Building Record Form for the Sydenham Post Office, 340 Colombo Street

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Building Record Form for the Sydenham Post Office, 340 Colombo Street.

Building Record Form for the gormer Post Office, 7 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

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Building Record Form for the former Post Office, 7 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

The Chief Post Office

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The moving of the Post Office from Market Square to its new site in Cathedral Square, was a significant development in Cathedral Square’s importance in Christchurch business and city life. Th…

Telephone Girls, The Telegraph and Post Office, Cathedral Square

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Written by Helen Solomons In 1879, my great grandfather, Mortimer Cashman Corliss, was promoted to head telegraphist in Christchurch’s newly built Post and Telegraph Office in Cathedral Squar…

Canterbury Health System Earthquake Memories, Story 50: Not just another d…

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An earthquake memories story from Christina MacLachlan, Registrar, Christchurch Hospital, titled, "Not just another day at the office: ICU".

Edwardian and Elegant Working Class Sydenham c.1912

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Marking Time in Sydenham In 1912, the impressive Sydenham Post Office stood as a sentinel on the busy corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets. It was a huge post office which served a large communit…

Police won't prosecute over CTV building earthquake collapse

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The office block pancaked in the Christchurch quake, killing 115 people.

Historic buildings damaged by Christchurch earthquakes to be refurbished

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One building is intended to be refurbished for office use during 2021.

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 174-175: Gap Filler Office

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A PDF copy of pages 174-175 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Gap Filler Office'. Photos: Gap Filler

Domestic Maids and the Curse of the Bloody Handprint

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This charming advertisement designed in 1913, was printed onto postcards and distributed at the New Zealand High Commission Office in London to attract young, single women to the colony. Irregardle…

Conference uncovered

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For a change of pace, a group from Underground Overground Archaeology spent last week out of the office, and out of Christchurch at the New Zealand Archaeological Association Conference on Stewart Island. The New Zealand Archaeological Association (known affectionately as … Continue reading →

Cobb & Co. Corner of Cashel and High Streets, 1872

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Cobb & Co.’s  booking office on the corner of Cashel and High Streets was a hub of activity. Here the proprietor, W. R. Mitchell took charge of the bookings and service on this site since…

Tanks!

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Anyone in the office will tell you that I have a keen interest in military history, especially anything related to the World War 2 period. I like my airplanes, yes (hats off to the de Havilland Mosquito, that twin engine … Continue reading →

We dig cats

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Whether you share your home with one or not, they say that you’re either a cat person or a dog person. Hamish’s mid-week ‘hands up if you’re a dog person or a cat person’ office poll revealed that most of … Continue reading →

Cocaine Cough Medicine and Liquid Mercury Eye Drops

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It’s that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting colder, and the number of people coughing and sneezing in the office is increasing day by day. Flu season is here, and with it comes … Continue reading →

Whisky, that philosophic wine, that liquid sunshine

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It is a well-known truth, in this office at least, that archaeology and whisky go well together. Or, perhaps more accurately, that archaeologists and whisky go well together. With a few exceptions (you know who you are, gin drinkers), it is … Continue reading →

The archaeology of an archaeologist’s desk

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This week’s post is a bit different. It’s not directly about Christchurch archaeology, but it is about an archaeologist working in Christchurch. We’ve taken a bunch of photographs of one of the desks in our office and we want you … Continue reading →

Gin! That aromatic schnapps, that bright moon beam, the Mother’s Ruin…

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Archaeologists and whisky go well together. I agree with that universal truth. However, I fit in the gin lovers team at the office. So, as Jessie did one year ago, I’m writing a post combining two of my favourite things: … Continue reading →

Coffee: nemesis of tea, friend to chicory, moral downfall of sheep and lif…

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It must be said that, here at Underground Overground Archaeology, we have something of a coffee problem. With a (very) few exceptions we’re an office of hardened coffee drinkers, ranging from one-cup-a-day habits to the occasional and somewhat obscene four-or-five-cups-a-day … Continue read...