McMahon Drive in the suburb of Aidanfield, Christchurch

McMahon Drive – Named after Sister Antonia (Letitia) McMahon (1894- 1976). Sister Antonia was born in Victoria and worked in Christchurch approximately 1915- 1960. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named in 2001. Biographical information supplied in 2007 by Fraser Faithfull, archivist with the Good Shepherd Provincialate in Abbotsford, Victoria in correspondence with Margaret Harper.

That was a lot more information that I was expecting from the library website. This street was a lot longer than I expected and it is in a new subdivsion and all the houses were modern. They were mostly brick houses with a few made of that cladding that looks like weatherboard. I couldn’t get decent photos here and there was two houses close to each other which were in what I would call a Scandinavian style. There were a couple that were in what I call toilet block style and they are so ugly. Gardens were mostly just lawn and very well-kept but boring. I did stop to chat to an older man as he had large insects decorating his garden. One was a spider so I had to stop and talk. He made them himself with a lathe after he had to stop working because he had had a stoke. He also was originally from Glasgow but has been in NZ for 45 years. He was amazed that I knew he was from Glasgow. Two of the photos are of the green areas but you can see the style of houses as well. The other photo is of an information board and not only was the information interesting but the information board itself was interesting.