Gloaming Place in Sockburn – Named after Gloaming, a racehorse. Gloaming was bred in Victoria and was trained in New Zealand. His racing career lasted from 1918-1927 and he died in 1932 aged 17 years. First appears in street directories in 1968.
A small amount of information from the library website. There is a wikipedia page for this horse if you want to know more about the horse Gloaming. The horse was owned by George Greenwood and Mrs Greenwood wrote a book about the horse which was published in 1927. There is a copy at the library but it is unable to be borrowed. Gloaming’s trainer was Dick Mason and there is a nearby street named after Dick Mason. Gloaming Place runs off Cheyenne Street. All the houses here were built in 1960s and there is also a reserve with a playground. There is a footpath on both sides of the street but the number of cars parked blocking the footpath made it difficult for walking. There was actually plenty of spaces on the road for parking so there was no need to be blocking the footpath and yes this is a pet peeve of mine.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 