Christchurch’s Derelict Giant Tied To First Four Ships – 1890
William Derisley (W.D) Wood arrived in Christchurch on the ‘Randolph’, the second of our First Four Canterbury Association ships on the 16th December 1850. Family legend states that W.D. didn’t step on shore until the next day as it was going to be his 26th birthday. Being born into a family of millers, W.D’s destiny …
