Balrudry Street in Avonhead and nothing on the library website. This surprised me as the street had to be an older street as there was a footpath on both sides of the street plus I remember it from my days of working at Avonhead ANZ. Most houses here date from 1950s with one house built in 1940s. There was mention in the late 1950s and early 1960s about a new housing area. Sections were sold by ballot to returned servicemen. The area possibly was originally an orchard but couldn’t find any extra information this apart from an ad about a property for sale. I was amused to see notices about a company called Burbery Finance applying for registration as a money lender in 1961 and 1965. I was also amused by an article about a muscovy duck being found and eventually returned to it’s rightful owner. I don’t think that the duck was happy about being found as it was destined for the cooking pot. I was very surprised to see a death notice in 1970 of someone that I knew as I knew her from Rakaia Huts where she had lived plus owned the wee shop. I couldn’t find the reason for the street’s name but it was possibly a place name. Through an ancestry website I found it mentioned as a place near Dundee in Scotland and also a place north of Dublin in Ireland. Couldn’t find either place on google maps.
At one end of the street there is Ferrier Park and I checked out Claude Jack Ferrier but couldn’t find him living in this area. He did own land here as he donated the land for the park. None of the houses stood out and were typical 1950s houses but one did have a fun garden. The owner overheard me talking to myself as I was saying to myself what a fantastic and interesting garden. She laughed and yes I do occasionally talk to myself.
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