Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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Christchurch’s First Puffing Billy
Do you think they could have fitted anymore people on? Referred to as a ‘Puffing Billy’, pictured here is Christchurch’s first, leaving Cathedral Square and heading to the Addington Railway Station – where the Tower Junction shopping centre is now situated. This route through the city was opened on the 5th January 1882, though trams …
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The Pumpkin, Black Cats & the 31st October
Growing up in a strong Christian household, there were a few activities that rolled around every year that I was never allowed to take part in. Halloween was one and every year I would ask in vain if I could go out with kids next door and ‘trick or treat’. No. Completely frustrated with tears …
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MILFORD – The Forgotten Slice Between Papanui & Merivale
I was gazing upon one of my favourite Dr. A.C. Barker photos when I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before. Around the mid 1860’s, the Doctor took a photo of some V-huts and most books that sport this historic image claim that it was taken in Papanui. I stumbled upon it again in another book …
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William Pratt – Hut, Tent, and Whare…
“…ships arrived so quickly after each other that the hillside near the barracks became dotted over with every conceivable kind of hut, tent, and whare, not omitting the Irish cabin built of sods”. William Pratt ~ 1900 *Lyttelton’s first storekeeper and baker ~ 1849 *Member of the Christchurch City Council *Co-founder of Ballantynes *image courtesy …
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