Remembering Christchurch
Subtitle: voices from decades past
By: Alison Parr with Rosemary Baird
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780143573371
Subjects: Christchurch Earthquake, N.Z., 2011; Personal narratives; Disaster victims; History; Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Christchurch Earthquake (New Zealand : 2011) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01765264
Description: Remembering Christchurch captures the human heritage that survives the devastation of the Canterbury earthquakes. In evocative interviews, older citizens share their precious memories, bringing Christchurch back to life - from familiar streets, shops and churches to pubs, tearooms and dance halls; from movie theatres and pie carts in the Square to milkshakes at the Dainty Inn on High Street. There are tales of cherished homes in red-zoned suburbs such as Dallington, and of earlier trips through the tunnel to the port of Lyttelton. Woven through these stories, a social history of Christchurch emerges, exposing shifting attitudes to class, race, religion, sex and the place of women. Vivid and revealing, these rich memories create a lasting legacy for a much-loved city.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Eric Beardsley; title: Jim Curnow; title: Janice Moss; title: Meg Anderson; title: Trevor Smith; title: Lois Arnold; title: Richard Cottrell; title: Jan Currie; title: Malcolm Douglass; title: Joan Lydon; title: Doug Couch; title: Reg Miller; title: Alamein Pitama Scholtens; title: Laurel Small; title: David Morrell; title: Baden Norris; title: Robert Consedine; title: Valerie Heinz; title: Anne McCormack.