Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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He Read and Wrote Much But Spoke Little
I love nothing more than coming across a description during my studies that brings alive an historical figure like never before. So, I thought I would share this one concerning our Founder, the man that did the long hours and pushed the pen to get Christchurch up and started, John Robert Godley. But first, the …
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield – Intending Colonists Of The Higher Class
“I find that my notion of a distinct settlement in New Zealand, under the patronage of a powerful body in this country, desirous of spreading the Church of England, stands a good chance of being realized sooner than we expected. The subject has been fully considered, and at length something like practical conclusions have been …
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The Crystal Palace Theatre
What was left of the Crystal Palace Theatre was demolished in 1986, I would have been 10. My love for movies (and Christchurch’s history too actually) was planted in me when I was very young. During the school holidays, my mum and I would bustle down to the bus stop outside the Caltex Petrol Station …
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George Gould (1825 – 1889)
George Gould (1825 – 1889) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch * Opened the first General Store in Christchurch. It was sited on the eastern corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets. This business was the beginning of today’s Pyne Gould Corporation and PGG Wrightson. Buried at the …
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