Bonnington’s Chemist, High Street and the growth of Irish Moss

Articles, Lost Christchurch

One of Christchurch’s most well known and successful chemist and druggist shops was on Colombo street and owned by George Bonnington.

Artefact stories: 19th century chemists and other subjects…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Today’s blog was inspired by three pharmaceutical bottles that aroused my curiosity and gave me the perfect excuse to talk about a few 19th century chemists in Christchurch… I came across the first small glass fragment in an assemblage from … Continue reading →

Cinnamon Cures and Cosmetic Concoctions

Articles, Lost Christchurch

William Potter Townend owned Townend’s Chemist and Druggist Store in the Crystal Palace Building on Colombo Street, at the corner with what was Chester Street and across the road from the Oxf…

Mrs Merritt’s Boarding House

Articles, Lost Christchurch

Drunkeness was a serious problem in Christchurch by the late 1870s.  It didn’t help that for a city of its size, there were 47 hotels and breweries as opposed to just 10 dentists and chemist …