Valley Road – First appears in street directories in 1914.
Tiny amount of information from the library website. The road is in a valley so name is fairly obvious and I can’t expand on the name.
Information from Papers Past had sections for sale in 1913 and 1920 but I couldn’t find the name of the original land owner but there was a quarry here under the name of Craig and Roberts so they were possibly the owners.Quarry was still being worked in 1916. In 1917 a J H Menzies sold three building sites to a Mr Morgan.
In 1932 there was a proposal for a War Memorial to be built on land known as Winter Gardens but it was turned down by the council. In 1935 there was a road extension and relief labour was used. The Recreation Club, Bowling Club and tennis club have been on this street since at least 1923.
There is a mixture of ages and styles of houses on this street ranging from 1920 lovely wooden houses to an ugly 2019 house. There was an unbelievable fantastic house near the end of the road but the QV website said information was unavailable. Lovely street but parking would be terrible. At the end of the street there is a walkway that takes you up to MacMillan Ave. The most famous house would be the 1940s house that belonged to Ngaio Marsh but you can’t really see it from the road.
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