Lothian Street in the suburb of Ilam, Christchurch

Lothian Street in Ilam. Named after East and West Lothian in Edinburgh. Named to continue the Scottish theme of street names in Burnside. First appears in street directories in 1900 running through to Tay Street (later part of Hamilton Avenue. A small amount of information from the library website. The street runs off Memorial Ave There are 37 houses here and they date from 1920 but most are built 1950s and 1960s. None of the houses stood out for me and I would never have picked that any were earlier than the 1970s. Most looked OK but a few were looking tired and rundown. Suspect it might be a few rentals aimed at students here. Not much information on Papers Past and it was mostly ads for a William Vernall who was a tinsmith living on the street. I couldn’t find anything earlier than 1915. Two sad death notices for the same woman. She had a son killed in WWI and then a son die in 1918 from the influenza.