Canterbury’s First Steeplechase – 4th August 1864

As ‘The Press’ reporters made their way from their Cashel Street offices to the Riccarton property of Edward Jerningham Wakefield, they noted the sudden increase in traffic – especially difficulties being caused around ‘…Triangle Corner…’.   It was such a reoccurring problem that the area (the intersection of Colombo, Hereford and High Streets) had earned the …

Christchurch’s First Commercial Precinct Established – August 1864

The term ‘Triangle Corner’ first appeared in The Lyttelton Times in August 1864. There appeared to be no recorded history of how the name came in to being but it is quite obvious how this junction of Colombo, Cashel and High Streets became known as such. These three roads made a triangle. When the Triangle …