They leased the top floor of a building in the north-east quadrant of Cathedral Square, with a frontage to Colombo Street.

They then moved into Colombo Street where they saw smoke coming out of an enclosed alleyway.

Rail services, both long-distance and commuter, used to focus on the former railway station near Colombo Street.

Her mother Isabella worked as a draper and had a shop on Colombo Street, Christchurch.

Colombo Street is a main road of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Until 1965, Colombo Street did not stop at Cathedral Square but continued across it, running across the foot of the cathedral.

Recent controversial plans have suggested restoring traffic-flow along the part of Colombo Street which was blocked off in 1965.

Much of Colombo Street through Sydenham was damaged by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake.

In total, 19 people were killed in Colombo Street in the February 2011 earthquake; all but one died in the central city:

The area is these days the largest remaining length of strip shopping in Christchurch, with Colombo Street running through it.