“…Flashes of Beauty…” – Johannes C. Andersen
“Christchurch was a-shaping; improvements were taking place everywhere – yet how wild and uncared-for the streets and riverbanks appear to modern eyes! Without doubt there were many waste places; but even then ‘there were gardens bright’ with Avon’s ‘sinuous rills…enfolding sunny spots of greenery.’ She showed flashes of beauty in her unkemptness , did Christchurch; …
