Welsh Road in Halswell and too new for the library website. From the Council website – Welsh Road named after Miss Gabrielle Patricia Welsh, a local identity who lived in Sutherlands Road in the adjoining property to Halswell Downs, with her brother for 80 years, and who in January 2002 received a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the community and persons with disabilities. In her later years she moved to the Anthony Wilding Retirement Village where she lived until passing away. A fitting way to remember someone who gave so much of her time to so many – a women of great character. Please note that any spelling mistakes in the blurb is the fault of the council as I have copied and pasted direct from their agenda.
There wasn’t anything on Papers Past about Gabrielle Welsh and only a brief mention online about receiving the Order of Merit. Gabrielle lived at 409 Sutherland Rd and electoral rolls mostly describe her as a spinster but a couple of times she is described as a farmer. Pity that I couldn’t find out more information.
The houses here were built between 2019 and 2021 and most looked very ordinary but I quite liked a couple of them. The footpath was on both sides of the street which pleased me. At the end of the street there was an entrance to a walkway. Another pleasant looking street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 