Hoyle Way in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Hoyle Way in Halswell and it is too new for library website. This is a tiny street with about 4 houses on only one side of the road. On the other is a green space which looks like it will become a reserve. The street runs from Muirhill St to Spalling Rd. I was at Halswell Quarry on Monday to find a geocache and spotted a plaque on a seat. The plaque was dedicated to Lew Hoyle quarry manager from 1938 to 1972 from his wife Marjory and family. Easy to research I thought but no it wasn’t. I eventually figured out that his real name was Harold Edwin Hoyle and Lew was obviously the name he used. The family lived at the quarry in the manager’s house. Lew died in December 1976. In 1940s and 1950s he was a member of the Halswell Domain Board and it sounds like he was very active in the community.