Pamir Street in Mairehau – First appears in street directories in 1953.
A tiny amount of information from the library website. Papers Past didn’t have must information either. A few death notices and a couple of engagement notices. In 1948 under naming of new streets it was described as a blind street of Kelly’ Rd extension in Paramount Building Company subdivision. A couple of ads for selling properties on the street. There were more entries on Papers Past for the Paramount Building Company and they weren’t always favourable towards the company.
The street runs off Ranger St and there are only 6 houses here and they are wooden houses of the exact same design. They were all built in the 1940s. I was going to attempt to find a geocache at the end of this street when I walked it the other night but there were too many people around.
I suspect that the street was named after the ship Pamir and this ship was seized by the New Zealand Government during World War Two.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 