Pedestrians and vehicle traffic on Gloucester Street |...

Pedestrians and vehicle traffic on Gloucester Street

1970s

Pedestrians standing on Gloucester Street, waiting for the traffic to pass so they can cross the road. Parking spaces along the street are all occupied by cars. Businesses pictured occupying the buildings along the southern side of Gloucester Street include Mullany's 60 Minute Denture Repairs, Sheppards New and Used Furniture, Amalgamated Tele-Hire, Mojo's Nitespot, White Heron Travel, Holy Cross Chapel, Chancery Arcade, McDonald's Auction Rooms, Mutual Rental Cars and Maling & Co. Scaffolding is erected at the Maling & Co building, with labourers working on repairs.

Contributors note: "Early 1970s street view of Gloucester Street, looking westwards towards Oxford Tce showing buildings, number of businesses, people along the footpath, some about to cross the street, vehicles, outside Chancery Arcade entrance, street parking meters."

Creator: Peter Basire

Contributor: Barbara Newcombe

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2111

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Pedestrians and vehicle traffic on Gloucester Street

Comments

Report this entry

More from the same area

Watching bungy jumping at Queenstown

Community event at the Tai Tapu Domain

Witnessing an avalanche at Ball Hut

Airforce Day at Christchurch Airport

New Zealand Rail Christmas Picnic in 1980

New Zealand Rail Christmas Picnic in 1983

New Zealand Rail Christmas Picnic in 1987

Young mother changing her baby’s nappy

Baby in a cot at Bethany Maternity Hospital

Cashmere Primary School students

Visit to Cave Rock in Sumner

Day trip out of Christchurch

People inside Town Hall from Victoria Square

People outside Cathedral Square

Man leaning on partition near bus kiosk.

Group of traffic police in discussion.

Punting in the Avon

New Zealand Rock lily - Tiny beauty

Miner's Lettuce

Busy bees

Colourful Christchurch

Addignton Workshops Roll of Honour board

Ferrymead post centre