Register Record for Strange's Building, 219-223 High Street, Christchurch

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Register Record for Strange's Building, 219-223 High Street, Christchurch

Building Record Form for Strange's Building, 219-223 High Street, Christch…

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Building Record Form for Strange's Building, 219-223 High Street, Christchurch

Strange & Co. Building, corner of Lichfield and High Streets.

Articles, Lost Christchurch

The magnificent, four storey Strange’s & Co Furniture Department Building was built in 1900 on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets, replacing a row of old dilapidated weatherboard sh…

Ruth Gardner's Blog 23/12/2011: Banks in Boxes, Strange Santa, and Tiny Tr…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 23 December 2011 entitled, "Banks in Boxes, Strange Santa, and Tiny Trio".

 “Strange Freak of a New Zealand Girl”

Articles, Lost Christchurch

Dressed in a black cutaway coat, dark trousers and a white silk neckcloth, and sporting a Billy-Cock hat over short hair, Henry Jame Muir stood before a London magistrate in 1889 dressed in the clo…

John Peacock and his Controversial Fountain

Articles, Lost Christchurch

A Tale of Convicts, Ship Wrecks, Strange Family Relations, and a £500 Bequest. Before the Canterbury Settlement was inaugurated, a young Australian lad landed at Port Cooper in the company of his f…

2017: The year that was

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Yet another year gone! It’s been a strange one, out there in the world, but here at Underground Overground it’s been a year of excavation, discoveries, stories and all things archaeological. In the proper spirit of history, let’s take a … Continue reading →

70 years of quarantine: the archaeology of Ōtamahua/Quail Island

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Today Aotearoa continues to take tentative steps back into level 2 of the Covid-19 response, so you might think it strange that I would be voluntarily stepping back into quarantine. But we’re the stepping back into the history – all … Continue reading →

The strange adventures of Etienne Brocher (aka Stephen Bosher, aka Stephen…

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Bricks are the best thing that I find. That’s my answer to the most common question an archaeologist is asked. Bricks? Why bricks? Because they always have the best stories to tell! Brickmaking was a booming industry in the 19th … Continue reading →