Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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Fanny Erskine Fitzgerald – Wear A Mustache
“I should recommend every gentleman who comes here to wear a mustache. All those who have not done so have suffered very much from sore lips”. Fanny Erskine Fitzgerald ~ 23rd December 1850 *wife of James Edward Fitzgerald, Canterbury’s first Superintendent, founder of ‘The Press’ newspaper and the first Canterbury Association settler to step ashore* …
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Joseph Greenwood – Whalers From Akaroa
“One need not be in a large town to see the horror and misery of drunkards. For even here it is enough to make one dread it when one sees the quarrelling and fighting that is going on. There were 20-30 people here (at Port Levy) – mostly whalers from Akaroa”. Joseph Greenwood ~ 25th …
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The Meditation Of A Cockroach
The Meditation Of A Cockroach I am no less than a cockroach bold, creeping and crawling from deck to hold, hunting each cabin and hammock and bed, under the pillow where rests your head, under the tablecloth, up the chair, I run up your sleeves and I crawl through your hair; neither man or child …
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St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
On the last Sunday of October 1853, in a small carpentry shop in Cashel Street, owned by James Johnston, a small group of Scottish Presbyterian settlers gathered together. Among them were John and Jane Deans. Not only was this an historic day for the Anglican based Canterbury but it was a day of reflection and …
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