What is the "summer slide" and how can you keep it from impacting on your child's literacy?
Craft snippets: Drawing with Monique Tichborne
Sally reports back from the Craft Snippets event at Upper Riccarton Library featuring artist, Monique Tichborne.
Cluster of angels in Ballantynes Christmas window: Picturing Canterbury
Ballantynes Christmas window display. 2011. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Librarians get crafty with Creativebug
We have some truly talented library staff in our libraries and they have been getting crafty with Creativebug. Here is what they made-
Footpaths, drains, & a drift of pigs: From the CCC Archives
The CCC Archives are beginning to digitise and make publicly available some of our most vulnerable, fragile and fascinating early records of the Council. Next off the digital press is CCC/ARC/343/89 Christchurch City Council - City Surveyor Reports 1862-1863.
‘All our stock of young ladies’ – The Misses Townsend
Katherine looks at the matches made by the six Townsend sisters of Lyttelton, 19th century settlers to Canterbury.
Nativity trailer in Christmas Parade: Picturing Canterbury
Nativity trailer from the East Christchurch Anglican Parish, in the New Brighton Christmas Parade, 2017. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Podcast – Child-led design
Episode of radio show, Speak up - Kōrerotia looking at child-rich communities and child-led design with suggested reading on these topics.
Discover Canterbury: Santa photos
When did the Christmas tradition of a photo with Santa start? Gail reveals the history behind Santa photos and shares some local examples from Canterbury Stories.
Unfinished and Funny Business
Unfinished Business is an exhibition that reveals the fascinating history of unusual and quirky Ōtautahi Christchurch schemes that never took off. The exhibition is on from Wednesday 13 December 2023 to Sunday 14 January 2024.
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