Woolston Joined The Greater Christchurch – 1st November 1921

On 1 November 1921, the Woolston Borough joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. Once named the Lower Heathcote, Woolston became known as New Zealand’s centre of the rubber industry. Always known as the working man’s suburb, Woolston can boast proudly of some of Christchurch’s earliest industrial history. The attached …