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The Telephone Box War – 8th October 1988
On 8th October 1988, the Wizard publically announced from his column in the ‘Weekend Star’ that he was personally taking on Telecom over their ‘…poofy blue…’ repainting of Christchurch’s traditional red telephone boxes. The corporate giant had just taken over from the New Zealand Post Office Service and planned to replace all the red phone …
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C.C.C Gifts Old Railway Land To Acknowledge City’s Grief – 1988
One evening in 1994, while heading to see a movie at Hoyts 8 (the old Christchurch Railway Station on Moorhouse Ave), I spotted in the corner of my eye what turned out to be the ‘Canterbury Workers’ Memorial’, on a small piece of land – by the eastern end of the car park – gifted …
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The Tower That Wasn’t – 1986
In 1986, Christchurch was split in opinion. The division started from within the ranks of the C.C.C. down to the general public. It was all over the controversial talk of the erection of a tower – 167 metres tall, forty three storeys in all. It would be the South Island’s tallest structure – with a …
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Anderson’s Legacy Ended After 135 Years – 1986
John Anderson was born on 7th November 1820 in Inveresk, Scotland. There isn’t much about his childhood, except that his father was a ploughman. As a trade, Anderson chose Blacksmithing, but spent his evenings studying mathematics, chemistry and mechanical philosophy. He married his sweetheart, Jane Gibson, on 3rd June 1845 and the pair were sadly …
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