Press Lane in the Central City, Christchurch

Press Lane and there is nothing on the library website and this is possibly because it is just a right of way yet other right of way types of streets get mentioned. Most entries on Papers Past are ads from the 1930s and 1940s. There was Press Lane Furniture Factory and it was also called A D Tucker Ltd. The company was registered in 1935 but by November 1937 the company went into voluntary winding up and William Samuel Newburgh was appointed as liquidator. In 1938 there were several judgments against the company and also in 1938 the premises were available to let and the street was described as The Press right of way. A D Tucker in May 1943 appealed against being called up for service and his occupation was sine die. I had to google this and basically another word for bankrupt. In 1938 another furniture company Barrs Ltd moved into the street on a temporary basis to sell off all goods in a Gigantic Closing Down Sale. In Papers Past dated 25th May 1936 there was an article about the 75th anniversary of The Press. In the article it mentions that they moved to the current site in 1909. I found at least two entries on google that claimed The Press purchased Warner’s Hotel in 1943 to get access to the lane but the lane is showed on a maps in 1926. In 1877 and 1879 it shows as two short alleys with one leading from Worcester St and the other from Armagh St. The same pages had other mistakes about Warner’s Hotel. Look up a wordpress blog called Lost Christchurch as it has the best and correct information. The area these days is mostly a car park and the buildings have been demolished.