Balkwell Street in Halswell – Named after Balkwell Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne. John Henry “Jack” Hindess (1937-1910) was a survey cadet with Osborn & Co., the survey firm carrying out the subdivision where the street was developed. He had lived in Balkwell Avenue. Developed in 1961 by Andrew James Cunningham (1906- 1985), a farmer of 250 Halswell Road. First appears in street directories in 1981. Information supplied in 2014 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council.
A small amount of information from the library website and I am amused by his year of death on the library website. He managed to die before he was going by the library website. He actually died in 2010. It was Balkwell Ave in England where he had lived.
Practically nothing on Papers Past as it was only MED ads on there. Can anyone else remember when MED used to turn off the power to do maintenance work. The valuation website that I use had the five houses on this street built in 1990 but they were actually built in the 1960s. The houses didn’t stand out for me but there were some nice gardens. I only managed a photo of a garden decoration.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 