To the Memory of F. W. Sisson Who Grew Apples on This Land
A plaque at Veitch Reserve, standing in Bishopdale. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
TO THE MEMORY OF F. W. SISSON WHO GREW APPLES ON THIS LAND FOR A LIFETIME ERECTED BY MAISIE AND PETER SISSON 1981
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
108 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 86 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Damaged Street Sign
Park - General Request
Overgrown Vegetation
Hazard, vehicle
Damaged Road
Roads - General
Water Leak
Damaged Road
Damaged Road
Roads - General
Damaged RoadQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Veitch Reserve in Bishopdale, 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 other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2003. 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/7604-veitch-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.