Rogers Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Rogers Street in Sydenham – Named after Samuel Rogers (1763-1855). Rogers was a poet. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories in 1908.A small amount of information from the library website. As usual there were many death notices in Papers Past. In 1885 the residents objected to the widening the street. In 1887 it was the 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Wakefield. In 1890 there was a death notice for William Wakefield late of Kelso, Scotland. A shop and attached house on the corner of Rogers St and Huxley St had a minor fire in 1913. The road was tar sealed in 1941 but in 1957 water from stormwater drain started eroding the earth and gravel under the tar sealing on the corner of Rogers St and Waltham Road. Another article said that there were four big holes and a truck when turning the corner sunk into the road. A bus also sunk into the hole. I walked this street on Monday and walked it today as well as I had parked my car nearby on Waltham Rd. This street runs from Huxley St to Waltham Rd and there are some lovely houses here. They cover most decades from 1905 to 1990 plus a couple of more recent houses. There is still a shop at the corner of Huxley St and Rogers St plus a fish and chip shop. Technically the Early Learning Centre is on Hume St but the colourful fence is also on Rogers St. The fish and chip shop also had a bit of street art. I feel that I should know this street from when I was a child and it is possible that we drove down it to get to my uncle’s house on Humboldt St. I liked most of this street.