Knox Lane in the Central City, Christchurch

Knox Lane – Named after nearby Knox Church which in turn is named after the leader of the Protestant reformation in Scotland, John Knox (1514?- 1572) Runs from Bealey Avenue past Knox Presbyterian Church. First appears in street directories in 1981.A reasonable of information from the library website except they had it as Knox Street and it is Knox Lane. It runs from Montreal St to Bealey Ave and is one way. Just goes to the car park for Knox Church as it is at the back of the church plus the offices of Duncan Cotterill. Today there were naval cadets parading up and down in a car park. I was surprised that I hadn’t walked it when I walked Bealey Ave but when I got there I remembered an issue with a stupid car driver who drove out of the lane at speed and she didn’t stop to check for pedestrians on the footpath. As she nearly hit me I possibly muttered about her needing to learn the road rules. OK I would have been louder than a mutter as we all know how I feel about cars that don’t know the rules about driving out of driveways and nearly hitting pedestrians. Knox Church was damaged in the earthquakes and has been rebuilt using the original timber framing.