Bramwell St in Dallington – The street was developed in 1956, the year Banks Avenue School was opened.
A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out where the name for the street came from. Possibly from a place name in the UK. Another possible reason for the name was Roy Bramwell Spear who worked for the Lands and Survey Dept. Another street in a neighbouring suburb was named after his wife but neither of them lived in the area. Not much information on Papers Past apart from a few death notices including a young man who died in the Vietnam War. Another street where the residents seem to be an accident prone lot. Most ads were for the selling of Basset Hound puppies. I was surprised that there wasn’t any ads for selling houses but figured it out when I looked up Banks Avenue School. The ads for houses all mentioned being close to the school.
Most houses here were built in the 1950s and many were built in the last 12 months. A couple of nice houses but many seemed to be State Houses / Housing Corp houses including the recently built houses. There used to be an entrance to Banks Avenue School here but it is blocked off. What I found off-putting about this street was the number of shopping trolleys littering the street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 