"Cathedral Square by night the northwest corner with the start of Chancery Lane under the bright white light. The Tivoli theatre later became the Westend, a huge cinema (scene of many happy nights out in my teenage years) complete with cat known to sleep on seats at the back. The old building to the left was later the site of the AMP building, and the one to the right became the Government Life building."
Date: 18 August 1959.
Entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Isabel Tweedy.
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