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ARTHUR’S PASS NO PICNIC
Upon seeing this wonderful painting of the road between Canterbury and Westland reminded me of a very interesting – and mostly unknown additional adventure concerning Arthur Dudley Dobson and his now much beloved passage through our Southern Alps. Arthur was barely 23 years old when the Canterbury Provincial Council sent him off to find the …
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CREAM CAN CORNER
At the time of 22nd February 2011 earthquake, Chris and I were literally in our 2nd week of living on Lowes Road in Rolleston. We both were in Christchurch at 12.51pm that day (and after being told by him to stay put at my parents’ house in Bishopdale) Chris headed home from work, envisioning our …
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CANTERBURY’S FIRST LAWYERS
If one wished to split hairs, you could say that Canterbury’s first lawyers were William and John Deans. It seems that in the Deans household in the parish of Riccarton back in good old Scotland, it was straight out of school and into Dad’s law firm to establish in oneself a good work ethic. But …
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Free’s Flag
Onboard the “Randolph”, the Canterbury Association’s 2nd ship, was the Free family. The head of the family was John Free – a labourer – and with him was his wife Mary and their 7 children. Believe it or not, the Free’s weren’t the largest family group to emigrate to Canterbury. The family settled beside the …
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