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Clydesdale Pulled Tram
Awwww, so wished I had seen this!!! Over a week during Christmas 2010, a horse drawn Double Decker tram was dusted off (the tram, not the Clydedales ) and put to work. It was to celebrate the Tramway Extension Project. The tram dates back to the 1880’s. Sadly, of course, this project came to screaming …
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Madras Street Bridge
It was nice to see Madras Street Bridge proudly displaying a slab of stone from the bridge that stood there before. The original bridge was built in 1875 and upgraded in 1967. Madras Street bridge has been the only bridge so far that I have seen with something like this. Nice touch! There is next …
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Pilgrims Rock’s Mural
“So, how was your journey?” A mural that accompanies Pilgrims Rock at Lyttelton, acknowledging that the first jetty that eas built at this site. All the settlers that came off the first ships to Canterbury walked down this jetty and to their uncertain futures. *Photo taken by Chris Bulovic*
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Randolph
References to our past are everywhere, you just have to look. The Randolph Motel Apartments on Papanui Road complete with a image of the ‘Randolph’, one of the first four ships to arrive in Lyttelton in 1850. *Photo taken by Annette Bulovic*
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