolleston Ave) – Christchurch, 1866 I came across the following interesting newspaper article. (and didn’t they have a lovely turn of phrase) It gives you a taste of how, what is now a expensive address,…
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We were at Avebury House today for a personalised tour of the house and gardens. It was a lovely way to spend a hot afternoon and learn a little history of the Flesher family and Avebury House along the way….
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We had a meeting at Knight Stream School yesterday that was well attended, approx 30 members came and listened to Jill and Trevor Lord talking about their home ‘Woodford” in Papanui Road and some of the early owners that lived…
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Riccarton 1851. James Edward FitzGerald’s sepia watercolour “Residence of John Deans Esq. taken from the East”. The Deans brothers, John and William, had established their farm at Riccarton, on the future site of Christchurch, in 1843. Both Charlotte and her…
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Who doesn’t love a good sale? The opening sale for the Christchurch branch of Schneideman and Sons Ltd 0n 27th November 1923. Schneideman and Sons were a firm of manufacturing tailors, with their head office in Wellington. This business was…
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The Canterbury Provincial Council began considering possible routes for a rail link between the township of Christchurch and the port of Lyttelton about 1853. The idea was shelved because of the cost involved until 1858 when the superintendent, William Sefton…
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The Canterbury Club was established in 1872 by a group of twenty prominent Christchurch businessmen. These gentlemen founded the Club to provide a city haven, a private venue where they could meet, discuss business affairs, and socialise. The first chairman…
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Female-owned businesses, a chequered criminal history, circuses, and a company that offered miraculous cures to arthritis – the 90 year history of New Regent Street is anything but boring. Before it was turned into the street we’re familiar with now,…
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The newsletter is still a work in progress as they say, but as we are going out in April to Kate Sheppard’s House for a self guided tour and afternoon tea on April 18th and they require 2 weeks advance confirmation and…
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Christchurch’s heritage buildings are being celebrated and promoted with a new initiative launched in the city this week. The blue plaque scheme has been going in the United Kingdom for more than 150 years and has recently been introduced to…
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