Weaver Place in the suburb of Sockburn, Christchurch

Weaver Place in Sockburn and there wasn’t any information on the library website yet the units were built in the 1960s.

Sockburn Park is one side of the street and Weaver’s Court are on the other side. Weaver’s Courts is social housing built in 1965 and owned by the city council. Weaver’s Court is at 10 Weaver Place and the only other building on the street is Springs Community Early Learning Centre. There used to be an office for the Sockburn Pool here but the pool was closed in 2006 and demolished in 2007.

The 35 units were originally built as pensioner cottages by Paparua County Council. The street was named after J H Weaver the chairman of the council who died suddenly in 1964. Mr Weaver was in the middle of making a speech at his niece’s wedding when he collapsed and died. He was 70 years old.

The units actually looked in reasonable condition and when they were still pensioner cottages the street was entered in the best street competitions.