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Linwood Joined The Greater Christchurch – 1st April 1903
On 1 April 1903, Linwood joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. How long do you wait before you marry the sister of your dead wife? Not long enough when it concerned Dr. Joseph Brittan. The scandal that chased Joseph and his new bride (and sister-in-law) Sophia down the church …
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St Albans Joined The Greater Christchurch – 1st April 1903
On 1 April 1903, St Albans joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. Many of the early settlers just kept going past the area that would become St Albans. It wasn’t just the extremely boggy land, but the 10 foot or so toi toi was also a great deterrent! If …
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Sydenham and Waltham Joined The Greater Christchurch – 1st April 1903
On 1 April 1903, Sydenham and Waltham joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. When Charles Prince arrived in Lyttelton in 1858, I’m sure he had no idea that two future suburb names would be influenced by him with very little effort made by him at all. An ex-school master, …
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Canterbury Lad Makes History In Lift Off – 31st March 1903
On 31 March 1903, Canterbury pioneer aviator Richard Pearse made his controversial flight into the history books. It was 1901 when Richard made his first attempt to fly. He had built and patented a bicycle with crank gears. This attempt was nothing more than just ‘hopping along’, it was later reported. 1903 was the year …
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