ELTSAC CASTLE on Castle Street

flatnames — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 04:59:28 +0000

ELTSAC CASTLE remained in situ throughout the 1990s, it can be seen in Gary McCormicks Heartland episode, Dunedin North. Coming of Age (1995). The flat was later renamed The Jungle.

The Embassy on St David Street

flatnames — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 01:56:17 +0000

Its an appropriate name for a three storey house with 7 or 8 bedrooms and in a shared living situation this size its a matter of either going it alone or pulling together a group.

Its hard to know from the signs byline which way this flat leaned, but it could be either so long as everyone subscribed to the stealing=sharing philosophy. What was up for grabs is anyones guess. The flat was named in 2001 when Max Johns and his flatties first encounter it, it lasted through Maxs two year tenancy and at least another year after that.

Those who were born prior to the late 1980s will remember this penguin from the Bluebird potato chip advertisements of 1989.

The Penguin flat features on Nathan Seckers Scarfie Flats poster (2000) and in 2011 was judged to be the worst in OUSAs Next Top Flat competition, despite their cute kunekune pig, Chompers! Pig skins hanging on the fence were not related to Chompers and a Radio NZ interview revealed the the residents were all from hunting backgrounds and regularly supplemented there grocery items. The NZ Herald reported the residents had a problem with rats as they backed onto the Water of Leith.

One of the boys had left his jersey in the hall and he noticed it was rustling. When he picked it up, four rats fell out from it and two ran down the stairs into my bedroom. We set gin traps up and later that night one went off in my room, then a moment later another snapped shut in the lounge. We caught some big fat rats.

Penguin, Leith Street

208 Leith Street, designed a crest and motto and had letter head printed. Examples of the letters written by Bachite David Gardiner, to the Board of Divinities, can be seen in the Presbyterian Archive at Knox College.

In the 1960s a flat called Che Choux at 64 Heriot Row (Cabbage House, named for the Cabbage Tree in the front garden) also had letterhead which was printed at the Christs College Press. Unfortunately there are no copies of the letterhead available in their archives.

In the early 1970s a flat called The Spanish Slum, 16-18 London Street, also had letterhead, though it is unknown where this was printed.

It is interesting to see the shift in personalisation of communication forms from a hard copy print environment, to the digital; from email, to social media where platforms like Facebook suddenly make it very easy to communicate with many people simultaneously. Where once flats went to the extent to have letterhead designed and printed, todays students can easily set up a Facebook page for their flat. There are several examples, of this practice, such as The Chateau at 47 London Street, The V Flat at 97 Dundas Street and the 8 Man at 627 Castle Street.

Did you have letterhead or a Facebook page for your student flat, or do you know of a flat that had letterhead or has a Facebook page? If so, Id love to hear about it.

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flatnames — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:48:43 +0000

The Palace on Ellis

flatnames — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:27:10 +0000

Mouse House

flatnames — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:50:51 +0000

Mouse House, my first flat. 888 Cumberland Street, Dunedin. It was 1991.

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ELTSAC CASTLE on Castle Street

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