Holy Trinity Avonside Church Fair

It was a lovely morning and I went to the Holy Trinity Avonside Church Fair with my friend and we had a wonderful time looking around the stalls with my friend Sue. She brought a number of things and I got three vases as I lost just about all of my in the earthquakes and have been on the out look for some more for ages.

The Holy Trinity Avonside Church received damage in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. Repairs were under way when the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake struck, when the church building suffered major damage including collapse of the chancel and most of the transepts. The church was "damaged beyond the point of repair". Workers repairing damage on the inside of the 1876 Mountfort-designed part of the church were having lunch outside when this part of the building collapsed. The church was demolished in September 2011 amidst much controversy. Heritage advocates claimed that the church was of higher importance than ChristChurch Cathedral and more should have been done to try and save it, or it should have at least been dismantled by hand to save important architectural features like the ceilings, but instead diggers smashed everything up. Bishop Victoria Matthews defended the demolition, stating that her "priority has to be humans and the safety of the community. It wasn't the time to take chances." A time capsule containing the words of the consecration was recovered from underneath the nave. For more info on the Church.

It was hard to know which shot to use here are some other shots I took and there were some really beautiful .

The Church fair was so lucky with the weather as this morning was so calm and beautiful. The wind picked up until the afternoon and did it blow! We went and had lunch and then I asked if she would like to see Julia Morison work . So we took a short walk around the area and just about got blown over!