Prestwick Street in the red zone of Avondale. Another street that wasn’t on the library website which surprised me as it was built in early 1970s. Several entries in Papers Past and in 1970 there was a call for tenders to built new kerbs, stormwater pipes, paths and grassed berms. In 1972 there were several ads for the sale of brand new houses in the new subdivision. The name will be from a place in Scotland. After googling Prestwick in Scotland I will add it to my travel wish list. The nearest that I have been to Prestwick is Glasgow airport. That is an adventure that I won’t forget as I was in the queue behind a stag group who were in kilts. Because of their boots and other items they set off the body scanner. They had to strip off so many items and I thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment along with everyone else in the queue.
There are no longer any houses here and google street view in 2007 showed a pleasant street with some nice gardens. In street view from 2012 many of the houses have been demolished especially the ones near the river. The rest were fenced off and only a couple of houses looked like anyone were still living in them. Still the remains of people’s gardens along what used to be a street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 