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From Thames to a New Life in Christchurch
Articles, Lost Christchurch
In early October 1889, my 2 x great aunt, Clara Wright leaves her family home in Thames and travels on the steamer, ‘Tarawera’ to start a new life with her estranged father in Christchu…
Cinnamon Cures and Cosmetic Concoctions
Articles, Lost Christchurch
William Potter Townend owned Townend’s Chemist and Druggist Store in the Crystal Palace Building on Colombo Street, at the corner with what was Chester Street and across the road from the Oxf…
Refugee and Philanthropist – Hyman Marks and the Christchurch Hospital, 18…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
In Christchurch Hospital’s busy, twenty first century entrance foyer, patients, staff and visitors hurry past a distinguished man immortalised in bronze. These days, many do not have time to …
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…
Whaling, Forty Mile Beach, A Gruesome Discovery – A Pioneer’s Story
Articles, Lost Christchurch
By a Pioneer of the Fifties Many years previous to, and some few years after the arrival of the first four ships, the coast of New Zealand was frequented by whalers, notably those of England, Ameri…
Canterbury College students out for sport on Capping Day
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The Canterbury College Students’ procession as part of the capping festival took place on the morning of 13 June 1915, and despite the enormous crowd of spectators that crammed every inch of …
Deutsche Kirche, corner of Worcester and Montreal Streets, 1880
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It is the year 1880 and Wilhelmina Arnst and John Christian Aschen have just married in the Deutsche Kirche, on the corner of Worcester and Montreal Streets. They stand outside on the street with t…
Cobb & Co. Corner of Cashel and High Streets, 1872
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
1908 Holiday Trip to Christchurch, City of the Plains
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Christchurch Described Christchurch, New Zealand, is called the “City of the Plains” for its streets are as level as a billiard table, giving the visitor an impression that each street…
The Government Provincial Buildings
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Christchurch has a frontier appearance about it in this photograph taken by Dr. Barker in 1860 from the tower of the Canterbury Provincial Buildings. With little beyond the immediate streets, it c…
Cambridge Terrace, Worcester Street and the Avon River 1910
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Here we look upon one of Christchurch’s beautiful public gardens which spans Durham Street and the River Avon. This photograph shows how carefully the city authorities went about landscaping …
Domestic Maids and the Curse of the Bloody Handprint
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
Christchurch’s first phone call
Articles, Lost Christchurch
In 1877, the world was abuzz with the news of Professor Bell’s invention – the telephone. The Steinway Hall, in New York, was packed to capacity on the 2nd of April, 1877 with the firs…
Loners, Vagrants and Deserters – The Port Hills Cave Dwellers
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Since early European settlement, the caves that honeycombed the Port Hills, from Sumner to Lyttelton, have been used by all manner of loners, vagrants and deserters as places of escape or retreat O…
The Clock Tower – neglected by the Government, admired by the People
Articles, Lost Christchurch
As Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee drew near in 1897, plans were being put in place throughout the Dominion for suitable memorials. In Christchurch, a number of funds were set up and subscri…
New Zealand’s Tallest Building – NZ Express Co. 1905
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
S & H Nashelski’s Melbourne House
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Beside Christchurch’s Town Hall, stood Solomon Nashelski’s hardware and ironmonger’s shop. Called ‘Melbourne House’, this small shop was later replaced with a permane…
Government Geologist reports on ‘extraordinary earthquake phenomena’
Articles, Lost Christchurch
After the September, 1888 earthquake centred in Hanmer caused extensive damage to the Christchurch cathedral, the government geologist, Alexander McKay was sent out to review the land damage. This …
Cafe Continental, Sumner’s Fabulous Edwardian Cafe 1906 – 1909
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Sadly, Sumner’s sumptious famous Edwardian Cafe Continental only stood on the Esplanade opposite Cave Rock in Sumner for three years. Built in 1906, by Mr Martin Ridley of Christhchurch firm,…
Fire Eats Out Best Block of Christchurch 1908
Articles, Lost Christchurch
On the evening of February 7th, 1908 the headlines in the Star ‘screamed out’ A DISASTROUS FIRE, HUGE OUTBREAK IN THE CITY, CENTRAL BLOCK DEVASTATED, DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUS…
Christchurch, New Zealand, revisited
Articles, Lost Christchurch
(From our correspondent.) Christchurch (N.Z.) Ten years ago I visited Christchurch for the first time, and recorded my impressions of the place in the columns of The Daily News. A decade means a go…
Christchurch City’s Heart – the Cashel and High Street Intersection
Articles, Lost Christchurch
This intriguing photograph taken at the junction of Cashel and High Street draws us back to a typical summer day in Edwardian Christchurch in February 1913. A summer rain fall has just cleared, all…
1880s Christchurch – Dull and as Flat as a Kitchen Table
Articles, Lost Christchurch
In 1886, an English woman who called herself ‘Hopeful’, wrote of her experiences after emigrating to Christchurch, New Zealand. She berated the agents of shipping companies who painted…
September 1888 – the most destructive earthquake since the Canterbury Pilg…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning the whole of the South and a portion of the North Island was shaken by a violent shock of earthquake, the most severe experienced for more than 20 years……
Gala Day at Wainoni Park – 1909
Articles, Lost Christchurch
There is great excitement in the households around Christchurch today. It’s the Labour Day holiday and many families are going to Wainoni Park for the opening of the season. Everyone has been…
Bonnington’s Chemist, High Street and the growth of Irish Moss
Articles, Lost Christchurch
One of Christchurch’s most well known and successful chemist and druggist shops was on Colombo street and owned by George Bonnington.
‘The Bricks’ and Shipping on the Avon
Articles, Lost Christchurch
When Christchurch was Young Written for Ellesmere Guardian by Mr W. A. Taylor, 1944 The Avon river (Otakaro) predates its sister stream the Heathcote (Opawaho) as a navigable course to Christchurch…
Market Square: swamp, river and raupo in the central city
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It was hard to avoid sinking up to your knees in wet weather in Market Square in 1862. This panoramic photograph shows Christchurch’s Market Place (later renamed Victoria Square) the damp ge…
Torlesse Building, the first stone structure in Cathedral Square
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The first stone structure built in Cathedral Square was the small Gothic stone Torlesse building. Situated in the south-west corner of the square, the two storey, three gable dormer windowed buildi…
Catholic Basilica – The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
Articles, Lost Christchurch
For the first Catholics in Christchurch, the purchasing of land within the city boundaries was met with great difficulty. Their first hurdle was to secure land from the Anglican dominated hierarchy…