Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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‘Honest John’ Cordy (1805 -1886)
‘Honest John’ Cordy was manager of Homebush for the Deans from 1854 to 1859. An Englishman, he arrived in Christchurch in 1851 and ran a small run near the Bridle Path where newly arrived hoof-stock could graze before moving on when their owners were ready. On the 1st May 1854, John took over Homebush and …
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SYDENHAM & WALTHAM – Charles Prince (1822 – 1908)
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, Charles seemed to have no plans to follow his previous working path. By 1860, his crockery and china shop …
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Tandem Bike
Not sure how I would feel if my date picked me up on this??? It’s not like me to share a ‘non Canterbury’ photo but this was too good not to share.
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St George’s Chapel, Barbadoes Street Cemetery
Today, all that marks where the St George’s Chapel (pictured) stood in the Barbadoes (should have been spelt Barbados – a 1849 typo that wasn’t corrected) Street Cemetery is a large plaque with a grave map and an acknowledgement to all that were buried there without ceremony or marker. Barbadoes is considered to be Christchurch’s …
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