George Victor Moncks (1876 – 1882)

“Without a moment’s warning, while busy at his play, this bight and fun loving fair-haired boy, was quickly snatched away”. On the day of the 22nd March 1882, 7 year old George Victor Moncks and friend were playing alongside the Avon Heathcote Estuary, not far from the Moncks’ Redcliffs home. The pair was trying to …

The Canterbury Association Store, Sumner.

Where Clifton Terrace meets Main Road, sits one of the loveliest reserves in Sumner. Clifton Bay/Hill was once viewed by the Canterbury Association as a possible landing port for goods being transported from Lyttelton to Christchurch by boats. In view of this and as the surveyors and road making gangs – made up of both …