Cameron Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Cameron Street in Sydenham – formerly Campbell Street – Campbell Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1882 when the Sydenham Borough Council was asked to take it over as a public street and “put it into a proper state of repair”. First appears in street directories in 1907. Re-named Cameron Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from the library website. Not a lot of information from Papers Past. A few funeral notices. Soames Bros of Jackson’s Creek, Campbell St had an ad for employing labourers. In 1906 the road was closed temporarily while the new culvert was built over Jackson’s Creek. Name was changed in 1948 in an effort to avoid confusion. No reason was given for the name choice. This street runs from Austin St to Humboldt St and there is an entrance to Cameron Park here. For a short street there are 56 properties here but many are multi dwellings on sections. There were only 4 houses dated between 1920 to 1940 and a couple from 1990. There were several from 1970s, 2000 and 2015 onwards. The older houses looked shabby as did the ones from 1970s. There was a sign for Jackson’s Creek near the corner with Humboldt St. At the same spot was a walkway through to Huxley St. I walked this street on Monday and it didn’t really do a lot for me. I would have known this street in the 1960s but it didn’t feel familiar.