Paisley Street in the suburb of Sumner, Christchurch

Paisley St in Sumner – formerly Parke Street. Parke Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1904. First appears in street directories in 1927. Re-named Paisley Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from the library website. There were several Parke Streets in Christchurch so that explains the reason for the name change. My best guess for the Paisley name is that someone on the council was from Scotland or had a connection to Scotland. In Papers Past there were sections for sale in 1904 and 1909. A dangerous bridge was mentioned in 1916. In 1933 the street was described unformed and covered with short grass. The surrounding land was described as low lying. I did wonder if the street was originally a longer street but very little information on Papers Past. There are only 10 houses here and a couple are from 1910 and other decades were 1920, 1940, 1950 and 1990. I recommend sunglasses if looking at the house on the corner of Paisley and Van Asch Streets. It is painted such a bright yellow that I would expect it to glow at night. Another house on the corner of Wakefield Ave I can only describe as interesting. The occupier of that house had also dug up the council berm and planted vegetables. It had fresh manure on it and was rather smelly.