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In Memory of / Shirley Williams

A plaque at Redcliffs Public Library, standing in Redcliffs. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

IN MEMORY OF / SHIRLEY WILLIAMS / OUR VOICE, TENACIOUS & BRAVE / FOR THE COMMUNITY
The ground
Redcliffs Public Library
The suburb
Redcliffs
The year
1899, the register’s commission
Rides on
other
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Redcliffs Public Library

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.

The ground’s other names

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

504 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 343 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Water Leak 71 Main Road, Redcliffs · 13 September 2026
Water Leak 93 Main Rd · 24 August 2026
Water Fountain 89 Main Rd · 14 August 2026
Water Leak 89B Main Road, Redcliffs · 8 August 2026
Water Leak 1 Moncks Spur Rd · 27 July 2026
Facility - General Request Barnett Park 200A Main Road, Redcliffs · 26 July 2026
Water Leak 5 Beachville Rd · 24 July 2026
Bus Shelter Issue 188 Main Rd · 22 July 2026
Pavement - General 99 Main Rd · 10 July 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Redcliffs Public Library in Redcliffs, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

What does it say?

The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

Are there others at Redcliffs Public Library?

4 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 1899. 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/310982-redcliffs-public-library.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.