Ramore Place in Redwood – First appears in street directories in 1972.
Tiny amount of information from the library website. There wasn’t anyone with a surname Ramore in Canterbury. The best meaning that I could find for the word was big fort and it was possibly Irish. Not much information on Papers Past. In 1969 and 1984 there were ads for sections and new houses. A couple of death notices. In 1971 there were two articles about the Ramore Reserve to remain as a playground / reserve and the application from Papanui Pool to turn the reserve into car parking for the pool was declined. My Christchurch map must be old as it shows the Papanui Pool on Winters Rd. It took a bit of googling and I eventually found out that the Papanui Pool closed in 1993.
Most of the houses on this street date from between 1970s and 1980s. There were a few that were built in 2024 so I looked at street view. I was going to say that a gorgeous old villa was demolished just so that these ugly modern units could be built. I then had a brain wave and checked street view. This gorgeous house was moved to Autumn Place.
The reserve and playground is still here and it looked like a pleasant tree lined street. Apart from the ugly modern units none of the other houses stood out.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 