Roker Street in the suburb of Somerfield, Christchurch

Roker Street – Stark’s Road was incorporated into Roker Street. Probably named after Roker in North East England. The section of Roker Street running west off Selwyn Street was formerly Stark’s Road. Named after James Stark (1833?-1895) Roker Street first appears in street directories in 1910. Stark was a judge of draught horses. His address at the time of his death was Willow Bank, Starks Road. He was living on Lincoln Road in 1880.
A reasonable amount of information from library website. This street also has a cycleway and there were protests about this cycleway as the original plan was to demolish several houses. The Sydenham Cemetery has an entrance here. A nice quiet street with many lovely old wooden houses. There were also older houses that had various claddings over the original weatherboard. I loved one house where I am guessing that the owner likes birds. I managed several photos here. I vaguely recall that I used to visit an elderly man here regarding the family tree.