Alloway St in the red zone of Avondale – Named after Alloway, a former Scottish village that is now a suburb of Ayr. Named on 15 December 1969, the same day as neighbouring Ardrossan Street. First appears in street directories in 1976. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 24 March 1970.
A small amount of information on the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Interesting that the street was named in 1969 as I didn’t find that information on Papers Past. I did find in May 1973 mention of 27 sections being sold by public auction. The land was originally drainage board land and the article was a reply by the Chairman of the Drainage Board Mr M R Carter to a complaint by T McGuigan MP for Lyttelton about how much the sections were sold for. In 1974 and 1975 there were houses and ownership flats for sale. Ownership flats were a big thing in the 1970s. On a death notice for the street I recognised a surname from Lyttelton. Google maps in 2007 street view showed a very ordinary looking street and in 2012 most houses were still standing but many were looking damaged. No longer any houses here and the street is in the red zone.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 