Southern View: October 01, 2019

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Dig out your historic photos for competition
GIVEN TIME, even the most
ordinary photo can be an
extraordinary window into a
different world.
This photo, picturing the intersection
of High, Hereford and
Colombo Sts, was a highly commended
entry in Christchurch
City Libraries’ 2008 photo hunt.
It was submitted by Tony Bowie
and shows his mother and
grandmother on their way to
shop in High St in the late 1950s.
During the 1950s, the central
city was the prime destination
for shopping in Christchurch,
and women would don hats and
gloves for their trip into town.
The central city enjoyed this
shopping heyday in the first half
of the 20th-century, coinciding
with the peak of reliance on
public transport – first trams,
then buses. Cathedral Square
was the central hub of the city’s
transport network, which connected
the suburbs to the city
centre.
It was customary for people
to go into town to shop, and to
“take tea” in the tea rooms of
the major department stores
located on both sides of Cathedral
Square.
Beca Christchurch Heritage
Festival 2019 starts on October 7
and this year, as part of the festival,
Christchurch City Libraries
is celebrating 10 years of the
Christchurch photo hunt.
Over the past decade, the
photo hunt has collected
hundreds of great photos like
this one, and Christchurch City
Libraries hopes people will dust
off their collections and unearth
some more treasures.
This year’s competition runs
from October 1 to 31. Your
photos are carefully scanned
and preserved as part of
Christchurch City Libraries’
collection, and loaded onto
the Discovery Wall at Tūranga
(Central Library) so everyone
can enjoy them.
•Submit your photos at
any of our Christchurch
OCCASION: This
1950s photo
was submitted
in the 2008
Christchurch
City Libraries’
photo hunt. The
competition is on
again.
City Libraries or at my.
christchurchcitylibraries.
com/photo-hunt/
•There are many
events happening in
the central city during
the Heritage Festival
2019. Check out what’s
happening at the Arts
Centre, at Tūranga (Central
Library) and look out for
events showcasing the
project to reinstate Christ
Church Cathedral.
New life
for Sign of
the Takahe
• By Matt Slaughter
THE SIGN of the Takahe has
reopened.
An official opening event was
held at the historic venue on
Hackthorne Rd. About 400 people
turned up on the day to celebrate.
The more than 100-year-old
building has been closed since the
2011 earthquake.
It was leased off the city council
by Andrew Male and his wife
Kay at the start of the year. They
have installed a new cafe and
bar upstairs and revamped the
interior of the building.
Mr Male said reopening the
Sign of the Takahe was a great
feeling, given the months of work
which have gone into getting it
ready. “My wife and I have been
talking about and passionate
about it for the last six months,
but you know, sometimes you
look back and think I couldn’t
have done it without my team.”
He said visitors are excited
about having the iconic building
back up and running.
“It’s finally seeing the building
back open again that has a lot of
history, people have got history
with it.”
Encounter
our stories
Christchurch
Heritage
Festival
7–28 October
Over 80 special events! Discover heritage tours,
walks, talks, workshops, music, food and more
with the Christchurch Heritage Festival…
• Spirited Cemetery Tours, in your area 11, 13 & 20 October
• Addington Heritage Evening, 15 October
• The Story of Harry Ell: Early Conservation on the Port Hills, 20 October
ccc.govt.nz/heritagefestival