Ruth Gardner's Blog 09/02/2011: Mourning Manchester Courts
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 9 February 2011 entitled, "Mourning Manchester Courts".
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The Tepid Bath, Manchester Street, 1908
Articles, Lost Christchurch
For nearly forty years, the Municipal Tepid Baths provided the Christchurch public with heated swimming facilities from 1908 – 1947. The site on Manchester Street was formerly occupied by Jam…
The Gravenor Building, Corner Manchester & Hereford Streets
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The red brick, cream stone and plaster building on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Street, proudly displays the architectural features becoming commonplace in the commercial confines of this…
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kilmore and Manchester Street corner
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The wooden church of St Luke the Evangelist, stood in Manchester Street, just north of the Avon, from 1858 until it was pulled down in 1908 to make way for a larger stone and brick structure, faced…
New Zealand’s Tallest Building – NZ Express Co. 1905
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New Zealand’s first skyscraper was built on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets between 1905 – 06 for the New Zealand Express Company. This state of the art seven storey buil…
New Zealand’s Most Beautiful Street 1932
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An open field along the west side of Manchester street, bounded by a row of well-grown English Poplars and known as the Circus Paddock, was regularly used for touring circuses which came to town.
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