Bradshaw Terrace in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Bradshaw Tce – Formerly Straven Terrace. Named because it was formed between 10 and 16 Straven Road. Re-named Bradshaw Terrace. Named after Edward James (Ted) Bradshaw (1909-1992). Straven Terrace first appears in street directories in 1936. Its renaming to Bradshaw Terrace was suggested in 1966. Bradshaw was a son of Dr. John Christopher Bradshaw (1876-1950), organist and choirmaster at Christchurch Cathedral. He was a Riccarton Borough councillor 1944- 1955 and the mayor of Riccarton 1955-1968. [A petition from residents to the Riccarton Borough Council protested at the proposed change. They said they did not want to dishonour or detract from Mr Bradshaw, but wanted the name Straven Terrace retained. The petition was unsuccessful.]A reasonable of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it. This street has a mixture of houses from 1930s and 1950s to 2018. There was one house from 1950 that looked so rundown that I was surprised to see that people were still living in it. This street runs off Straven Rd fairly near Riccarton Rd end.