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PAGE 10 Wednesday September 9 2020 BAY HARBOUR Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Sept 4, 2010 – A Decade On Defiant locals gathered after quake • By Chris Barclay THE VALLEY Inn regulars reacted to the September 4, 2010, earthquake with a show of defiance that left an insurance assessor dismayed, and publican Dean Calvert unfazed. Hours after Tour of Duty played in the long-standing Heathcote bar, the locals soldiered on, with one final session in the severely damaged triangular-shaped watering hole. Calvert was on the scene shortly after the quake struck at 4.35am and by daybreak locals had already assembled amid the wreckage. “We were sitting around the well having a beer, the whole time locals were coming and going, it was strange times,” Calvert remembered. “The insurance guy came down and goes: ‘What are you doing? You need these people out of here’. “I told him they’re having their last beer in the pub. This is part of their lounge for all these people. We’re not going to be reopening are we?” But Calvert, who took over the lease the day his parents George and Janet bought the building in 2004, pessimism was eventually misplaced. The family never wavered RESILIENT: Owner Dean Calvert in front of the rebuilt Valley Inn. Right: The damage caused by the September 4, 2010, earthquake. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN about building a new Valley Inn, and had the February 22, 2011, earthquake not intervened Calvert says they could have reopened a year to the day the original “fell over”. “We would have been on top of it but we had to recheck the ground (after February). “We didn’t start building until LED $69 Installed • NZ made, superior quality, safer, longer life and dimmable • Environmentally friendly and save 75% in energy • Quality install and NZ LED’s you can trust for years! Give us a call today 24/7 03 365 9712 aoteaelectriccanterbury.co.nz Award winning company, trusted in Canterbury for 37 years May but the local tradies all offered to work. It was all hands on deck just to get the pub back.” Then mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker reopened the bar 23 days after the quake’s first anniversary, with the brick-lined well the only remnants from the original built in 1877. While the Valley Inn was quickly re-established, Calvert laments the same cannot be said for the central city. “I don’t know how it’s taken so long. You look at Japan when they had that tsunami and earthquake,” he said. “They were probably rebuilt in two or three years at the most. And we’re still arguing with bloody politics and bits and pieces. “Everyone’s p****d around too much organising stuff which they can’t organise. “We were lucky. The earthquake happened on the 4th of September and the bulldozer went through on the 10th. “We were lucky we got on to it so quickly. Looking at some of the sites around town it’s a bit of shame that people haven’t organised things a bit better.” Calvert received the permit to rebuild the day before the February 22, 2011, earthquake and never had any second thoughts in the following days. “It was like a meeting place for the locals, it needed to be rebuilt. The local church did a BYO pub on Fridays for a while. They knew the Valley was a meeting place for Heathcote. “Everyone used to go there and talk to their mates, some had been there 50 years.” YOUR LOCAL ACCOUNTANT I COME TO YOU Financial Statement Preparation Tax Preparation & Compliance Xero & MYOB Specialist Steven Clarke Ltd. 7 Margot Lane Mount Pleasant, Christchurch Phone 03 384 4633 Cell 021 677 670 steven@sclarke.co.nz Your local professional FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING, GAS & DRAINAGE • Bathroom repairs • Renovations • Leaks • Blocked drains • Gas and drainage 03 322 4548 | Easy Parking 17 Lillian Street, Halswell Open Mon-Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm LAYBY WELCOME Carol and Chris Phone 376 5322 or email chcheast@laserplumbing.co.nz
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