Ruth Gardner's Blog 03/06/2014: Bottled Bulletins

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 03 June 2014 entitled, "Bottled Bulletins".

An Ancient Bottle Found Amongst the Debris of the Ozone

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A dusty bottle sits on top of a partially demolished wall. The photographer comments, "The Ozone used to be a popular bar in its day and somehow this bottle must have literally fallen through the cracks.

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Broken bottles and packages fallen on the floor of Piko Wholefoods.

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Fallen cans, jars and bottles on the floor of Piko Wholefoods.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 13 October 2011

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A page banner promoting an article titled, "Message in a bottle".

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Broken jars and bottles fallen from the shelves of a shop.

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Staff members picking up fallen jars and bottles from Piko Wholefoods.

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Jars and bottles fallen from a shelf and trapped between the wall.

Photograph number UC 10-0503-08

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A wine bottle still standing in a damaged office in the Registry Building.

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson, 2011:02:23 13:21:05

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Charlotte Manning and David Robertson fill water bottles at a bore on Cranford Street".

Fairfax Video, September 2010 (23)

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A video of a tour of Lion Nathan's Canterbury Brewery, where employees are cleaning up after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The video shows footage of Lion Nathan employees clearing away pallets of broken bottles and mopping up spilt beer. It also includes an interview with Neil Hinton, Lion Nathan Corporate Affairs Director, about the beer which has been sent down from Auckland, and the help they are giving to the City Mission.

The Timaru Herald Image: Natasha Martin 2011:02:25 13:50:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake 22 February 2011. People flocking to Liquor King on Stanmore Road where they were selling beer for $1 per bottle."

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2010:09:05 16:40:24

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Day after the earthquake that rocked in Christchurch, Mana Tamaiparea filling water bottles at a Civil Defence centre in Kaiapoi North School".

Fairfax Video, January 2013 (6)

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A video of an interview with artefact analyst Gwen Jackson, about the artefacts found at the site of the Theatre Royal. Hundreds of artefacts were found under the Isaac Theatre Royal, including bottles and ceramic shards. This was part of a greater project by archaeologists to examine pre-1900 sites in the Christchurch central city before work is conducted on them. Archaeological assessment of pre-1900 buildings is required by the 1993 Historic Places Act before work can be done on the site.

The Christchurch Angel

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Graffiti of an angel clutching a bottle, accompanied by the text "Chritchurch (sic) living make a good man drink." The photographer comments, "Living in Christchurch during the earthquakes was hard on all of us. Some people got drunk to forget or blot out the aftershocks, whilst others dare not drink so that they would be in full control just in case another big earthquake/aftershock occurred. As of today 24 September 2011 there has been 8660 earthquakes/aftershocks in the Christchurch area".

After the September Earthquake

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The clock tower of the former Railway Station, encased in plywood to prevent further damage. A banner sponsored by The Press hangs below the clock, covered with words which symbolise the September earthquake. The photographer comments, "After the September earthquake the clocked stopped at 04:35 and everyone campaigned to have this clock left as it was. At that time the building was believed to be OK. Two more earthquakes later and the possible memorial will probably end up like a lot of Christchurch's heritage buildings on a huge pile of stone and bricks in Bottle Lake Forest".