In Commemoration of the Barr Family’S Longstanding
A plaque at Manakura 1 Drainage Reserve, standing in Russley. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
In commemoration of the Barr family’s longstanding commitment to the area and horse racing fraternity. / Steward Barr - 1933-1934 National Trainers' Premiership, runner up John Barr - 1956 New Zealand Cup winner Gordon Barr - 1956 W.S.Cox Plate winner
The register’s own frame
The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
114 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 93 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Rubbish and Bins - General
Dumped Rubbish
General Request
Park - General Request
Hazard, vehicle
Dumped Rubbish
Damaged Street Sign
Damaged Street Sign
Street Light Outage
Street Light Outage
Rubbish and Bins - General
Abandoned VehicleQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Manakura 1 Drainage Reserve in Russley, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the seat. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/310897-manakura-1-drainage-reserve.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.