Look! Kirsa found a message in a bottle under a house. Here’s how we got the message out.       Katharine Watson          
A message in a bottle, hidden under the floor of a Christchurch home for over fifty years, has been discovered during earthquake repairs and its writer's been tracked down.
An aerial photograph looking across Burwood to the Travis Wetlands and Bottle Lake Reserve.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Bexley. In the distance, Bottle Lake Forrest can be seen.
Seen through the cordon fence, a wine bottle still sits on a table in the emptied-out Scorpio Books.
A photograph of boxes of Coca-Cola bottles in the corner of the On The Spot convenience store on Colombo Street.
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Burwood.
Colourfully-painted milk bottle decorations made by Lyttelton children hang on a cordon fence on London Street. The demolition area was formerly the site of the Empire Hotel.
Many of you will probably have heard of Baxter’s Lung Preserver, a local Christchurch product created in the 19th century and still sold today. Bottles of Baxter’s, with the name of the product embossed on the sides, are common finds … Continue reading →
An aerial photograph of a residential area in Bexley. In the distance, the New Brighton pier can be seen as well as the Rawhiti Domain and Bottle Lake Forrest.
In our last post, Jeremy talked about the site of H. F. Stevens, wholesale druggist, on Worcester Street near Cathedral Square. We excavated the site in 2011 and found a number of artefacts, including the Udolpho Wolfe’s bottles featured last … Continue reading →
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.