Parklands Drive in the suburb of Huntsbury, Christchurch

Parklands Drive – Formed on the site of the Brightlings Brickworks, Huntsbury Hill. Developed by Bernie and Jack Ryan, of Ryan Brothers Ltd and named by their mother, Mary Catherine Ryan (1892-1978). First appears in street directories in 1968. Information supplied in 2008 by Jack Ryan, in a letter to Margaret Harper.
Interesting information from the library website. A lot of new houses here and I am assuming that they are rebuilds after the earthquakes as this street has been around since the 1970s. Mike who was the manager at ANZ Riccarton when I worked there used to live on this street. I would like to have got more photos of the houses as many were interesting looking houses. I did like the white house that looks like it has a ship’s funnel on top of it. Only managed one photo of this house as there was someone on balcony. There was a yellow house that I would loved to have got a photo of but there was a woman putting her child in a car nearby and another woman was in a nearby driveway. I couldn’t decide if it was trying to be a Mexican or Spanish style with a touch of English. It was on a back section so I couldn’t get the full view of it.