ONCE A LANDMARK—The clock tower now in Victoria street was once the centrepiece of High street at its intersection with Manchester and Lichfield streets. To facilitate traffic flow, the clock was dismantled in 1930, and stored for some time before going to Victoria street to be re-erected; but the chimes proved unsatisfactory and did not sound again. There was considerable opposition to the move, and Johannes C. Andersen, in his book, “Old Christchurch," comments: "So the clock and its early mate the tower were again as they should be, though not where they should be.”
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28758, 2 December 1958, Page 19
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95ONCE A LANDMARK—The clock tower now in Victoria street was once the centrepiece of High street at its intersection with Manchester and Lichfield streets. To facilitate traffic flow, the clock was dismantled in 1930, and stored for some time before going to Victoria street to be re-erected; but the chimes proved unsatisfactory and did not sound again. There was considerable opposition to the move, and Johannes C. Andersen, in his book, “Old Christchurch," comments: "So the clock and its early mate the tower were again as they should be, though not where they should be.” Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28758, 2 December 1958, Page 19
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