Southern View: October 16, 2018

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Halswell’s history on show
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Mr Ridder lived in Halswell for
81 years, until he passed away in
2002, aged 85.
“I got to know Doug very well
and he had a wonderful collection
of history of the Halswell Quarry,
and the early settlers of Halswell,”
Mr Moore said.
“When he retired and went
up to Napier to live, he gave me
all his boxes of photographs and
handwritten notes that he had,”
he said.
A lot of the history work
focused on the Halswell Quarry,
which opened in the 1860s and
closed in 1990.
Mr Ridder’s research showed
that much of the broken metal in
the quarry’s early years was used
to form roads replacing tracks that
were prone to winter flooding.
One of the tracks, that ran from
the south to the then new city of
Christchurch, was named Lincoln
Rd, now known as Halswell Rd.
The photographs will be
displayed at the Halswell Quarry
Information Centre on Saturday
and Sunday from 9am to 5pm.
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1953.
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