Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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Jabez Thornton (1817 – 1904)
Jabez Thornton arrived at Lyttelton on the ‘Charlotte Jane’ on the 16th December 1850. He was 32 years old and was on his own. A Carpenter by trade, he married Mary Coster on the 16th September 1852. As there was no church at Lyttelton at that stage, they were married in a temporary church. They …
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John Hill (1836 – 1918)
Phillip Hill must have been a pretty ‘bad boy’ to have been disinherited by his father, John Hill Senior. Luckily for Phillips’ sons – John Jnr. and James – the disinheritance only went as far as their father.John Hill Senior actually went all out and beyond to make sure his grandsons had the best chance …
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Kathleen Scott & a Manchurian Pony
Here is Mrs. Kathleen Scott meeting one of the Manchurian Ponies that was heading down to the snow in 1910. Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour was used as a training area for breaking in and getting these little sturdy fellas ready for the race to the South Pole. As a side note, Mrs Scott went …
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The Terra Nova Leaves Lyttelton
Excited and enthusiastic supporters keep the Terra Nova company as it carries Captain Robert Scott and his crew out to the Lyttelton Heads on its way to Antarctica and the race to the South Pole in 1910. How bittersweet this image is now that we know how fateful this adventure would end up being. Scott …
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