Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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She’s A Lady
“Mrs Cridland I hope will be down here shortly so that I shall occasionally be fortunate enough to see a lady, otherwise I am afraid I shall lapse into inevitable barbarism. I am frittering away existence here, and have no better object of affection attached to me than a faithful dog…” Charles O. Torlesse – …
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WOOLSTON – Joseph Harry Hopkins (1837 – 1910)
In spite of the traffic that began to use the Heathcote River from the arrival of the first four ships in 1850, Woolston did not show real signs of life until the building of its church – St John the Evangelist – in 1857. Just a little cob building, a community began to settle in …
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Eliza Moorhouse (? – 1899)
Not being able to ignore such a strong historic name, in spite of being 90% sure this was no relation to William Sefton Moorhouse, I just had to make sure. I stood there for a moment, recalling that William had arrived in Lyttelton in 1851 with his two brothers, Benjamin and Thomas…who was this J.C. …
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Cyril Julian Mountford (1853 – 1920)
Cyril Julian Mountford was the second son of famed Canterbury architect Benjamin Mountfort. Following in his father’s footsteps, Cyril unfortunately never branched away from Benjamin’s type of style, his work mirroring Benjamin’s a great deal. When Benjamin died in 1898, Cyril took over his practise and finished the projects at that time, including the Canterbury …
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