Register Record for the Butchery, Bakery and Tea Rooms, 36 Forest Drive, M…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Register Record for the Butchery, Bakery and Tea Rooms, 36 Forest Drive, Methven.

Building Record Form for the Butchery, Bakery and Tea Rooms, 36 Forest Dri…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Building Record Form for the Butchery, Bakery and Tea Rooms, 36 Forest Drive, Methven.

A tea cup as a symbol of political change

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

As a 90s baby millennial, Helen Clark was Prime Minister from the time I started primary school to the time I started high school. I grew up in a world where in the eyes of a child there was never … Continue reading →

Flax, Coffee, Tea and Chicory – the Trent Brothers’ Christchurch Empire

Articles, Lost Christchurch

It is ten days before Christmas, 1877 and two brothers, Frederick and James Trent, stand expectantly before the Reverend Henry Crocker Marriott Watson at altar in St John the Baptist Church, Latime…

A lot of old rubbish!

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

…this yard being kept in a disreputable state, there are no cinder pits in proper places to throw the refuse of cooking and things in general, as at home, so old bones, vegetable remains, scrapings of plates, cinders, tea leaves, … Continue reading →

The Cater-Ring

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

Following on from last week’s blog post, when we discovered a tea set used by a local 19th century caterer – this time we will take a closer look at what catering may have been like for the Victorians. Prior … Continue reading →

In which a teacup is smashed against a wall in a fit of rage

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

One of the most fascinating things about studying and interpreting the past is the possibilities it holds. Could the broken tea cup I’ve found been smashed against a wall in a fit of rage after a wife found her husband … Continue reading →

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

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

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...