PUFFING BILLY DAYS
Street Scene 36 Years Ago
THE "bottleneck" corner is a traffic problem of the first order in Christchurch nowadays, and the latest attempt to deal with it is the installation 0 f a complex system of signals. Thirty-six years ago there was no traffic problem, as the accompanying photograph, taken in 1902, shows. Then one of the chief events of the day was the departure of the 10 a.m. steam tram for Sumner —the only one. It was always crowded with children and their
parents, and the fare was 6d return. Many other changes are shown by comparing the old photograph with one taken this week from the same position in High street. In the background is the old Hereford Hotel—now, much enlarged, the United Service Hotel. Nearly the most conspicuous object is the telegraph pole with its 20 rows of insulators. Now these wires are in thick cables, or go underground. The steam engine and its trailers are still used occasionally.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22389, 30 April 1938, Page 19
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