On 1 April 1903, Linwood joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. How long do you wait before you marry the sister of your dead wife? Not long enough when it concerned Dr. Joseph Brittan. The scandal that chased Joseph and his new bride (and sister-in-law) Sophia down the church …
On 1 April 1903, St Albans joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. Many of the early settlers just kept going past the area that would become St Albans. It wasn’t just the extremely boggy land, but the 10 foot or so toi toi was also a great deterrent! If …
On 1 April 1903, Sydenham and Waltham joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. When Charles Prince arrived in Lyttelton in 1858, I’m sure he had no idea that two future suburb names would be influenced by him with very little effort made by him at all. An ex-school master, …
