St John's Anglican Church, Hororata was wire mesh fenced cordoned, church website ads, defensive notices & donations boxes on the wire mesh fence cordon. On a fence gate outside the fenced off lychgate a notice castigated halfwits stealing church stones to sell on the internet.
Afternoon snappers like me couldn't go anywhere near the quake damaged church, having to snap into direct sunlight, not ideal, as the best quake snaps were side views of the quake toppled tower & damaged nave roof, which I was unable to do.
Before the quake we'd visited rural St John's, but post quake, wire mesh fence cordon & donations begging put me off Hororata. We couldn't see St John's properly, irritated by signs on the wire mesh fence cordon.
13.11.10. Quake tilted, decapitated Darfield war memorial, Canterbury Plains
Darfield: Leah stood by Darfield's decapitated WW memorial. The memorial obelisk leaned E. The obelisk's top chunk of grey granite stood on the ground. It was almost as tall as Leah's 5' 4". The obelisk would soon be repaired.
13.11.10. Original St John's Anglican Church wooden entrance, Hororata
13.11.10. St John's Anglican Church wooden entrance, Hororata
St John's original, wooden, Anglican church: Brick rubble, neatly stacked below quake toppled chimney. Grinning faces poster, Dean & Bishop Victoria Matthews:
Look after
yourself
Look after
others
As we recover from the quake, it's important to know that it's okay to ask for help.
If you're feeling overwhelmed talk to someone in your family, a good friend or your church.
Don't struggle on your own...
Post 22.02.11 Killer Quake, despite hate speech by Heritage hailers about Christ Church Cathedral restoration, or demolition, bishop Victoria Matthews would outlast the Dean who would briefly become a Christchurch councillor. 2018. Bishop Matthews would leave Christchurch 7 years post Killer Quake.
13.11.10. Church notice, St John's Anglican Church wooden entrance, Hororata
13.11.10. History board, St John's Anglican Church wooden entrance, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, chimney side, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake toppled chimney, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Wire mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged tower, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Beggar sign, beggar box on cordon fence, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
St John's Anglican Church, Hororata: Yellow Titan crane parked next to the church. 2 top walls of greystone tower fallen, greystone & whitestone rubble in churchyard. Slate roof damaged by falling rubble. Bronze bell exposed by broken belfry windows. Tower top, exposed stone wall, blue nylon strapped against more quake falls. Porch window boarded. Greystone nave intact, stone buttresses held firm in quake. Metal donation box & sign, attached to St John's wire mesh fence cordon:
We will rebuild
with your help
Thank you...
A white banner ad, St John's website, soliciting donations, was attached to the wire mesh fence cordon.
13.11.10. St John's website ad, wire mesh fence cordon, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, stone tower, bell, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, stone tower, undamaged stone crosses, Hororata
13.11.10. Yellow crane. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church roof & tower, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican church nave roof, belfry blue nylon strapped stones
13.11.10. Undamaged chancel of quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. Quake damaged, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata. Tower stones toppled, buttresses held up walls
22.05.11. Part repaired, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata, 8 months post 04.09.10 quake
Near the lychgate, wire mesh fence cordon sign:
St John's Anglican Church
The fence is here to keep our church safe and keep out those who have no regard for their own safety.
There has already been pieces of the building taken from the site and listed for sale on the Internet.
When we rebuild we will need every piece.
If you would like to visit a particular grave please contact the vicar for a key...
13.11.10. Wire mesh fence cordon, begging box by lychgate, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata
13.11.10. St John's Anglican Church, Hororata, wire mesh fence cordon notice. Absurd as the church was a Sir John Hall legacy
Wire mesh fence cordon, another sign:
WARNING
BEWARE OF FALLEN DEBRIS
AND UNSTABLE
STRUCTURES IN CEMETERY [Spooks?]
SELWYN
DISTRICT COUNCIL
13.11.10. St John's Anglican Church, Hororata, WARNING cemetery notice on wire mesh fence cordon. Spooks?
13.11.10. DANGER. St John's Anglican Church, Hororata, construction site notice on wire mesh fence cordon
13.11.10. Quake decapitated, Hororata war memorial, quake tilted, power poles, nr St John's Anglican Church
Like the Darfield war memorial, Hororata war memorial, by St John's Anglican Church, also had a grey, granite, obelisk, top decapitated by the quake.
Drove back to Christchurch via Greendale on Canterbury Plains, hoping to see Greendale Fault, named after the "new" 16 000 year old fault which had struck Canterbury & Christchurch, producing 1 000s of aftershocks. Post quake "experts" were undecided about the number of faults causing Darfield Quake.
By early December the number of faults causing Darfield Quake had increased to 4. Maybe more? As Christchurch / Lyttelton Port Hills and Banks Peninsula were formed by extinct Lyttelton & Akaroa volcanoes, the region was a matrix of undiscovered faults.
We saw Darfield / Greendale road signs, green stickered, 3 classroom Greendale School, rural roads, green paddocks & shelter belts, all undamaged, yet close to Canterbury quake epicentre.
13.11.10. Darfield, Greendale road signs, Canterbury Plains
13.11.10. Greendale School sign, Greendale, Canterbury Plains
13.11.10. Green stickered, undamaged Greendale School near the quake epicentre. Areas further away were badly damaged
*Trekked Darfield War Memorial, St John's Anglican Church, Hororata, Greendale School. 28 snaps.
Coda:
Eight months post 04.09.10 Darfield Quake, we would drive to St John's Hororata again. St John's tower, temp repaired, 2 upper tower walls boarded, wooden tower roof installed. Nave roof repaired. Church still wire mesh fence cordoned, dontaion signs still on the wire mesh fence cordon.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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